Flora McKay

(b. 1834)

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At a Glance

Flora McKay of Memphis, like many Burwell students, awaits to be discovered.

Story

Flora McKay and Isabella McKay  could have been cousins. Both names are found in the family of Neill McKay of Cumberland County, whose will of August 18, 1830, names his wife, Flora McKay, and daughter, Flora Isabella McKay, and son, Rev. Neill McKay, [Jr.] Rev. Neill McKay, [Jr.] became a patron of the Burwell School in 1850. Flora McKay may have been the daughter of Rev. Neill McKay, [Jr.] brother, John McKay.

The Fayettevile Observer of July 2, 1850, carried the marriage announcement of an Isabella McKay , daughter of the late Dr. Edward McKay and M. McRae of Robeson County. Robeson County adjoins Cumberland County. This Isabella McKay  may have been the Burwell student [1].

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Flora McKay was born in 1834.

Places of Residence

• Memphis, TN [1].
• Burwell School [1].

Schools Attended

• Burwell School.

Relatives

• Parent: John McKay [1]. Flora McKay  from Memphis may have been the daughter of John McKay, brother of Rev. Neill McKay, [Jr.]
• Paternal grandparents: Neill McKay [1] and Flora McKay [1].
• Uncle: Neill McKay, [Jr.] [1]. Neill McKay, [Jr.] is listed as a patron of the Burwell School in 1850 [1].
• Aunt: Flora Isabella McKay [1].
• Other: Isabella McKay  (sister or cousin) [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).