Albert Irving McKay

1898 - 1901  (3 years)

• Name	Albert Irving McKay
  Birth	30 May 1898	Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
  Gender	Male
  Census-Household Member	1901  [1]
  	Canada
  	Role: Household Member Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
  FindaGrave Memorial ID	230812502
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230812502
  _UID	801E960DFADB4BC3BB56BD86CB9BD5E1944F
  Death	10 Oct 1901	Forest, Lambton Shores, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
  	According to news reports of the time, Joseph and Elizabeth McKay and their two children were returning to their home after a day in Forest at the fair. This was on Wednesday the 9th of October 1901 at 6:30 pm. As they were crossing the railway tracks on Main Street, their buggy was struck by a train. Their youngest child William Harold died almost immediately. Elizabeth died the next morning and Albert Irvin died in the afternoon of October 10th. Joseph McKay was seriously injured and taken to the home of John Greenlees. He eventually recovered. Elizabeth and her children were taken to the home of her father, George Rankin on the 8th of Plympton. The funeral was held on Saturday the 12th of October. Elizabeth and her children were buried in Beechwood Cemetery, according the newspaper. The Town of Forest does not know the plot number of the burial. They may be buried in the plot that Elizabeth's parents were buried in.
  Burial	Beechwood Cemetery, Forest, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I7092	Lanark County Origins | My Paternal Grandmother's Branch, This is my paternal Lineage, My Great Grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Joseph Arthur McKay,   b. 3 Nov 1865, Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada d. 3 Aug 1939, Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth "Lizzie" Rankin,   b. 7 Nov 1871, Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Oct 1901, Forest, Lambton Shores, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	1896
  Family ID	F1870	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 May 1898 - Plympton Twp, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada Death - 10 Oct 1901 - Forest, Lambton Shores, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada Burial - - Beechwood Cemetery, Forest, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S256] Montana., USA, Montana, U.S., County Marriages, 1865-1987, ( Ancestry . ancestry.ca : 2017.), 16 May 2017, Joseph A. McKay Household. (Reliability: 3).