James [1859-Cormeen,1901,1909-Drumborisk] Mackey

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James was born on December 7th, 1859.

• Birth Notes

  Church Baptism Record
  Name:    James MacKey    Date of Birth:    07-Dec-1859
           Date of Baptism:    13-Aug-1860
  Address:    Cormeen, Currin    Parish/District:    Drum, Currin
  Gender:    Male    County    Co. Monaghan
  Denomination:    Church of Ireland
  Father:    John MacKey    Mother:    Mary MacKey
  Occupation:    Farmer    
  Sponsor 1 /
  Informant 1:        Sponsor 2 /
  Informant 2:    
  Notes:
  Minister: Robert Robotham.
  
  Given as 41 in 1901, when he is 6 years younger than his wife.  She ages an extra 7 years by 1011 so he was actually 12 years younger.

James' father was John [1858,1872-Drumborisk] Mackey and his mother was Mary ????.  His paternal grandparents were <Unknown> and <Unknown>. He had a brother and a sister, named John and Eliza Jane.  He was the second oldest of the three children.  He died at the age of 50 on December 25th, 1909.

• Death Notes

  Name    JAMES MACKAY
  Year of Death    1909
  Group Registration ID    5079115
  SR District/Reg Area    Cootehill
  Deceased Age at Death    49
  Image(s)    1 2
  Married 49 year old farmer, of Drumborisk, died of gastric ulcer, daughter, Ellen Mackay PAD, also of Drumborisk.

• General Notes

  Mentioned in his father's will, when he gets the father's farm in Drumborisk.
  
  1901 Census:
  Residents of a house 6 in Drumborisk (Drum, Monaghan)
  Surname    Forename    Age    Sex    Relation to head    Religion    Birthplace    Occupation    Literacy    Irish Language    Marital Status    Specified Illnesses
  Mackay    James    41    Male    Head of Family    Presbyterian    Co Monaghan    Farmer    Read and write    -    Married    -
  Mackay    Marget    47    Female    Wife    Presbyterian    Co Monaghan    -    Read and write    -    Married    -
  Mackay    Ellen    17    Female    Daughter    Presbyterian    Co Monaghan    Farmers Daughter    Read and write    -    Not Married    -
  Mackay    John    14    Male    Son    Presbyterian    Co Monaghan    Farmer's Son    Read and write    -    Not Married    -
  
  1911 Census:
  Residents of a house 5 in Drumborisk (Drum, Monaghan)
  Surname    Forename    Age    Sex    Relation to head    Religion    Birthplace    Occupation    Literacy    Irish Language    Marital Status    Specified Illnesses    Years Married    Children Born    Children Living
  Mackey    Margaret    64    Female    Head of Family    Church of Ireland    Co Monaghan    Farmer    Read and write    -    Widow    -    -    2    1
  Mackey    John    24    Male    Son    Church of Ireland    Co Monaghan    Farmer    Read and write    -    Single    -    -
  
  In the GVRBs:
  - Edward Mackey is scored out of Plots 8A&B and 10 to John Mackey in 1866 and John is then scored out of both Plots 8 and 10 to Reps in 1873.
  - Reps is scored out to James Mackey in 1880.  I am assuming this is John's son, James Mackey, 1859-1909.
  - Plots 8A&B and 10 are combined in 1909 and one rood (0/1/0 arps) is hived off in 1913 with a note beside it saying "Land in dispute illegible" but James keeps all of the rest.  This land, although it is given as one rood and 15 perches, appears to have gone to John McQuade on Plot 9.
  - By the beginning of the next book, James Mackey has vanished and John Mackey holds Plots 8A&B and 10.  There is also a note beside his name dated 1928 stating, "No change".  I am assuming that this is James son, John Mackey, b1885.  If Edward Mackey is my great great grandfather, as I suspect, that means that the land was last in the hands of a John Mackey in 1928.  And since there is no evidence that this John mackey married, he may have been the last Mackey to hold the land almost 90 years ago.
  
  

Details of James' family with Margaret [1901,1911-Drumborisk] Taylor