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Lewis Alexander Mackay1,2

M, #16779, b. 13 May 1912, d. 1996
Last Edited: 20 Jun 2020

Parents:

Father*: Lewis Mackay hotelkeeper1 b. 4 Feb 1886, d. 5 Dec 1941
Mother*: Jane Webster Kinnear1 b. 1890, d. 17 Aug 1954
Relationship:
4th cousin of Patricia Catherine Adamson
  • (Child) Birth*: Lewis Alexander Mackay was born on 13 May 1912 at 17a Kirkgate, Cupar, Fife, Scotland, .2
  • He was the son of Lewis Mackay hotelkeeper and Jane Webster Kinnear.1
  • (Deceased) Death*: Lewis Alexander Mackay died in 1996 at Leicester, Leicestershire, England, .3
  • (Witness) Newspaper Article: He and John Kinnear Mackay MBChB were mentioned in a newspaper article about Douglas Mackay and Lewis Mackay hotelkeeper on 10 August 1937. LAST TRIBUTES TO ABOYNE BOY
    BY LOCAL, ABERDEEN, AND LONDON SCOUTS
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    Scouts from the Aberdeen Grammar School, North London and Aboyne Troops were present at the funeral yesterday to Aboyne Churchyard of Master Douglas Mackay, son of Mr and Mrs Lewis Mackay Birse Lodge Hotel, who was drowned near his home on Friday afternoon.
    The coffin was carried by the Grammar School Scouts from his home to the grave.
    The services at the house and the grave were conducted by the Rev. A Wishart. Aboyne.
    The principal mourners were: M Lewis Mackay (father) and Messrs Lewis A Mackay and John Mackay (brothers).
    Among others present were: The Rev. A. L. Kemp. Birse; the Rev. T Gray, Aboyne; Messrs James Reid. Aberdeen: J. M. Spalding, Aberdeen; R. Smith Huntly Arms Hotel. Aboyne: A. L. Stronach. Aboyne: Inspector Laing. Aboyne, ete.4
  • (Witness) Newspaper Article: Lewis Alexander Mackay and Lewis Mackay hotelkeeper and John Kinnear Mackay MBChB was mentioned in a newspaper article about Jane Webster Kinnear on 17 August 1954. HOTEL-KEEPER DIES
    Mrs Jane Webster Mackay, proprietor of the Birse Lodge Hotel, Aboyne, died to-day. She was sixty-three.
    She was the widow of Mr Lewis Mackay, who was well known in Aberdeen business circles, having been formerly manager of the Douglas Hotel and "mine host" at the Bon-Accord Hotel.
    Since going to Aboyne twenty-one years ago. Mrs Mackay had become a patron of sporting activities in the area, and was always closely associated with every movement pertaining to the welfare of the village.
    She was president of Aboyne Bridge Club.
    She leaves a family of three sons and one daughter -- Mr Lewis Mackay, director of Profeit's Hotel, Dinnet: Dr John K. Mackay. Middlesbrough the well-known Northeast of Scotland and Yorkshire golfer: Mr Kenneth Mackay, The Boat Inn, Aboyne, and Mrs Sheila Peel, Manchester.5

Citations

  1. [S40] CPT via email [Jun 2020].
  2. [S14] General Record Office for Scotland, online www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, General Record Office for Scotland (Edinburgh, Scotland), Statutory Birth 1912 Cupar 420/ 41 image held [Jun 2020].
  3. [S47] Ancestry.com Ancestry Public Member Trees, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date:2006;, Ancestry member BruceGoodison [Jun 2020].
  4. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Aberdeen Press & Journal newspaper report of Funeral 10 Sept 1937 [Oct 2020].
  5. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Record Transcription:
    Newspapers Collection Aberdeen Evening Express 1954 [Oct 2020].