Mackway - a Scottish History
Great Grandmother Louise (N J) Newton Jessup Mackway (Irish) 1844-1937

farming and stores - a way to survive in 1900

Scotland had many who were looking for a better life in America, here from the Galloway Gazette is an example:

IN AROUND 1400, there lay a small peasant settlement beside a river in a remote part of Scotland, desired by those with few pennies and fewer skills.

Home to the Bishops of Galloway, the parish of Penninghamme boasted no attractions to anyone who passed through and for two centuries remained home to a few hundred people, a church and two inns.

William Stewart, one of the few well-to-do local estate owners, obtained a charter from Charles II which gave the town Burgh status - and it soon became known as the New Town of Stewart.
It wasn't until Stewart was forced to sell off his land due to debt in 1777 to Galloway-born businessman William Douglas that the town - now with a population of 1000 - began to flourish.

Douglas had made his fortune in America and had returned to Britain to buy up land and property in Scotland - two of which being the at parishes of Penninghamme and Carlingwark, which gave Castle Douglas its name.

Douglas had intentions to regenerate Newton Stewart and turn it into a productive, manufacturing town which would create jobs and skilled labourers for what he saw as a down-and-out area.

A new name for the town - Newton Douglas - was not the only change as Douglas lived up to his word and created a cotton mill and streets of houses for its workers.

The houses were called Cotton Mill Row and the Gorbals, but are better known today as King Street and Arthur Street and were lived in by not just locals but by people who flocked to the now thriving town looking for work. Many of these were Irish and they continued to arrive in the town until the early 1830s.

Our search continues for more information about William Mackway of Galloway.
Did he use indenture and seek to make his fortune, at age 20, in America - as described by returning settlers.

To Kathy: If William Mackway of Galloway was 20 years old in 1721, his father and mother would have been perhaps 40 which means they were born around 1670-80.

The people he left behind must have attended some church. They usually kept good records of births, marriages, baptism, deaths... Since he was a schoolmaster could the church be the schools then? He would need teacher training somewhere. What was the church of Scotland around 1600-1700. Would the cemetaries have Mackway graves?

My ancestry.com allows much of this to be explored. That is how I got this far.

We need clues on churches and schools in this area around Galloway (Dumfries) . I do not know if he came from that town - only that it was used in his papers.

Google map allows me to zoom in on the country side and streets from here.

Perhaps you will find a friend who does this sort of thing. I have one is Towcester Northamptonshire, England she did the church record search on a Richard Waite who was a Baptist minister there. Cousin Ralph

http://www.gallowaygazette.co.uk/

Some where in this area began the William Mackway family.
There are few clues to the "Mackway" or MacKway heritage from the internet search.
Some say that MacKay is the root Clan name and some members modified as the MacKway family come from England.
William Mackway's father was foreign born and his mother was born in US.

An indentured for 4 years, William Mackway, 20 year old schoolmaster, came to Maryland in 1721.
Can he be the original source of our Mackway Clan?
his place of origin was Galloway, Scotland
his sponsor agent was Ambrose Cock, a tobacconist from St. Pauls, Shadwell, Middlesex,
remember Tobacco was the crop of money in Virginia
There also, was a William Mackway who was registered from Richmond E, Virginia Revolution

The sponsor Agent for William Mackway going to America was 4 years of indenture.
The Agent was a tobacconist located in London St. Pauls, Shadwell, Middlesex - shown below today.
Notice the present day "Tobacco Dock Shopping Village".
The agent's history shows he did similar transactions when searching his name in ancestry.com

Name:	William MacKway
Year:	1721
Place:	Maryland
Source Publication Code:	1640.7.5
Primary Immigrant:	Mackway, William
Annotation:	Date and port of arrival or date and place of settlement. Names of parents, date of birth or baptism, place of birth, occupation, place of education, place of former residence, port of embarkation, place of intended destination, and notation concerning im
Source Bibliography:	DOBSON, DAVID. The Original Scots Colonists of Early America, 1612-1783. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1989. 370p.
Page:	213

