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He was born in Pennfield, New Brunswick, the son of Alexander McKay, an Irish immigrant. On 26 December 1872 he married Mary Elizabeth Hawkins, who died 7 September 1873. On 18 March 1883 he married Ellen Gillespie (1855–1928).