Robert MCKEAG

1820 - Yes, date unknown

• Name	Robert MCKEAG
  Birth	1820	Ireland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Yes, date unknown
  Person ID	I15	McCree Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Aug 2018

  
  

  Father	Samuel MCKEAG,   b. Abt 1784, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F1665	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth HERRON   d. BF 1861
  Marriage	Ireland
  Children	1. Sarah MCKEAG,   b. 1847, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown   2. Elizabeth MCKEAG,   b. 1849, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown   3. Robert James KEAG,   b. 30 Apr 1854, County Down, Ireland d. 1 Oct 1899, Atkinson, Henry, Illinois, United States (Age 45 years)   4. Margaret MCKEAG,   b. 1855, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown   5. Thomas MCKEAG,   b. 1856, Down, Ireland d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F15	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jun 2026

  
  

• Notes

  POSSIBLE:  County Antrim, Ireland, Householder's Index, 1851, 1857 Robert McCaig Residence Year: 1851 Parish: Ballymoney Barony: Barony of Upper Dunluce Jurisdiction: New Buildings South Poor Law Union: Poor Law Union of Ballymoney Residence Place: Antrim, Northern Ireland POSSIBLE: Ireland, Civil Registration Deaths Index, 1864-1958 about Robert McKeag Name: Robert McKeag Estimated Birth Year: abt 1821 Date of Registration: Jan-Feb-Mar 1893 Death Age: 72 Registration district: Newtownards Death Country: Ireland Volume: 1 Page: 679 FHL Film Number: 101597 1796-Robert McKeag (ID 16437) is listed as an Irish Flax Grower in Down County, Ireland.....POSSIBLE Relative. 1831-Ireland, Tithe Applotment Books, 1823-1837 about Robert McKeag Antrim, Culfeightrin, Drumarooan...POSSIBLE Relative. The name McKeag is derived from the Irish Mac Thaidhg, meaning 'son of Tadg' and is derived from the early Irish word Tadg, meaning poet or philosopher. The name is not that of a distinct sect, but arose as an ephemeral surname in various places. In 1397 the names Mcheyg and Mcheyge were recorded in Derry and in 1486 the Makhaig was noted in Wigtownshire. Sometime later the H was dropped and resulted in spellings of McAig, McAige, or McCaig, also the Irish spelling of McKaig. In Ulster, particularly the vowel sound 'ai' is frequntly spelled 'ea' and this has lead to the most widespread Irish spelling McKeag, a spelling that was also recorded in Scotland in 1685, in Kilcheran Parish, Kintyre. Another Ulterism (also prevalant in Scotland) is to append 'ue' to words that would otherwise end in 'eag' and thus we have such *spellings as McKeague. There are many variants of the McKeag name, including ones from which the prefix Mc has been dropped. We must remember that McKeags have only become consistent about the spelling of their surname in the 20th century. (My thanks to Mike McKeag for this information. *Please note the spelling of McKeag may vary: McCaig, McCaigue, McCaige, McCage, McKeague, McKeage, McKeg, McKegue, McKaig, MacKegg, McKeeg, and many others.) -Copied from a paper found in Maureen L. McCree (Keag)'s genelogy information.

  
  

• Sources

  [S14] 1861 Scotland Census. Robert McKeag Head Widower Male 41 1820 Salesman Sewed Musling Ireland Sarah McKeag Daughter - Female 14 1847 Scholar Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Elizabeth McKeag Daughter - Female 12 1849 Scholar Ireland Thomas McKeag Son - Male 8 1853 Scholar Ireland Robert James McKeag Son - Male 8 1853 Scholar Invernessshire, Scotland Margaret McKeag Daughter - Female 6 1855 Scholar Invernessshire, Scotland 1861 Scotland Census. Robert Mckeag Age: 41 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820 Relationship: Head Gender: Male Where born: Ireland Registration number: 646/2 Registration District: Partick Civil Parish: Govan Town: Partick County: Lanarkshire Address: 8 Dowanhill St Occupation: Salesman Fewed Murly ED: 10 Household Schedule Number: 203 Line: 1 Roll: CSSCT1861_114