Name:	William MacKway
Year:	1721
Age:	20
Estimated Birth Year:	abt 1701
Place:	Maryland
Source Publication Code:	1219.6
Primary Immigrant:	Mackway, William
Annotation:	For the majority of entries, the date of transportation or apprenticeship order and the intended destination is provided. Date of transport order or of emigration with intended destination, some are date and place of first mention of residence in New Worl
Source Bibliography:	COLDHAM, PETER WILSON. The Complete Book of Emigrants: A Comprehensive Listing Compiled from English Public Records of Those Who Took Ship to the Americas for Political, Religious, and Economic Reasons; of Those Who Were Deported for Vagrancy, Roguery, or Non-Conformity; and of Those Who Were Sold to Labour in the New Colonies. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co. 1700-1750. 1992. 743p.
Page:	271

Indentured Servants Basic Search Results

You searched the London II database(s) for Record Identification Number=1783

Servant Information	Agent Information
Name: William Mackway	Name: Ambrose Cock
Gender: male	Gender: male
Occupation: schoolmaster	Occupation: tobacconist
Place of Origin: Galloway, Scotland	Place of Origin: St. Pauls, Shadwell, Middlesex
Age: 20
Spouse's Name:
Indenture Information	Servant's Parents Information
Date of Indenture: April 12 1721	Name:
Indenture Length: 4	Occupation:
Destination: Maryland	Place of Origin:
Ship:
Witnesses:
Record Signed or Marked: signed
Notes:

Jason Colflesh notes on Harold Mackway Sr. in family tree: Could he have been a teacher in this Priviso Luthern school?
Harold Mackway is not found listed as a minister in this church?
Apparently was a womanizer. Was a cashier in 1900. Was a proprietor of a general store in 1920. Was a Lutheran minister, apparently was dismissed for sexually abusing children; may have done similarly with his kids. Was Louise's minister, convinced her to run off with him to be missionaries. His divorce from his first wife was in the Chicago Sun Times. In the early 1950s, sold housewares at the Reading Terminal market after Louise died. Was also a cattle & grain farmer.Lived in Lake View Twp., Cook Co., IL in 1880. Lived at 7134 Union Ave., Chicago, IL in 1900; rented. Lived at 23 South Sickel St., Philadelphia, PA in 1910. Owned a 55 acre farm in Sellersville at Rt 1 & H 70 in 1914; listed with Louise & 4 children. Lived on Hill Rd., Hilltown Twp., Bucks Co. in 1920. Lived at 5812 Penn St., Philadelphia, PA in 1947. Lived with son Harold briefly after Louise died. Lived with Ruth in Hanover, Indiana his last few years.

Philipp and Johanna Weinbauer were married around 1858. Johanna was known as Jane or Joanna. She didn't speak English in
1900. She lived in Harlem, Proviso Twp., Cook Co., IL in 1870. Lived in Maywood Village, Cook Co., IL in 1880 to at least 1900.

In this church they spoke German.

History found about the Proviso’s historic church - Immanuel - a 1866 Chicago Lutheran Church

1868: Immanuel Lutheran builds its first church

In 1866 the congregation had already began to consider and discuss building a church.² Two years later the Immanuel Lutheran Church was built.² It was completed and dedicated in 1868³ ten years after the establishment of the congregation and located on Wolf Rd on the church property, just south of the second schoolhouse at the southeast corner of 22nd Street and Wolf Road. The words "Ehre Sei Gott in der Hoehe" (Glory to God in the Highest) were inscribed on the arch above the altar, and above the entrance "Be Ye Doers of the Word" guided the congregation of Proviso’s historic church. Immanuel’s white Gothic structure was destined to stand for over 100 years and became known as the historical church and one of the fifty landmarks in Northern Illinois.

The following have served as pastors of the Immanuel Lutheran Church from 1858 to the present day*:

1858 - 1864:         Rev. Carl Meyer
1864 - 1873:         Rev. George M Zucker
1873 - 1902:         Rev. John Strieter
1902 - 1905:         Rev. Christopher Droegemueler
1905 - 1928:         Rev. Henry Roehrs
1929 - 1944:         Rev. Otto Heerwagen
1945 - 1981:         Rev. Dr. E. H. Pittelko
1981 - 1993:         Rev. Dr. Robert L. Nordlie
1986 - 1990:         Rev. Dr. Philip M. Bickel
1990 - 1993:         Rev. Steven D. Simon
1994 to Present:    Rev. Patrick McKenzie

Immanuel Lutheran School

The first school in the Proviso area was built by a handful of German Lutherans who came from Hanover, Germany, in 1850. Their small settlement was called "Franzosenbusch" (French Grove or French Hill, later Proviso) and was located about nine miles south of Dunklee's Grove (Churchville, now Bensenville).

