Margaret McKAY

Abt 1848 - 1933  (85 years)

• Name	Margaret McKAY
  Birth	Abt 1848	Old Machar, Aberdeeen, Scotland, UK
  Gender	Female
  Census	1881	Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  Census	1891	9 Claremont St, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	From 1891 Census, living at 9 Claremont Street, Aberdeen Margaret SILVER Head / Widow / Keeps Provisions Shop 41 Female born : Old Machar, Aberdeen William SILVER Son / Clothier Apprentice 16 Male born : Old Machar, Aberdeen Margaret SILVER Daughter / Scholar 12 Female born : Old Machar, Aberdeen Frank SILVER Son / Scholar 9 Male born : Old Machar, Aberdeen
  Death	30 Oct 1933	9A Millburn Street, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	From death cert: Margaret COX - widow of 1st Alexander SILVER (railway policeman) and 2nd Richard Cox (Seaman - Merchant Service) - died 30th October 1933 at 3:30pm at 9A Millburn Street, Aberdeen - female - aged 86 - daughter of Charles McKay (coachman) (deceased) and Margaret McKay (ms Donaldson) (deceased). Cause of death was chronic cardiac disease and senile debility as certified by P Howie MB. Informant was F Silver (son and occupier).
  Notes	After arriving in Australia in 1886 on a voyage during which her husband Alexander Silver died, Margaret and her three children returned to Scotland some time later and are found on the 1891 census living back in Aberdeen.
  Person ID	I4955	Warren Nunn's family tree
  Last Modified	3 Aug 2015

  
  

  Family 1	Alexander SILVER,   b. 22 Dec 1842, Sauchenshaw, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK, UK d. 7 Jul 1886, At sea aboard ship Cloncurry, death registered in Queensland, Australia (Age 43 years)
  Marriage	29 Oct 1869	9 Mutton Brae, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	1869 marriages in the district of St Nicholas in the burgh of Aberdeen. No 297, 1869 on 29th October at 9 Mutton Brae Aberdeen after banns according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland, Alexr Silver, cellarman at a brewery, bachelor, aged 27, of 167 George St, Aberdeen, son of James Silver, farmer, deceased, and Agnes Silver M.S.Thomson and Margaret McKay, dressmaker, spinster, aged 22, of 2 Mutton Brae, Aberdeen, daughter of Charles McKay, hostler, and Margaret McKay, M.S.Donaldson. Witnesses: Jane Abercrombie, and William Silver.
  Children	1. James Charles SILVER,   b. 10 Jun 1870, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 30 Jan 1872, Wellington Rd, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 1 year)   2. Alexander SILVER,   b. 2 Aug 1872, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 30 Sep 1878, Cupartsone Buildings, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 6 years)   3. John SILVER,   b. 4 Apr 1874, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 16 Sep 1880, 14 Nellfield Place, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 6 years)   4. William SILVER,   b. 28 Dec 1879, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 16 Feb 1950, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (Age 70 years)   5. Margaret Donaldson SILVER,   b. 11 Sep 1878, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. UNKNOWN   6. George SILVER,   b. 11 Sep 1878, Cuparstone Buildings, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 21 Nov 1878, Cuparstone Buildings, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 0 years)   7. Francis SILVER,   b. 4 Jan 1882, 14 Nellfield Place, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. 12 Oct 1950, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F1483	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Richard COX,   b. 18 Oct 1842, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK d. UNKNOWN
  Marriage	14 Aug 1896	Albert Hall, Huntley St, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
  	Details from marriage cert. Richard Cox was a widower, aged 55, when he married Margaret Silver, widow, aged 50
  Family ID	F1743	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	2 Jul 2025