The Dillons
May’s Maternal Ancestors
The McKeags
James McKeag 1852 - 1931
Born in Limavardy to John & Mary McKeag James arrived in Brisbane aboard the Martha Fisher from Glascow on 17 Oct 1879. In 1884 on June 3 he married Sarah Wilson at the Sacred Heart Church in Sydney.Sarah Wilson 1855 - 1921
Born in Barnard Castle County Durham in 1855. James and Sarah were married in 1884 on June 3 at the Sacred Heart Church Sydney
Acknowledgement
The information on this page is significantly adapted from the McKeag Ancestral Register produced by Mrs Doris Harris assisted by Paul McKeag, August 1992
James and Sarah
After their marriage in 1884 they returned to Brisbane where they ran the Brisbane Club Hotel in Wharf Street. While here their first two children James Wilson McKeag, 23 April 1885, and Mary Elizabeth (Cissy), 20 March 1887, were born. Their next child, Thomas David, is shown born at Union Street Spring Hill. As Spring Hill is an inner suburb it may be feasible that this was their residence while they ran the Brisbane Club Hotel. By the earlt 1890s they had moved to Glenferrie in Melbourne where they conducted a greengrocery at 226 Burwood Road (now part of a Bunnings Warehouse) In 1893 Dorothea Maude (Dorrie) was born in Hawthorn. Shortly after this the couple separated, James’ destination is unknown but may have been Mackay in Queensland while Sarah stayed in Melbourne with the children and is recorded as the proprietor of the Glenferrie Fruit Shop.Children
Child Birth Date Birth Place Marriage Married At James Wilson 17 October 1879 Brisbane 3 June 1884 Sacred Heart Church Sydney Mary Elizabeth (Cissy) 20 March 1887 Brisbane (?) Thomas David 17 November 1888 Spring Hill (Brisbane) Dorothea Maude (Dorrie) 1893 Hawthorn (Melbourne) Did not marry
According to the McKeag Register Sarah spent her last years with
James (Wilson) and Mentonia (May). I have always believed that
she lived with John & Cissy.
Sarah and Cissy are buried in the same plot at Fawkner
Cemetery.
James Wilson McKeag (1855 - 1945) and Mentonia (May) Jones (1885 - 1959)
James and May married at St Patricks Cathedral in Melbourne on 24 September 1910. As children Charles and May took us to visit May who lived in Sumner Ave Northcote. This was during the 1950s and I was around 10 at the time and have little recollection of her.Children
James Eric married Ila Morgan in 1939 and had two children, James Wyndham and Paul Anthony. Lorna May did not marry. When I first knew her she lived in Camberwell and had a hairdressing saloon. She went out with John Marriott who had a steel processing factory in Sunshine (area) for some years. Lorna’s religious beliefs prevented her from marrying John as he was a non-catholic and divorced. At this time a Roman Catholic marrying a non-catholic was frowned on, never mind a divorcee. This was unfortunate as John was a very nice person and discussed the problem with my parents many times.
James McKeag & Sarah Wilson
James Wilson McKeag & Mentonia (May)
James Eric McKeag & Ila Morgan
James Wyndham McKeag & Julie Cox
Lisa Jane
Susan Maree
Stephan James
Catherine Anne
Sally Louise
Paul Anthony McKeag & Elizabeth (Liz) Phillips
Travis Luke McKeag
Daniel Paul McKeag
Lorna May
John Marshall & Mary Elizabeth (Cissy) McKeag
John Marshall
Charles Dillon & May Marshall
Terry Dillon & Margaret (Meg) Gates
Kevin Dillon & Pauline Beaton
Jason Dillon
Bryan Dillon & Kaye Elliott
Matthew Dillon & Lisa Booton
Ross Weston & Mikayla Dillon
Mick O’Neil & Danika Dillon
Hayden Dillon
William (Bill) Laws & Pauline Dillon
Chris Burns & Melissa Laws
David & Erika Laws
Mark Dillon & Liana Della Riva
Anthony Dillon & Louisa Antonelli
Vivienne Dillon
Andrew Dillon & Carly May
Peter Barlow & Kathleen (Kath) Dillon
Samuel Barlow
Timothy Barlow
Thomas David McKeag (Changed to McKay) & Catherine Goode
George Thomas McKay & Dorothy Waters
Barbara Dorothy
Thomas David McKay & Eileen Hallas
Doris May
Thomas David
Noel Graeme
Christopher Harris & Doris May McKay
Catherine
Laurence Drummond & Martha Florence McKay
Gael & Bruce Finch
Laurane & Phillip Akers
Renee
Kristen
James Samuel McKay & Valda Wright
Carol McKay & Lionel Moore
Gillian McKay
Dorothea Maude
Mentonia (May) McKeag (May’s Aunt)
Spouse of James Wilson McKeag