These German pioneers attended services at Zion Church, Dunklee's Grove and sent their children to Zion's parochial school for about two years. The distance and the hardship of travel was severe, especially in winter. In 1852 nine family heads banded together to form a new school district located in what was then known as the "Franzosenbusch" The participants were: Heinrich Mesenbrink, Heinrich Degener, Friedrich Meyer, Friedrich Degener, Friedrich Volberding, Heinrich Volberding, Wilhelm Mandel, Christian Puscheck and Heinrich Evers."¹

"Initially, Teacher Bartling {from Addison} provided three days of instruction in the home of Mr. Heinrich Degener. "In October of the same year (1852), the district got its own teacher in the person of Mr. Hahn. The school had an enrollment of about 15 children".¹

Teacher H. Bartling of Dunklee's Grove taught classes in the German language (High German) three times a week for fifteen pupils in Henry Degener's home. In 1852, the settlers purchased the forty acres of land at the southeast corner of Wolf and 22^nd Street (Cermak).

"The following spring the Proviso people built their own school".¹ It had two rooms, one a classroom and the other, living quarters for the first resident teacher, Mr. Hahn. For a time church services were conducted in the schoolhouse in the German language and the congregation was named Immanuel, meaning "God with us". One teacher taught seven grades and the children were strictly disciplined. The older children sat with the younger to help with the lessons and all took turns sweeping and cleaning the classroom.) Peter Bohlander attended this school for two years.

(Schoolhouse drawn by architect Michael Lambert of Arris Architects.)

"Mr. Kirchner.. a pious, zealous and capable teacher...took office in the fall of the year 1854".¹

Between 1852 and 1857 the following families joined with the original school founding fathers:

J. Schulz
Friedrich Haase
Friedrich Weiss
August Heidorn
Heinrich Ehrenpfort
Heinrich Runge
Siegfied Kolb
C. Seegers
C. G. Puscheck

In 1858 another building was completed on the northwest corner of the 40 acres.¹This new building served as the SECOND schoolhouse and as well as an interim church. Quickly the congregation grew from fifty to one-hundred and twenty-five families. A new church was completed and dedicated in 1868.

(The second school building is on the left in the above picture. The church is in the background to the right. The picture is from "Progress, Pride, Growth, 1905 - 1980, 75^thAnniversary --Village of Hillside". The photo was originally taken in the 1886 school year. The photographer is unknown.)

In 1861 teacher Kirchner left Proviso. His successor until 1863 was C. Herpolsheimer.¹

The THIRD school building was dedicated in 1910 and still stands on Cermak and Wolf Roads. At one point it was used as a teacher's residence. When Adolph W. Obermann became the Principal in 1928, the eighth grade was added and graduation took place. (Prior to this time, pupils finishing the, seventh grade entered the Hillside Public School am then graduated from the eighth grade.) The third school building was divided into two classrooms in 1948 with Lawrence Pohlmann as the Principal and Miss Elizabeth Peters, the second teacher. (Third school [1910] as it looks today. Photo by Jim Arbuthnot.)

We not yet found the link between William b1701 Scotland and William b1815 Penna.

Mackway records and Census Documentation provide the Family with some details.

Harold MacKway Sr married Anna in Chicago 1899 they had three children - Grace, Ruth and Wallace.
Anna was previously married to Olif Dahlquist and had children - Adoph and Marion.

Harold left Anna her to marry Louise. Harold Sr married Louise in Delaware 1907.
They had four children - Harold Jr, Louise, Naomi, Phoebe.

Louise was previously married to Samuel Vaillancourt
and they had children - Mabel (Sniff), Estelle (Repenning) and Eunice (Mairs).

Then in 1924 May Knaf was in the Mackway census.

