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��MACKELLAR— McKILLICAN

��190S-06. Admitted to bar of N.Y. State, 1906, antJ since then engaged in practice of law. Man- ager of the Kings Park State Hospital, Brooklyn. MACKEI.LAB, Gertrude Elizabeth, 145 W.

Thirteenth St.. N.Y. City.

Organist; b. Bradford, Pa.; ed. in schools of Pennsylvania; music from private teachers; regu- lar and post-graduate courses in Guilmant Organ School; studied composition with Homer Norris and Clement R. Gale; piano with Dr. William Mason. Since 1904 organist Thirteenth St. Pres- byterian Church. Has given organ recitals. Only woman fellow Am. Guild of Organists. .HcKELI.AR, Margaret, Neemuch, Central India. -Medical missionary; b. Island of Mull, Scot- land, Oct. 23, 1861; dau. Captain Peter McKellar of Port Elgin, Ont. ; came to Canada in early childhood; ed. in public schools, Ingersoll (Out.) High School, Queens Univ., M.D. "90, and Woman's Med. Coll., post-graduate studies in Edinburgh and London. Mem. Coll. of Physi- cians and Surgeons of Ontario, 1890, and in that year went to Central India as a medical mission- ary, of the Presbyterian Church of Canada, lo- cating as the first medical missionary at Nee- much, where her efforts have founded a hospital which has been of great benefit to that region; took an active part in the famine relief work at that place. Frequent contributor to missionary and secular press on missionary and other In- dian topics; on a home visit in 1S98 addressed the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Montreal. Author: A Trip Info Kashmir, 1907. Presbyterian. McKELVEY, Mary Mattocks (Mrs. John Jay

McKelvey), Bonnie Brae, Spuyten Duyvil, N.Y

City.

Bom No. 28, 1862; dau. Daniel Jasper and Laura S. (Clark) Mattocks; ed. Oberlin Coll., B.A. '8.5; Bix years at Oberlin, four in college, with the Greek oration at Junior Exhibition Oberlin Coll. (mem. ^olian); m. Cleveland, Ohio, 1887, John Jay McKelvey; children: Mary, Constance, Ruth, Jane. Interested in legislation regulating child labor and welfare, and in favor of suffrage, also suppression of white slave traffic. Congrega- tionalist. Mem. Oberlin Ass'n, child labor or- ganizations, Consumers' League, Nat. Woman's Suffrage Organization, Sorosis Club. McKELVY, Blanche I>. (Mrs. Russell E. Mc-

Kelvy), 3036 Cass St., Omaha, Neb.

Writer; b. Fort Perry, Pa.; 1858; dau. Thomas Jefferson and Flora J. (Sadler) Lewis; ed. Pitts- burgh (Pa.) Normal School, State certificate for teaching in public schools; m. Braddock, Pa., Nov., 1880, Russell E. McKelvy; children: Isa- belle Treat, Blanche Russell. Sec. Social Ser- vice Board of City of Omaha; chairman of Civics Com. of Neb. Fed. Women's Clubs; chairman of Civics Com. Omaha Woman's Club; regent of Maj. Isaac Sadler Chapter D.A.R. Favors woman suffrage; vice-pres. Omaha Suffrage Ass'n; pres. Neb. Woman's Democratic League; pres. Omaha \/oman's Democratic League. Author of short stories for children; editor Woman's Department of Omaha World-Herald. Episcopalian. Mem. Omaha Woman's Club, W.C.T.U., D.A.R,, Wom- an's Democratic League. McKENZIE, Ethel O'Neil (Mrs. R. Tait Mc-

Kenzle), 26 S. Twenty-first St., Philadelphia,

Pa.

Born Hamilton, Can., 1880; dau. John and Han- nah (MacGowan) O'Neil; ed. Hamilton Coll. Inst.; Hamilton Conservatory of Music School; Clavier Piano School, N.Y. City; Berlin, Germany, pupil of Virgil and Rive-King, and Joseffy; m. in Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle, Aug. 18, 1907, Dr. R. Tait McKenzie. Mem. of faculty Clavier Piano School, N.-Y. City, 1903; held chair of music in Science Hill School, 1904-07. Chair- man Public Health Com. Civic Club, Philadel- phia, 1908-12; active in crusade against Infant mortality. Favors woman suffrage. Episco- palian. McKENZIE, Margaret McLe«d Kms (Mrs.

Peter McKenzie), 2 Coboors Ai»artin«nts,

Montreal, Canada.

