Looking for birth details Thomas MCKAY approx 1842. Died 1919 Kadina South Australia. Thomas married Ann(ie) PATTERSON 1863 at Clare South Australia. They had 10 children see http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I29807&tree=SouthAustralia for descendants.

Thomas MCKAY appears to have arrived in South Australia as a child. He was not in 1841 UK Census.

Father Thomas MCKAY Mother "Jean" or 'Jane' ship register For 'Lady McNaughton' arrived Port Adelaide 13 October 1847 with from London. Parents could be same as Thomas and Jean MCKAY 1841 census Newmilns, Union St Loudoun Ayrshire Scotland.

His wife's family Annie PATTERSON b 16 April 1842 d 1921 buried Kadina SA (father Archibald PATTERSON b1820 Scotland, d Kadina SA 1894; mother Agnes PATON) came by the same ship