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Thread #96122   Message #1982835
Posted By: GUEST,Molly
01-Mar-07 - 12:02 PM
Thread Name: Origins: Tramps and Hawkers
Subject: RE: tramps and hawkers
Hi Tim Yes that's the Fella Richard McKay or MacKay whatever you prefer I've seen our name spelt about five different ways but it's the same McKay. Richard lived to the grand old age of 97 when he died in Bankfoot Perthshire. He and his family emigrated to Scotland during the Famine about 1846 Molly