Angus MACKAY (1820 – 1909)

Name

Angus Mackay

Gender

Male

Birthdate

1820

Birthplace

Pictou, Nova Scotia

Marriage(s)

1850

Date of death

27 December 1909

Place of death

Dannevirke

Partner(s)

  • Janet Mackay, nee Murray (1831-11/4/1911)

Children

  • Mary Jane Luxford (1854-5/3/1929)

Biography

Trained as stonemason and builder
Arrived in New Zealand, 1865
Worked supervising bridge, building and railway construction
Came to Napier to oversee harbour groin construction
Build bridge at Clive
Settled in Dannevirke, 1884
First Mayor of Dannevirke, 1892
Chairman of Dannevirke School Committee, Domain Board; and Session Clerk and Elder at Knox Presbyterian Church
Justice of the Peace

Accession number

670582

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