Throughout my growing-up years, I was always the more sensible of the two MacVay boys. My brother Troy and I were both daredevils, but somehow he always managed to go a bit too far. We’ve both taken falls, from cliffs and trees and other things, but his falls were almost always more serious. Usually that [...]
Categories: Life
As I mentioned in Part One, my great-grandparents, William and Fanny MacVay, had several children. The first, Robert Franklin MacVay, was born barely nine months after their marriage. Next came Alexander MacVay, Alice Maude MacVay, Elizabeth Armour MacVay, and finally William Kirk MacVay. Most records I’ve found say that all were born in New Brunswick [...]
Categories: Heritage
Tagged: Cape Breton, Freemasonry, genealogy, history, MacVay, names, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, photos, Sydney
While I’d like to consider myself a fairly competent, experienced amateur genealogist, and have unearthed a great deal of information about my family history, I have to admit that it’s impossible to write a complete family history. The further back I go in time, the more ancestors I had: two parents, four grandparents, eight [...]
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Tagged: Armour, family, genealogy, history, Ireland, MacVay, migration, New Brunswick, photos, Scotland, Ulster
I often talk about my maternal grandfather; I quite often write about him as well. But I never knew my paternal grandfather, Frank MacVay, who died a few years before I was born. All I knew of him was the occasional comment or story from my parents or other relatives. I knew that he always [...]
Categories: Heritage