William Harold McKay

1900 - 1901  (1 year)

• Name	William Harold McKay
  Birth	1 Jul 1900	Lambton County, Ontario, Canada
  	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	230812605
  	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/230812605
  _UID	96603F0F74BE4708904FDAD34576C5FBCCBC
  Death	9 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	I7093	Lanark County Origins | My Paternal Grandmother's Branch, This is my paternal Lineage, My Great Grandmother's Lineage (paternal)
  Last Modified	26 May 2022

  
  

  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 - 1 Jul 1900 - Lambton County, Ontario, Canada Death - 9 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).