| Name | William McKAGUE |
| Occupation | Farmer102 |
| Birth Date | 181210 |
| Birth Place | County Cavan, Ireland |
| Baptism Place | Mariposa Twp, Victoria Co. ON Canada2 |
| Death Date | Jan 12, 188930,12,2,100 |
| Death Place | Hamilton Twp, Northumberland Co. ON Canada |
| Death Memo | Cherry Hill Farm |
| Burial Place | Baltimore, Hamilton Twp, Northumberland Co. ON Canada30,2,100 |
| Burial Memo | Methodist Burying Ground |
| Religion | Anglican, then Baptist103 |
| Father | John McKAGUE (1754-1851) |
| Mother | Jane WILSON (1774-?) |
| 1 | Elizabeth COYLE |
| Birth Date | Aug 12, 18152 |
| Birth Place | County Cavan, Ireland |
| Death Date | Nov 14, 190697,30,12,2 |
| Death Place | Cobourg, Hamilton Twp, Northumberland Co. ON Canada |
| Burial Date | Nov 190630,99,2,100 |
| Burial Place | Baltimore, Hamilton Twp, Northumberland Co. ON Canada |
| Burial Memo | Methodist Burying Ground. From her son John's home. Revs. R.L. Edwards & J. Skene. |
| Religion | Anglican, then Baptist101,97 |
| Father | James COYLE (ca1771-ca1857) |
| Mother | Elizabeth UNKNOWN |
| Marriage Date | Nov 3, 18356,97,103,12,2,104,95,105 |
| Marriage Place | Cobourg, Hamilton Twp, Northumberland Co. ON Canada |
| Marriage Memo | St. Peter's Anglican Church. Rev. A.N. Bethune. |
| Children | Robert James (1836-1920) |
| George (1840-?) | |
| Jane (1841-1921) | |
| Elizabeth (ca1844-1943) | |
| Sarah (1846-<1939) | |
| James (1850-1935) | |
| William (Died as Child) | |
| William (Died as Child) | |
| Mary Ann (1852-1945) | |
| John (1854-1933) | |
| Martha (1855-1939) | |
| William H. (1859-1893) |
Legend has it that William first saw Elizabeth when he came to her home on an errand and saw her doing the family wash. The clothes were in a huge washtub and she was in the tub with her skirts tucked up trampling on the clothes. He is said to have fallen in love with her on the spot.6,30
William and his family left Cherry Hill Farm (see his father's card) and moved to Mariposa Township along with his brothers about 1837.6,73,103 William and Elizabeth returned to Cherry Hill about 1840,73,103 apparently because his father needed help6 or to care for his parents.30
Elizabeth and William first lived in a log cabin, but built a frame house about 1840. It burned down in the 1950s.6 They provided lumber for the first Baptist church in Cobourg ON.30 Sometime during the Crimean War William acquired more land, buying the north half of Lot 1, Concession 1, Hamilton Township.30 The William McKague family lived next door to Parkers (Lot 1, Concession 1, Hamilton Twp.) Polly Parker (nee Flake) is mother to both Parker and Sinclair children.63
William was described as tall and sturdy.30 He was "born again" and baptized in Mariposa.30,103 He chewed tobacco. He had rheumatism30,103 and used crutches in old age.30
Obituary:
"McKAGUE.--Died, at his residence, Cherry Hill, township of Hamilton, Ont., Jan. 12, 1889, Wm. McKague, in the 77th year of his age.
"Deceased was born in the County of Cavan, Ireland, and came to this country with his parents when a lad of seventeen, being one of a large family of sons and daughters. They finally settled on a farm about six miles from Cobourg, and being associated with Baptists and searchers of the Scriptures, they eventually left the Established Church and united with the our [sic] denomination, the family consisting of parents, four sons and four daughters, and their husbands and wives. Deceased, at the age of twenty-three, married Elizabeth Coyle, and soon after moved to Mariposa, where he was brought under conviction of sin and found the Saviour, and was baptized by Elder March. After a stay of three years he returned to Cobourg, where he lived to see five generations of his family, many of whom preceded him to the better land, and died in peace on January 12th last. Of late years he suffered much from rheumatism, which he bore with patience and resignation. He leaves a widow and ten chldren to mourn their loss, and prepare to meet him in the better land.
"R. CRAMAHE"103
MARRIAGE: The name of the minister who married William and Elizabeth is given only in one source, which also indicates some uncertainty about whether the marriage actually took place in the church or was performed while the minister was on circuit.104
DEATH: The year of his death is confirmed.103 His death date is also shown as 1888.97
MISC: The date of his immigration to Canada is also shown as 1810,107 182040 and 1828-1829.103
William may have been a member of the Northumberland County militia in 1828. The list includes John, William and George McKeag(e), but while the other ages are approximately right William is shown as 24. Or possibly that is one of his cousins, children of his father's brother William.108,104
The 1851 census indicates that William had a two-storey frame house.101
William is shown as Baptist in the 1871 census for Hamilton Township.102