This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CCC.2ACE/2980.1 Message Board Post: From your posting on 1 Feb 2005: > My great great grandfather passed away in > Seattle, WA, around January, 1907... three of his > sons may have lived in the Seattle area... names > were Charles Bruce, James, and Alexander > MacKay. From posting on 28 Feb 2005: > Charles Bruuce Mackay, died in Seattle, > Washington in 1907. I am not sure which of his children settled in the state of Washington, ...My Mackay family lived in Ontario and Manitoba for many years before coming to the states... Charles also lived in Chicago (around the 1900's). If you are looking for genealogy information, you HAVE to identify reference points. For example, Charles Bruce Mackay died in 1907. Was he 21 or 91. He had three sons, I'm assuming Charles Bruce Junior?, James and Alexander. When were they born? 1902, 1903 and 1904? Or back in the 1850's. Were they born in Canada or the US? Did you obtain the obituary of Charles? Do you know to whom he was married? You have him in Chicago in the 1900's 1880 census had a 25 year old logger, born in Canada, living in Stevens Point, Portage County, Wisconsin. 1900: NO Charles MacKay in Illinois or Anywhere that was born in Canada. James B (see 1910) born Mar 1855 in Canada, immigrated in 1877, Wife was Emily Feb 1864, Laurence J May 1988, James B June 1892. Also at the house was Mable Defences(?) Niece, June 1890, her father born in Canada, mother in Minnesota. Walter, living in Spokane, born May(?) 1843 in Canada, immigrated appears to be 1854, Clara June 1859 born in Illinois, Donald Nov 1895 in Iowa. Also living in Whitman County was Johan MacKay, born in Canada in May 1844, immigrated 1869, parents from Scotland. He had children Gertrude, Harry, Elizabeth and Earnest, first 3 born in Iowa, Earnest in S. Dakota. Also was a Benjamin Mackay, born in Canada Sep 1874, living in Chehalis, WA. 1910: a James B. Mackay in Colfax, Whitman County, WA, born circa 1857. Married to Emily, son Joe 21, James B. Jr 18, and Bernard 17. This James was born in Canada, Emily in Washington to a father from Canada and mother in Minnesota. 1920 Census: James was not found, neither were his spouse or sons. He was not found anywhere in the US in the 1930. Walter was not listed. There was an Alexander MacKay, age 68, living in Tacoma, immigrated in 1870. His wife was Annie 63, born in Canada, Immigrated in 1859. Also living there was Helen Hoffman, Granddaughter, age 10, born in Washington. I checked the WA State Birth Index: A Charles WILSON Mackay was father to a William Thomas Mackay in Jefferson County in 1891. Note the Wilson middle name, probably not connected. A J. B. Mackay and Emily Woodman were parents of Mackey Mackay 16 Jul 1908 in Whitman County. This connects with James B and Emily above. There was a Mackey Mackey in the Pendleton City Directory in 1974. A J.E. Mackay and Clara Schaefer were parents on 9 Dec 1909 to a son. A James D.. Mackay and Sopha Robinson parents to a son 21 Nov 1907 Woman, with maiden name Mackay, Ethel, Maggie, Hilda, Audrey Laura, There was an Alexander Mackay, but he didn't parent until August 1982. That's all I could find with the availability of information you provided. Ron Bestrom