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4. Alexander2
McKinlay (Alexander1) was
born on 8 January 1807 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland.1 He married Margaret
Yuill, daughter of James Yuill and Mary Lamb, on 22 February 1835 in Glasgow,
Lanarkshire, Scotland.4,1,2 He
died on 11 September 1870 in 194 West Nile Street, Glasgow, Scotland, at age
63.5,1,2
He had a varied worklife, including being a stock exhange janitor and a
powerloom dressor journeyman.5,2,6
Margaret Yuill was born circa 1812 in Carmyle, Scotland.1 She died on 16 June
1888 in Glasgow, Scotland.5,1,6 She
lived in 1881 in 60 Inglefield Street, Govan, Scotland.7
Children of Alexander2 McKinlay and Margaret Yuill were as
follows:
- 7 i. Mary3 McKinlay was born
circa 1836 in Glasgow, Scotland.
- 8 ii. Alexander McKinlay was born circa 1838 in
Glasgow, Scotland.7,8,9 He
died on 15 September 1904 in 51 Glasgow Road, Clydebank, Scotland.10
At some point in his youth (it is presumed), he traveled to Australia to
participate in the gold rush fever that swept New South Wales after the
discovery of gold nuggets in 1851 by
Edward Hargreaves. Alexander
would have been only 13 years old when gold was first discovered, so we can
assume that his trip was some years later. Gold mining continued for most of the
century, but the major action in the Australian goldfields, when large nuggets
were extracted, occurred by 1861, when Alexander would have been 23.
From his
Australia mining experience, Alexander is known to have passed on a large gold
nugget to each of his five McKinlay nephews. From all accounts, this represented
a very successful gold mining experience, since most miners spent all of their
gold on food, supplies, and services while still in the goldfields. The cost of
these goods generally increased when more gold was found in a given region ...
the end result being that product and service suppliers were the big winners in
the goldfields.
Two of the nuggets passed onto Alexander's nephews are still
accounted for, and have remained with McKinlay surnamed sons down through the
family.11,12
During the 1881 census, he lived at 60 Inglefield Street, Govan, Scotland.7 At his death in 1904, he was
referred to as a retired tobacconist.10
- 9 iii. Jean McKinlay was born before 1848 in
Scotland.8,1
- 10 iv. Elizabeth McKinlay was born before 1848 in
Scotland.8,1
- + 11 v. James McKinlay, born 10 August
1848 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; married Margaret Taylor.
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