George—sometimes referred to in records as George W. McKay, Jr., prompting confusion over his middle name with his father’s middle name of Washington—married Virginia “Jennie” Burnside in 1868 and, with her, had five children. (Jennie was apparently not related to George’s uncle Mathew Burnside, married to his maternal aunt Mahala.) Sometime between the 1880 census (when he was enumerated with Jennie and family) and his father’s death in 1886, he disappeared.
In about 1894, after George had been gone for, apparently, a lengthy amount of time, Jennie had him declared legally dead and, later, married Samuel L. Herron. George resurfaced several years later and reconnected with at least some of his family.
He may have been living with, or near, his brother Thomas Jefferson McKay in Luling at the time of his death.
In about 1894, after George had been gone for, apparently, a lengthy amount of time, Jennie had him declared legally dead and, later, married Samuel L. Herron. George resurfaced several years later and reconnected with at least some of his family.
He may have been living with, or near, his brother Thomas Jefferson McKay in Luling at the time of his death.
George—sometimes referred to in records as George W. McKay, Jr., prompting confusion over his middle name with his father’s middle name of Washington—married Virginia “Jennie” Burnside in 1868 and, with her, had five children. (Jennie was apparently not related to George’s uncle Mathew Burnside, married to his maternal aunt Mahala.) Sometime between the 1880 census (when he was enumerated with Jennie and family) and his father’s death in 1886, he disappeared.
In about 1894, after George had been gone for, apparently, a lengthy amount of time, Jennie had him declared legally dead and, later, married Samuel L. Herron. George resurfaced several years later and reconnected with at least some of his family.
He may have been living with, or near, his brother Thomas Jefferson McKay in Luling at the time of his death.
In about 1894, after George had been gone for, apparently, a lengthy amount of time, Jennie had him declared legally dead and, later, married Samuel L. Herron. George resurfaced several years later and reconnected with at least some of his family.
He may have been living with, or near, his brother Thomas Jefferson McKay in Luling at the time of his death.
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George McKay
1845 – Jan. 6, 1917
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