At his baptism his name was recorded as Jean McKane. Jacques Bolduc was his godfather. ®4339 He had two daughters. Vivian West said that he was widowed at a young age and lived in Montreal, Canada.
On the 1861 Census of Chicoutimi Louis McKee (sic) lived with Delle Bergeron, Clementine McKee, Marie McKee, Caelina McKee, John McKee and Victorine McKee. ®3955
In 1879, the pioneer (Louis) gave (deeded) his land to his son Jean, born in 1857 in Saint-Fulgence being the only boy in a family of six (6) children. ®4097
On the 16 April 1891 census he was John Mackay, 36, single and worked as a farm laborer at Laprairie. ®4340
On 13 February 1899 he married Rose-Anna Payant at Laprairie. ®208
On the 1901 census he was Jean McKay and lived in Saint-Isadore with his wife and daughter Purissima, 3 months old. ®4318
His first wife Rose Anna had died by 21 September 1903 when he married Maria St. Pierre. ®208
On the 1911 census he is Jhonny Mackay, born in May 1857 and lives Montreal with his second wife Maria and daughter Patricina. ®4319
In January 1912 he wrote a postcard to his sister Louise, from Montreal, Canada.
On 14 July 1913 he wrote aanother postcard to Louise from Ville Emard, Montreal, Canada.
On 25 August 1918 Maria writes “Johnny is well and works always. Purissimo has started her studies to be a nurse and she loves it.”
Johnny died in 1919 at age 61. ®4166