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James MCKINLAY

Male 1876 - 1968  (92 years)


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  • Name James MCKINLAY  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10] 
    Born 29 Mar 1876  Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9] 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1881  Greenock Middle, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    7 Holmscroft St 
    Arrival 1884  [3] 
    Departure Bef 7 May 1884  Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    departure of Mary and children John, James, Robert, Jeannie, Agnes aboard "Devonia" for New York 
    Mary (Wilson Hinkson) McKinlay Family - Arrival- 7 May 1884 aboard 'Devonia' in New York from Glasgow    		 Mary (Wilson Hinkson) McKinlay Family - Arrival- 7 May 1884 aboard "Devonia" in New York from Glasgow
    arrival of Mary McKinlay (age 19 [should be 29, per 1900 US census], apparently coming to join husband already in US) with children John (9), James (7), Robert (5), Jeannie (3), Agnes (1)
    Arrival 7 May 1884  New York County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7, 9] 
    arrival of Mary and children John, James, Robert, Jeanie, Agnes aboard "Devonia" from Glasgow 
    Mary (Wilson Hinkson) McKinlay Family - Arrival- 7 May 1884 aboard 'Devonia' in New York from Glasgow    		 Mary (Wilson Hinkson) McKinlay Family - Arrival- 7 May 1884 aboard "Devonia" in New York from Glasgow
    arrival of Mary McKinlay (age 19 [should be 29, per 1900 US census], apparently coming to join husband already in US) with children John (9), James (7), Robert (5), Jeannie (3), Agnes (1)
    Arrival 1885  [2] 
    Residence 1900  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence 5 Aug 1903  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    708 W 60th St (birth of daughter Margaret) 
    Residence 1910  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    449 West 61st Street 
    Residence 12 Sep 1918  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    WWI Draft Registration: 449 West 61st Street - age 42 - born 29 Mar 1876 - Clerk for Illinois Central Railroad at 135 East 11th Place - Wife Matilda McKinlay 449 West 61st Street - medium height - brown eyes - mixed gray hair 
    Residence 5 Jan 1920  Chicago Ward 31, Cook (Chicago), Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    449 W 61st St 
    Occupation 4 Apr 1930  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    451 West 61st Street - owns home valued at $12,000 - renting to John Jensen of Denmark - Accountant for Steam Railroad 
    Residence 4 Apr 1930  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    451 W 61st St 
    Residence 1 Apr 1940  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    447 West 61st Street - Accountant for Steam Railroad 
    Died 15 Dec 1968  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Buried Aft 15 Dec 1968  Evergreen Park, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Evergreen Cemetery - Forest Hill Section, Lot 565
    James McKinlay (1876-1978) - Grave Stone    		 James McKinlay (1876-1978) - Grave Stone
    Person ID I253  Wesley Johnston's Celtic Roots Tree
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 

    Father James Duncan MCKINLAY,   b. 24 Dec 1850, Helensburgh, Row, Dumbartonshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Nov 1936, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Mary Wilson HINKSON,   b. 21 Dec 1850, Greennock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jul 1931, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Married 4 Apr 1873  Inverkip, Renfrewshire, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F712  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Matilda Hellen "Tilley" GIBSON,   b. 5 Aug 1878, Balsam, Ontario, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1953, Cook County, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Married 21 Oct 1902  Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12, 13] 
    • by J. N. Elliott, Minister of the Gospel
    James McKinlay-Matilda Helen Gibson - Marriage    		 James McKinlay-Matilda Helen Gibson - Marriage
    Children 
     1. Margaret Helen MCKINLAY,   b. 5 Aug 1903, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 May 1989, Cassopolis, Cass, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [natural]
    +2. James Duncan MCKINLAY,   b. 1 Oct 1905, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Feb 1958, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years)  [natural]
    Last Modified 20 Feb 2024 
    Family ID F67  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 29 Mar 1876 - Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - arrival of Mary and children John, James, Robert, Jeanie, Agnes aboard "Devonia" from Glasgow - 7 May 1884 - New York County, New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1900 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 21 Oct 1902 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 708 W 60th St (birth of daughter Margaret) - 5 Aug 1903 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 449 West 61st Street - 1910 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - WWI Draft Registration: 449 West 61st Street - age 42 - born 29 Mar 1876 - Clerk for Illinois Central Railroad at 135 East 11th Place - Wife Matilda McKinlay 449 West 61st Street - medium height - brown eyes - mixed gray hair - 12 Sep 1918 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - 451 West 61st Street - owns home valued at $12,000 - renting to John Jensen of Denmark - Accountant for Steam Railroad - 4 Apr 1930 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 451 W 61st St - 4 Apr 1930 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 447 West 61st Street - Accountant for Steam Railroad - 1 Apr 1940 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 15 Dec 1968 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - Aft 15 Dec 1968 - Evergreen Park, Cook, Illinois, USA Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Photos
    James McKinlay-Birth    		James McKinlay-Birth
    5642 Parnell Avenue - mother Matilda Gibson 27 born Canada - father James McKinlay 30 born Scotland, book keeper - second child of mother, both now living -- NOTE: Day could be read as 1 or 6 but Social Security death index gives day as 1.
    James McKinlay-Matilda Helen Gibson - Marriage    		James McKinlay-Matilda Helen Gibson - Marriage
    James McKinlay (1876-1978) - Grave Stone    		James McKinlay (1876-1978) - Grave Stone
    Mary (Wilson Hinkson) McKinlay Family - Arrival- 7 May 1884 aboard 'Devonia' in New York from Glasgow    		Mary (Wilson Hinkson) McKinlay Family - Arrival- 7 May 1884 aboard "Devonia" in New York from Glasgow
    arrival of Mary McKinlay (age 19 [should be 29, per 1900 US census], apparently coming to join husband already in US) with children John (9), James (7), Robert (5), Jeannie (3), Agnes (1)
    Marguerite Helen McKinlay-Birth    		Marguerite Helen McKinlay-Birth
    note that mother's maiden name was actually Gibson and not Ferguson

