Mackay, Edward George, 1885-1956.

The Mackay family originated in County Monaghan, Ireland. John Mackay (1833-1897) and Isabella Armstrong Mackay (1838-1917) had nine children: Mary Jane Mackay (1863-1875), Alice Mackay (1865-1926), Isabella Mackay (1866-1931), Susan Emily Mackay (1868-1875), Elizabeth Louisa Mackay (1870-1922), William Robert Mackay (1874-1935), John Mackay (1877-1903), James Alexander Mackay (1882-?), and Edward George Mackay (1885-1956). William Robert Mackay immigrated to the United States in 1893 and his brother Edward George Mackay followed in 1904, both settling in Georgia. In 1911, Edward George Mackay married Beulah Mason (1888-1989), the daughter of George L. Mason and Emma Keeler Mason, long-time missionaries in China. Emma Keeler Mason, the daughter of Ransom Noble Keeler and Mary Curtiss Keeler had two sisters, Lucy Keeler Neff and Orrell Keeler Mason. Orrell Keeler Mason (1845-1887), was a Baptist missionary in Assam.

From the description of Edward George Mackay family papers, 1861-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173862922