Hugh MACKAY

1872 - 1918  (46 years)

• Name	Hugh MACKAY
  Birth	11 Jun 1872	Rogart, Sunderlandshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Jul 1918	Heriot, New Zealand
  Person ID	I4913	Weeks and Teeks
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2018

  
  

  Father	Donald MACKAY
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Henrietta MATHIESON
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1549	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Agnes Sandeman THOMSON,   b. 20 Jun 1883, Camperdown, Kelso New Zealand d. 29 Nov 1954, Balclutha, New Zealand (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	6 Nov 1912	Camperdown, Heriot New Zealand
  Children	1. Henrietta (Rita) Ann MACKAY,   b. 24 Sep 1913, Glenkenich d. 13 Nov 1999 (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Agnes (Nancy) Scott MACKAY,   b. 16 Dec 1914, Tapanui, New Zealand d. 19 Sep 1999, Oamaru, Otago, New Zealand (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Christina Dorothy MACKAY,   b. 3 Aug 1916, Gore  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Ann Mathieson MACKAY,   b. 18 Jun 1918, Heriot, New Zealand  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2018

  
  

• Notes

  After leaving Waikoikoi, Hugh worked as an engineer on the Empire Dredge on the Pomahaka River at Paradise Flat. He also worked on his brother John's chaff-cutter. After marrying Agnes, they resided in Kelso and Hugh worked as an assistant storekeeper for Mr. Robert Foster. They later moved to Gore and made their home at Croyden Bush when Hugh worked as a storeman for J E Watson in Gore. While travelling back and forth to work in Gore by horse and gig, Hugh was seriously injured in an accident on his return from work. He died from blood poisoning while in hospital following the accident. His youngest daughter, Ann Mathieson Mackay was born after her father's accident while he was in hospital following the accident. Her father died 5 weeks after her birth.