Hector W. Mackay [3159] (1802-1861)

Margaret Mackay [3789] (1812-1890)

George Gunn Mackay "Colin" [2505] (Abt 1820-1908)

Isabella Munro [2508] (Abt 1825-1894)

George Clark Mackay [7098] (1852-1930)

Johan Bruce Mackay [2514] (1862-1944)

Hector William Mackay [5712] (1891-After 1944)

 

Family Links Hector William Mackay [5712] 1 Born: 13 Dec 1891, Strathan Skerray, Tongue, SUT 2 Died: After 3 Jul 1944   Events • 31 Mar 1901 census: age 9, son of George Mackay at Strathmoreskerray, Tongue, SUT. 3 • 10 Jan 1930: registered father's death, Strathan Skerray, Tongue, SUT. 4 • 3 Jul 1944: registered mother's death, Tongue, SUT. 5

1 Alasdair Sutherland, Never More. The Story of Tongue, Melness & Skerray War Memorials, pp. 142-144 (Woodend Publishing, Tongue).
GEORGE GUNN MACKAY, Strathan Skerray
"... youngest son of George and Johan Mackay from the first house in Strathen, Skerray. He enlisted into the Army in Golspie at the age of 19 ... Seaforth Highlanders ... Third Battle of Ypres ... wounded 31st July 1917 ... moved to casualty clearing station .. died from wounds the following day at the age of 19, he had been at the front for only 2 months.
George had two brothers who both served ... during the First World War. Robert served in the Canadian Engineers and Hector with the Army Service Corps, they both survived the war and returned home. His sister Jessie (Tot) married Gordon Burr (younger brother of Peter and Charles Burr, Tongue War Memorial) ..."

2 Skerray School Register.

3 1901 census of Scotland, Sutherland, Volume 56 Tongue, enumeration district (ED) 9, page 3, schedule no. 8, household of George Mackay (Strathmore Skerray);
George C Mackay 48 M crofter and Inspector of Poor, Tongue
Johan Mackay 39 M wife, Tongue
Maggie A Mackay 12 daughter, Tongue
Ina Mackay 11 [Robertina] daughter, Tongue
Carry B Mackay 5 daughter, Tongue
Ellen Mackay 7mo daughter, Tongue
Hector Mackay 9 son, Tongue
Robert Mackay 7 son, Tongue
George Mackay 2 son, Tongue

4 Tongue Deaths 1930 056/03 image print (George Clark Mackay).
GEORGE CLARKE MACKAY, Inspector of Poor, retired; married to Johan Bruce Mackay
died 10th January 1930 at Strathen Skerray, Tongue; male, age 77
parents Hector William Mackay, crofter, deceased; Margaret Mackay ms Mackay, deceased
cause: chronic endocarditis, certified
informant H.W. Mackay, son, present.

5 Tongue Deaths 1944 056/12 image (Johan Bruce Mackay).
JOHAN BRUCE MACKAY, widow of George Clarke Mackay, Inspector of Poor; 3rd July 1944 at Dunvarrich, Tongue; female, 82; George Gunn Mackay, road contractor, deceased; Isabella Mackay ms Munro, deceased; arteriosclerosis, myocardial degeneration, certified; informant H.W. Mackay, son, Bayview, Lochinver.