John McAulay

JOHN MCAULAY (1854-1934)

is the eldest son of Donald McAulay and his wife, Mary Anne Warpotksva (Otherwise known as Mary Ann Schetgun, Mary Ann Schelain, or Indian Mary). He was born at Cherry Creek in North Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada. The date of his birth is unknown. His marriage registration certificate suggests that he was born in 1856 or 1857 [British Columbia, Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD8V-HTL and the 1881 census suggests 1858 or 1859 [Canada Census, 1881, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MV63-Z6L although it might have been much earlier. For example, if the age recorded of his death certificate is taken at face value then he was born in 1853 or 1854 [British Columbia, Death Registrations, 1872-1986, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL2D-XRH

John McAulay married Nancy Kayaanra at Kamloops on 29 March 1880 [British Columbia, Marriage Registrations, 1859-1932, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JD8V-HTL and at the time of the Canadian census of 1881 he and his new wife were living in his parents household [Canada Census, 1881, index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MV63-Z6L

John McAulay died at North Kamloops, probably at his home in Cherry Creek, in British Columbia, Canada, on 25 February 1934 [British Columbia, Death Registrations, 1872-1986, index and images, FamilySearch] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FL2D-XRH His was buried at Pleasant Street Cemetery in Kamloops (Section A, Lot 4, Row 13, Sub Lot N), Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada [Find A Grave] http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McAulay&GSfn=...