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Person Record
Metadata
Name |
McKay, Robert George, Rev. |
Born |
Jun. 16, 1877 |
Birthplace |
Oxford, Ontario |
Deceased |
1958 |
Father |
Donald McKenzie McKay (1850-1929) |
Mother |
Jane (Jean) Angus (1849-1929) |
Spouse |
Elizabeth Scott m. June 26, 1912 |
Children |
Alexander Scott McKay (1913-1993) Margaret |
Education |
Graduated from Ingersoll Collegiate and obtained a Teacher's Certificate. Graduated in honours Orientals and won the McArthur scholarship in his third and fourth years at the University of Toronto. Completed studies at Knox College in 1905. |
Occupation |
Missionary in Round Lake, Saskatchewan. Assistantship at Bloor Street Church in Toronto. He was ordained in 1906. Minister in Price Albert, Saskatchewan and Chaplain to Saskatchewan Penitentiary (1935-1942). Reverend at Walkerton Presbyterian Church 1925-1931. Reverend at Tiverton Presbyterian Church 1947-1952. |
Places |
Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Walkerton |
Titles & Honours |
President of the Missionary Society at the University of Toronto in 1905. Honoured by Knox College in 1949 when he was conferred the degree of Doctor of Divinity. |
Sources |
Sources: a) A History of Knox Church 1886-1986, Walkerton Ontario. Print. b) Donald McKay Household, 1891 Canadian Census, Oxford North, Nissouri East, ancestry.ca c) Robert George McKay Biography on ancestry.ca |
