Thanks Dave. I don't have his parents but I have added him as a brother
in law.
Jim
David Winter wrote:
>
> Jim:
>
> This is a brother-in-law of Elizabeth Amelia Parsons (Mrs. John James
> McKay)
> on your Parsons Lineage. J.J. McKay is living in Chicago in 1934.
>
> Dave
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> Parrsboro Record, Tuesday, July 31, 1934, pg. #1; Reel #2861, NSARM,
> Halifax, N.S.
> OBITUARY: Thomas W. McKay
> Thomas W. McKay, 49, well known theatrical man, clubman and sportsman,
> died
> last week at the Rutland Hospital after a long period of ill health. Mr.
> McKay had been associated with the theatrical business in that city since
> 1912. At the time of his death, he was president of the Rutland Operating
> Corporation, a branch of the Mullen and Panaski Corporation of New
> England.
> He was greatly interested in fish and game propagation and protection and
> had served 10 years as president of the Rutland County Fish and Game
> Association. He also had been associated with various charitable projects.
> Mr. McKay went to the hospital in April for a serious operation. A few
> weeks
> ago he returned to the institution for a second operation. He had grown
> gradually weaker since that time. Mr. McKay was born in Parrsboro,
> September
> 6, 1884, being a son of the late Cornelius and Mary Tighe McKay. He
> received
> his early education in the schools of Parrsboro and later attended a
> business college in Moncton, N.B. After leaving the business course,
> he was
> employed in New Brunswick and later in Boston. Coming to Rutland 22 years
> ago last April, he leased the Colonial Motion Picture Theatre on West
> Street
> and he operated it for several years. He then took over the management of
> the Grand and Strand Theatres and for several years he was director of the
> Publix - Paramount Theatres of Rutland, now conducted by the Rutland
> Operating Corporation. In August 1910, he married Cora Groggett of
> Springhill, N.S. Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. P.
> Barrett Levins, two sons, Richard C. and Douglas, all of this city; three
> brothers, J.J. McKay, of Chicago; George McKay of Windsor, Ont.; and
> Stephen
> McKay of Parrsboro; and a sister, Miss Mary McKay, also of Parrsboro. Mr.
> McKay was a member of Rutland Lodge of Elks; Rutland Aerie; Fraternal
> Order
> of Eagles; Rutland Lodge of Moose; and a Fourth Degree Knight of Columbus.
> He was also a member of Church of Christ the King.
>
> (Extracted from Rutland Daily Herald)
>
> Source: Dave Winter, 26 Jan 2010
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