The McKechneay family
A family archive: the McKechneay family tree across seven generations, the places, the name and the coat of arms.
In short: mckechneay.com shows the McKechneay family tree across seven generations: William Stuart McKechneay (1936–2005, born in Des Moines, Iowa), his father Leo McKechneay (1901–1992, born in Montréal), Leo’s father Michael M. McKechneay (died 1940), and Michael McKechneay (born 1823 in Scotland, died 1888 in Québec), whose parents were John McKechneay and Anne McLeod.
The line
Michael McKechneay and Mary Dunn (1826–1899) lived in Québec and Montréal. Their son Michael M. married Teresa Murphy in Montréal on 23 April 1900; their son Leo was born on 20 October 1901. Leo married Florence Ethel Ward (1902–1989) in Manhattan, New York, on 9 May 1927. Their son William Stuart was born on 16 September 1936 in Des Moines, Iowa.
The name
McKechneay is a rare spelling of a Scottish Gaelic surname related to McKechnie, MacKechnie and McEachern (Gaelic Mac Eachainn, “son of Eachann”). Variants in the family lines include McKechnaey, McKechenneay, McKechney and McKegney. According to family tradition, everyone named McKechneay belongs to the family.
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The site is written in German. Names of living relatives are not published unless they have agreed.