Dom Naughton, Ont; ed. In Ontario schools; m. Dec. 23, 1S95, Peter McKenzie, chief factor of the Hudson Bay Company (died 1909). Has be<:n

��a leader in the Victorian Order of Nurses, and a member of its house committee; elected its president, Westmount, 1907. Former pres. and now hon. pres. of local branch. Daughters of the Em- pire, Montreal; undertook the care of the Mili- tary Cemetery, Papineau Road, Montreal, 1902. MACKENZIE, Mary Elizabeth Forwood (Mrs.

Georg-e Norbury Mackenzie), 1808 Park Av.,

Baltimore, Md.

Born Bel Air, Harford Co., Md.; dau. William Smithson and Rebecca (Glenn) Forwood; ed. Mt. St. Agnes Coll. (Catholic), Mt. Washington, Bal- timore; m. Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Bal- timore, June 14, 1902, George Norbury Mackenzie, LL.B.; children: Thomas, IV, b. Jan. 28, 1906; Rebecca Forwood, b. Jan. 28, 1906; Cosmo Glenn, b. May 22, 1907. Favors woman suffrage. Hus- band is author and- editor of The Colonial Families of U.S. of America. Catholic. Mem. Colonial Dames of America, D.A.R. Recreations: Tennis, dancing. McKEON, Elsis McVltty (Mrs. Edward H. Mc-

Keon), 12 E. Eager St., Baltimore, Md.

Born Philadelphia, Pa., June 13, 1880; dau. T. Edward and Phoebe (Quinby) McVitty; ed. Miss Sophie Irwin's School, Philadelphia, Pa.; St. Tim- othy's, Catonsville, Md., and Europe; m. Bryn Mawr, Pa., Feb. 6, 1900, Edward H. McKeon; children: Phoebe Quinby, Elsie Howland. Epis- copalian. Mem. of many historical societies and many hospitals and charity boards. Recreations: Golf, riding. McKEBBOLI., Mary Catliarine (Mrs. D. T. L.

McKerroll), 19 Laws St., Toronto, Can.

Born Niagara Falls, Ont., Aug. 21, 1877; dau. Rev. J. A. F. McBain, D.D., and Mary Morrison (Quin) McBain; grad. Toronto Univ., B.A. '99; m. Dover, Ont., Feb. 5, 1902, Rev. D. T. L. Mc- Kerroll, B.A. Before marriage was manuscript reader and critic. Elected mem. Presbyterian Woman's Home Mission Board of Canada; Mis- sion Band sec. for Canada. Teacher of Vic- toria Boys' Bible Class. Honorary pres. and in- terested in several local church societies and auxiliaries; also in hospitals of West End. Fa- vors woman suffrage. Presbyterian. Mem. Univ. Alumnae Ass'n, Woman's Foreign Mis- sionary Soc, Woman's Nat. Council. Recrea- tions: Golf, books, music. Mem. Runn-ymead Travel Club, Woman's University, Woman's Canadian Club. MACKEY, Maryette Goodwin (Mrs. Denver J.

Maokey), Monrovia, Cal.

Born Sandusky, Ohio, Nov. 9, 1865; dau. Homer and Maryette (Cowles) Goodwin; grad. Wellesley, B.A. '88 (mem. Shakespeare Soc); m. Florence, Italy, June 9, 1892, Denver J. Mackey; children: Florence Goodv/in, Margaret Gilbert. Mem. at various times of several philanthropic organiza- tions; vice-pres. for several years of Board of Trustees of Public Library in Ohio. Interested in college women's organizations. Favors woman suffrage. Author: Pronunciation of Ten Thou- sand Proper Names. Congregationallst. F*ro- gressive. Mem. D.A.R., Ass'n of Collegiate Alumnae. Recreations: Music, books. Mem. Wel- lesley Club. MACKIE, Laura V. Gnstin (Mrs. George

Mackte), 155 Pleasant St., Attleboro, Mass.

Physician; b. Etna, Maine, July 20, 1852; dau. Charles More and Ellen (Grant) Gustin; e<3. Westbrook (Maine) Sem., Woman's Medical Coll. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, M.D. '74; later took post-graduate course in the Post-Graduata Med. School, N.Y. City; m. Attleboro, Mass., Dec. 24, 1875, Dr. George Maokie (now deceased). Engaged in practice of medicine In Attleboro, Mass., since 1876; one of owners of the Attleboro Home Sanitarium. Favors woman suffrage. Mem. Mass. Woman Suffrage Ass'n. Congrega- tionallst. Mem. Am. Med. Ass'n, Mass. Med. Soc, Nov/ England Hospital Med. Soc, Am. i'jloctro-Therapeutic Ass'n. Mem. Doctors' Clul), Round Table Club (Attleboro). McKILLICAN, Janet, American Presbyterian

]\Ilssion, Peking, China.

Missionary; b. Vankleck Hill, Ont, Can.; dau. William McKillican; granddaughter of Rov. William McKillican, Presbyterian clergyman,

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