  • Sources 
    1. [S3] 1930 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2002.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1930. T626;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 443; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 648; Image: 984.0.
      Birth date: abt 1876
      Birth place: Scotland
      Residence date: 1930
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1930usfedcen&h=24109397&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1930 United States Federal Census      		 1930 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1930; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: 443; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 648; Image: 984.0.


    2. [S1] 1920 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 on roll 323 (Chicago City.Original data - United States;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_348; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 1912; Image: 925.
      Birth date: abt 1877
      Birth place: Scotland
      Residence date: 1920
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook (Chicago), Illinois
      Arrival date: 1885
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1920usfedcen&h=72887838&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1920 United States Federal Census      		 1920 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1920; Census Place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook (Chicago), Illinois; Roll: T625_348; Page: 5B; Enumeration District: 1912; Image: 925.


    3. [S11] 1910 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Thirteenth Census of the Unit;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .
      Birth date: abt 1876
      Birth place: Scotland
      Residence date: 1910
      Residence place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois
      Arrival date: 1884
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1910uscenindex&h=5138887&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1910 United States Federal Census      		 1910 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1910; Census Place: Chicago Ward 31, Cook, Illinois; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: ; Image: .


    4. [S39] Cook County, Illinois Death Index, 1908-1988, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2008.Original data - Cook County Clerk. Cook County Clerk Genealogy Records. Cook County Clerk’s Office, Chicago, IL: Cook County Clerk, 2008.Original data: Cook County Clerk. Cook County ;).
      Death date: 15 Dec 1968
      Death place: Cook County, IL
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=cookcountydeaths&h=4121504&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    5. [S7] World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.Original data - United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Admi;), Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1503859; Draft Board: 71.
      Birth date: 29 Mar 1876
      Birth place:
      Residence date:
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=ww1draft&h=22929151&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918      		 World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
      Registration Location: Cook County, Illinois; Roll: 1503859; Draft Board: 71.


    6. [S37] 1940 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_955; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 103-1147.
      Birth date: abt 1876
      Birth place: Scotland
      Residence date: 1 Apr 1940
      Residence place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1940usfedcen&h=143464714&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1940 United States Federal Census      		 1940 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1940; Census Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T627_955; Page: 16B; Enumeration District: 103-1147.


    7. [S8] 1900 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, ;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 30, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_283; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 945; FHL microfilm: 1240283.
      Birth date: Mar 1876
      Birth place: Scotland
      Residence date: 1900
      Residence place: Chicago city, Cook, Illinois
      Arrival date: 1884
      Arrival place:
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1900usfedcen&h=11383477&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
      1900 United States Federal Census      		 1900 United States Federal Census
      Year: 1900; Census Place: Chicago Ward 30, Cook, Illinois; Roll: T623_283; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 945; FHL microfilm: 1240283.


    8. [S53] 1881 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. Genera;).
      Birth date: abt 1876
      Birth place: Greenock, Renfrewshire
      Residence date: 1881
      Residence place: Greenock Middle, Renfrewshire, Scotland
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1881scotland&h=2238869&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    9. [S54] New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.Original data - Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at New York, New York, 1820-1897; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M237, 675 rolls); Records of the U.S. Customs Service, Rec;), Year: 1884.
      New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957      		 New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
      Year: 1884


    10. [S36] U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;).

    11. [S44] Family Search - Illinois Births.
      http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#year=1903;placeId=378110;searchType=standard;p=recordResults;toYear=1931;givenName=margaret;searchId=75994157175773400000;surname=mckinlay;eventPlace=Chicago%2C%20Cook%2C%20Illinois%2C%20United%20States

    12. [S51] Family Search - Illinois Marriages.
      http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=recordResults;givenName=matilda%20helen;searchId=75994157175773400000;surname=gibson;searchType=standard

    13. [S52] Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920, Ancestry.com, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - “Illinois, Cook County Marriages, 1871–1920.” Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2010. Illinois Department of Public Health records. "Marriage Records, 1871–pr;).
      Birth date: abt 1878
      Birth place:
      Marriage date: 21 Oct 1902
      Marriage place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois
      http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=fscookilmarriage&h=1370414&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt