Andrew H. McKay was born Nov. 14, 1872 on the old McKay home located on McKay Avenue in Alexandria, the son of J. A. and Angeline McKay. He grew to manhood in Alexandria and graduated from the Alexandria high school, later attending business college at Mankato. He was united in marriage to Margaret Maroney June 6, 1911. For 36 years he and his brother, Ronald, operated a retail grocery store in Alexandria until their retirement in 1952.
For the past two months Mr. McKay has been in ill health and passed away at the Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Alexandria, May 25 at the age of 73 years, 6 months and 11 days. Surviving are his wife, two granddaughters, Carol Jean and Sharon Lee and two sisters, Catherine McKay of Alexandria and Elizabeth, Mrs. Roy Glockner, of St. Paul. He was preceded in death by one son, Douglas, 6 brothers, and 3 sisters.
Andrew was a lifetime member of the First Methodist church in Alexandria and has held many offices in the church.
(Park Region Echo, 5 June 1956)
Andrew H. McKay was born Nov. 14, 1872 on the old McKay home located on McKay Avenue in Alexandria, the son of J. A. and Angeline McKay. He grew to manhood in Alexandria and graduated from the Alexandria high school, later attending business college at Mankato. He was united in marriage to Margaret Maroney June 6, 1911. For 36 years he and his brother, Ronald, operated a retail grocery store in Alexandria until their retirement in 1952.
For the past two months Mr. McKay has been in ill health and passed away at the Our Lady of Mercy Hospital in Alexandria, May 25 at the age of 73 years, 6 months and 11 days. Surviving are his wife, two granddaughters, Carol Jean and Sharon Lee and two sisters, Catherine McKay of Alexandria and Elizabeth, Mrs. Roy Glockner, of St. Paul. He was preceded in death by one son, Douglas, 6 brothers, and 3 sisters.
Andrew was a lifetime member of the First Methodist church in Alexandria and has held many offices in the church.
(Park Region Echo, 5 June 1956)
Family Members
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William Wallace McKay
1870–1941
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Maude Lorena McKay Abercrombie
1872–1938
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John Stanley McKay
1873–1936
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Charles Roy McKay
1875–1939
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Catherine Mabel McKay
1877–1970
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Florence Mary McKay Olson
1879–1956
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Ronald Alexander McKay
1880–1954
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James Henry Blaine McKay
1884–1955
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Sherman Balcolm Donald McKay
1886–1941
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Elizabeth Angeline McKay Glockner
1888–1963
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Leon Ellsworth McKay
1890–1890
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Pearl McKay
1892–1892
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