John MacKay (McKay)

• Name	John MacKay (McKay)
  Gender	Male
  Notes	Surname Index to Brodick-Arran and the Great War Motor Machine Gun Corps JOHN McKAY, elder son of James McKay, Edinburgh, and grandson of the late James Houliston, Glensherrig, Brodick, enlisted in April 1915 and went to Bisley. After six month's training he was sent to France and did some dispatch work at the battle of Loos. Transferred subsequently to Egypt, he was in action in the desert and was afterwards engaged in fighting with the Arabs against the Turks in the Red Sea Littoral. In civil life he was a foreman in a large seed warehouse in Leith.
  Person ID	I6338	Houliston Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 August 2006

  
  

  Father	James MacKay,   b. 1856, Kinross, Kinross, Scotland
  Mother	Amelia (Emily) Todd Houliston,   b. 3 February 1861, Kilbride, Bute, Scotland d. 1940, Canongate & Porto, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1880	Partick, Lanark, Scotland
  Notes	Marriage record of MACKAY, JAMES to HOULISTON, EMILY TODD in 1880 in PARTICK, LANARK GRO ref 646/02 0257 Houliston, Emily Todd marriage to James MacKay date 1880 in Partick Scotland GRO Ref. 646/02 0257
  Family ID	F234	Family Group Sheet  |  Family Chart