1842 William and Eliza Mackway Family Group

Husband

William Mackway
  Born: ABT 1815 - PA
  Marr: BEF 1842 -
  Died: BEF 1880 -
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:

Wife

Eliza
  Born: ABT 1818 - England
  Died: AFT 1881 -
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:

Children

1. Edward Mackway
  Born: ABT MAR 1842 - NY
  Marr: 1868 - Louise Jessup Newton
  Died: 24 FEB 1915 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL

2. Eleanor Mackway
  Born: ABT 1842 - NY
  Died: 17 MAR 1896 - 1818 Wrightwood Ave., Chicago, Cook Co., IL

3. Marion Mackway
  Born: ABT 1846 - NY
  Died: 4 MAY 1916 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL

4. Eliza Mackway
  Born: ABT FEB 1849 - NY
  Died: -

1868 Edward and Louise Family Group

Husband

Edward Mackway
  Born: ABT MAR 1842 - NY
  Marr: ABT 1868 -
  Died: 24 FEB 1915 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL
Father: William Mackway
Mother: Eliza
Other Spouses:

Wife

Louise Jessup Newton
  Born: ABT FEB 1844 - AL
  Died: ABT 1937 -
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses:

Children

1. Mackway
Born: AFT 1868 -
Died: BEF 1900 -

2. Agnes E Mackway
  Born: ABT JUN 1869 - PA
  Died: -

3. Florence M Mackway
  Born: ABT MAR 1874 - MO
  Died: -

4. Harold Jessup Mackway, Sr
  Born: 23 JAN 1875 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL
  Marr: 1907 - Louise Rosina Weinbauer (other spouses)
  Died: 1 APR 1957 - Hanover, Jefferson Co., IN

5. Jessica D Mackway
  Born: ABT APR 1878 - IL
  Marr: 1909 - Raymond H Waldron
  Died: -

6. Ella Mackway
  Born: ABT DEC 1879 - IL
  Died: -

7. Louise H Mackway
  Born: ABT OCT 1887 - IL
  Died: -

1899 Harold and Anna Dahlquist Mackway Family Group

Husband

Harold Jessup Mackway, Sr
  Born: 23 JAN 1875 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL
  Marr: ABT 1899 -
  Died: 1 APR 1957 - Hanover, Jefferson Co., IN
Father: Edward Mackway
Mother: Louise Jessup Newton
Other Spouses: Louise Rosina Weinbauer

Wife

Anna W
  Born: ABT JUL 1875 - Scotland
  Died: -
Father:
Mother:
Other Spouses: Olaf Dahlquist

Children

1. Grace Mackway
  Born: ABT DEC 1899 - IL
  Died: -

2. Ruth Mackway
  Born: ABT 1901 - IL
  Marr: 1920 - Rupert Clark
  Died: AFT 1957 -

3. Wallace William Mackway
  Born: 27 AUG 1902 - IL
  Marr: 1928 - Rose
  Died: MAR 1983 -

1907 Harold and Lousie Weinbauer Mackway Family Group

Husband

Harold Jessup Mackway, Sr
  Born: 23 JAN 1875 - Chicago, Cook Co., IL
  Marr: 17 DEC 1907 - Wilmington, New Castle Co., DE
  Died: 1 APR 1957 - Hanover, Jefferson Co., IN
Father: Edward Mackway
Mother: Louise Jessup Newton
Other Spouses: Anna W

Wife

Louise Rosina Weinbauer
  Born: 26 MAR 1877 - Maywood Village, Cook Co., IL
  Died: 3 FEB 1947 - Norristown, Montgomery Co., PA
Father: Philip Weinbauer
Mother: Johanna Kline
Other Spouses: Samuel Henry Vaillancourt

Children

1. Harold Jessup Newton Mackway, Jr
  Born: 9 MAR 1911 - Audubon, Camden Co., NJ
  Marr: 1940 - Ann Veronica Sullivan
  Died: 2 SEP 1987 - Clifton Heights, Delaware Co., PA

2. Louise Marie Mackway
  Born: 26 JAN 1914 - Hilltown Twp., Bucks Co., PA
  Marr: 1935 - Cuyler Cambell Wilkinson, Jr
  Died: 28 JUL 2000 - Buckingham, Bucks Co., PA

3. Naomi Florence Mackway
  Born: 19 JUL 1917 - Hilltown Twp., Bucks Co., PA
  Marr: 1937 - Ralph Dexter Waite, Sr
  Died: 13 AUG 1997 - Grand View Hospital, West Rockhill Twp., Bucks Co., PA

4. Phoebe Ester Mackway
  Born: Private -
  Marr: Private - Charles Leidy Greiser
  Died: -