The Dillons
May’s Maternal Ancestors
The McKeags
James McKeag
1852 - 1931
Born in Limavardy to John & Mary McKeag James arrived in Brisbane aboard the Martha Fisher from Glascow on 17 Oct 1879. In 1884 on June 3 he married Sarah Wilson at the Sacred Heart Church in Sydney.Sarah Wilson
1855 - 1921
Born in Barnard Castle County Durham in 1855. James and Sarah were married in 1884 on June 3 at the Sacred Heart Church Sydney
Acknowledgement
The information on this page is significantly adapted from the McKeag Ancestral Register produced by Mrs Doris Harris assisted by Paul McKeag, August 1992
James and Sarah
After their marriage in 1884 they returned to Brisbane where they ran the Brisbane Club Hotel in Wharf Street. While here their first two children James Wilson McKeag, 23 April 1885, and Mary Elizabeth (Cissy), 20 March 1887, were born. Their next child, Thomas David, is shown born at Union Street Spring Hill. As Spring Hill is an inner suburb it may be feasible that this was their residence while they ran the Brisbane Club Hotel. By the earlt 1890s they had moved to Glenferrie in Melbourne where they conducted a greengrocery at 226 Burwood Road (now part of a Bunnings Warehouse) In 1893 Dorothea Maude (Dorrie) was born in Hawthorn. Shortly after this the couple separated, James’ destination is unknown but may have been Mackay in Queensland while Sarah stayed in Melbourne with the children and is recorded as the proprietor of the Glenferrie Fruit Shop.Children
Child Birth Date Birth Place Marriage Married At James Wilson 17 October 1879 Brisbane 3 June 1884 Sacred Heart Church Sydney Mary Elizabeth (Cissy) 20 March 1887 Brisbane (?) Thomas David 17 November 1888 Spring Hill (Brisbane) Dorothea Maude (Dorrie) 1893 Hawthorn (Melbourne) Did not marry
According to the McKeag Register Sarah
spent her last years with James (Wilson)
and Mentonia (May). I have always
believed that she lived with John & Cissy.
Sarah and Cissy are buried in the same
plot at Fawkner Cemetery.
James Wilson McKeag (1855 - 1945) and
Mentonia (May) Jones (1885 - 1959)
James and May married at St Patricks Cathedral in Melbourne on 24 September 1910. As children Charles and May took us to visit May who lived in Sumner Ave Northcote. This was during the 1950s and I was around 10 at the time and have little recollection of her.Children
James Eric married Ila Morgan in 1939 and had two children, James Wyndham and Paul Anthony. Lorna May did not marry. When I first knew her she lived in Camberwell and had a hairdressing saloon. She went out with John Marriott who had a steel processing factory in Sunshine (area) for some years. Lorna’s religious beliefs prevented her from marrying John as he was a non-catholic and divorced. At this time a Roman Catholic marrying a non-catholic was frowned on, never mind a divorcee. This was unfortunate as John was a very nice person and discussed the problem with my parents many times.
James McKeag & Sarah Wilson
James Wilson McKeag & Mentonia (May)
James Eric McKeag & Ila Morgan
James Wyndham McKeag & Julie Cox
Lisa Jane
Susan Maree
Stephan James
Catherine Anne
Sally Louise
Paul Anthony McKeag & Elizabeth (Liz) Phillips
Travis Luke McKeag
Daniel Paul McKeag
Lorna May
John Marshall & Mary Elizabeth (Cissy) McKeag
John Marshall
Charles Dillon & May Marshall
Terry Dillon & Margaret (Meg) Gates
Kevin Dillon & Pauline Beaton
Jason Dillon
Bryan Dillon & Kaye Elliott
Matthew Dillon & Lisa Booton
Ross Weston & Mikayla Dillon
Mick O’Neil & Danika Dillon
Hayden Dillon
William (Bill) Laws & Pauline Dillon
Chris Burns & Melissa Laws
David & Erika Laws
Mark Dillon & Liana Della Riva
Anthony Dillon & Louisa Antonelli
Vivienne Dillon
Andrew Dillon & Carly May
Peter Barlow & Kathleen (Kath) Dillon
Samuel Barlow
Timothy Barlow
Thomas David McKeag (Changed to McKay) & Catherine Goode
George Thomas McKay & Dorothy Waters
Barbara Dorothy
Thomas David McKay & Eileen Hallas
Doris May
Thomas David
Noel Graeme
Christopher Harris & Doris May McKay
Catherine
Laurence Drummond & Martha Florence McKay
Gael & Bruce Finch
Laurane & Phillip Akers
Renee
Kristen
James Samuel McKay & Valda Wright
Carol McKay & Lionel Moore
Gillian McKay
Dorothea Maude
Mentonia (May) McKeag (May’s Aunt)
Spouse of James Wilson McKeag
