• 5 Apr 1891 census: age 2 months, son of Alexander Mackay at Scullomie, Tongue. 4
• 31 Mar 1901 census: age 10, son of Alexander Mackay at Scullomie, Tongue. 5
• Military: 1914-1918. George Mackay served in the Royal Artillery in World War I and was awarded the DSM. He returned home to Tongue after the War.
George married Catherine Bell Macleod [12541], daughter of John Macleod [3279] and Mary "Mary Ann" Macleod [13028], on 30 Dec 1919 in Leith, Edinburgh, MLN.1 (Catherine Bell Macleod [12541] was born in 1895 in Invernaver, Farr, Sutherland 6.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Number of Children: 8.
Sources
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South Leith Marriages 1920 692-02/11 (George Mackay & Catherine McLeod). married 30 December 1919 in Leith; rites of F.C. (marriage registered in January 1920). GEORGE MACKAY 29, bachelor, dock labourer, 55 Junction Street, Leith father Alexander Mackay, crofter mother Isabella Mackay ms Mackay CATHERINE McLEOD 24, spinster, Invernaver, Farr, Thurso father John McLeod, crofter mother Margaret McLeod ms Mackay witnesses Robert Mackay, Johan Munro.
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Tongue Births 1890 056/21 image (George Mackay, Scullomie). GEORGE MACKAY male born 3 July 1890 at Scullomie, Tongue father Alexander Mackay crofter mother Bell Mackay ms Mackay married 23 January 1880 at Tongue informant Alex Mackay, father.
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1891 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 56 Tongue, enumeration district (ED) 8, page 8, schedule no. 41, household of Alexander Mackay (Scullomie); Alexander Mackay 44 head, farmer, Tongue Bella Mackay 34 wife Tongue John Mackay 10 son Tongue Donald Mackay 6 son Tongue Margaret Mackay 4 daughter Tongue William Mackay 2 son Tongue George Mackay 2months Tongue
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1901 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 56 Tongue, enumeration district (ED) 8, page 9, schedule no. 43, household of Alexander Mackay (Scullomie); Alexander Mackay 54 head, crofter and labourer, Tongue Isabella Mackay 44 wife, Tongue William Mackay 12 son, Tongue George Mackay 10 son, Tongue Hugh Mackay 9 son, Tongue Robert Mackay 7 son, Tongue Angus Mackay 5 son, Tongue Magnus Mackay 3 son, Tongue
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Audrey Macleod 2011 and 2012 re George Mackay from Scullomie.
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