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Special Guest Of Honour
My Grandmother, Josephine (Smith) McKay was a very special person to so many members of my family. She married my Grandfather,
William Leroy McKay, on September 10, 1919 in Ingersoll, Ontario. They lived and farmed in the West Oxford area.
She was the mother of Leroy Joseph, William Leo, Bernard Roman, Kenneth Kay and Gordon Charles McKay. By most she was considered
to be the matriarch of our family.
Their first tragedy was the loss of Kenneth who drowned on June 4, 1926 shortly before his second birthday and in August
of 1935 she witnessed the violent death of her husband William when a cyclone swept through their farm.
Her death had a great impact on all of us. She was one of the last links to a generation we are trying so hard to discover.
*To view the McQuiggan Family tree, a well developed site traveling back to the 1700's, go to the "Becoming a Member"
selection at the top of this page and click under the McQuiggan picture to be transported to that site.
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