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Lucy Jane Holt McKay

Birth	:	12 Jul 1876 Boulder, Jefferson County, Montana, USA
Death	:	6 Feb 1960 White Sulphur Springs, Meagher County, Montana, USA
Burial	:	Graceland Cemetery, Albany, Albany County, USA
Coordinate	:	42.6307983, -73.7908020
Plot	:	A10
Description	:	You can read more about Lucy Holt McKay in "Georgia's Story" an account of Georgia Filcher's life by her daughter Lois at http://sdrv.ms/Z2ZSwm Lucy Jane Holt, married Ralph Adams Filcher in 1895. Ralph Adams Filcher was a miner in the Butte and Boulder, Montana areas, a local strongman and agressive fighter, "Kid Filcher", and a man about town. The wedding announcement in the local paper had an editorial comment included wishing her good luck and hoping she would be able to tolerate his lifestyle. Their marriage produced two sons, John James Filcher(1896-1971) and Joseph Benjamin Filcher(1897-1970). They were later divorced and Lucy... Read More	You can read more about Lucy Holt McKay in "Georgia's Story" an account of Georgia Filcher's life by her daughter Lois at http://sdrv.ms/Z2ZSwm Lucy Jane Holt, married Ralph Adams Filcher in 1895. Ralph Adams Filcher was a miner in the Butte and Boulder, Montana areas, a local strongman and agressive fighter, "Kid Filcher", and a man about town. The wedding announcement in the local paper had an editorial comment included wishing her good luck and hoping she would be able to tolerate his lifestyle. Their marriage produced two sons, John James Filcher(1896-1971) and Joseph Benjamin Filcher(1897-1970). They were later divorced and Lucy Holt was remarried to Doctor Daniel McKay in White Sulphur Springs, Montana. That marriage produced 3 sons(Daniel(Find A Grave Memorial #57894287), Emmett(Find A Grave Memorial#57894665) and Marion(Find A Grave Memorial# 57894076) and 1 daughter, Hester(Find A Grave Memorial#67424072). The McKay children stayed close to Ralph and Lucy's children throughout their lives and the Filcher-McKay connection continues to this day. Lucy Holt Filcher McKay died in 1960. Lucy and Ralph's divorce was so bitter that she took every photograph she had with the two of them in it and cut Ralph out of the photo. As a young man, I (David Filcher) remember seeing a photo of my Great Grandmother Lucy and all that was visible of Ralph was part of Ralph's arm. Thus, the only photographic remembrance the Filcher family has of Ralph Adams Filcher is the photo shown in this memorial with Ralph, Lucy and baby John and one other photo on his memorial. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following is Lucy's Obituary from the Helena Independent Record, February, 12, 1960, page 7, White Sulphur Springs news section: Funeral Services for Mrs. Lucy Jane MacKay, 83, were conducted at the Twichel Chapel on Tuesday by Rev. Orville E. Lanham, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church. Organ music was played by Mrs. Doris Skelton. She was accompanied by Mrs. James H. Higgins and Mrs. William Ellison as they sang "Nearer my God to Thee", and "Rock of Ages". Mrs. MacKay died Saturday morning at the Mountainview Memorial Hospital after a lingering illness. Burial was in the Mayn Cemetery. Pallbearers were William Schaffarzick, A.A. Allred, Maurice Holmes, Jude Nott, Robyn Lyng and Gerald Edwards. Members of the Order of Eastern Star, Martha Chapter 11, read the ritual for the departed at the close of the service held at the Twichel Chapel with Mrs. Alice Fallang as acting Worthy Matron. Lucy Jane Holt was born July 12, 1876 at Boulder(MT), the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James R. Holt. Her father and mother moved to Montana from Illinois by wagon train in 1864. She was one of a family of 12 children, 10 of whom were born in Montana Territory; and she was the last survivor of the family. Mrs. MacKay recalled that her family and some friends went to Yellowstone National Park by covered Wagon in the early days and spent two months there. She was married to Mr. Filcher(Ralph Adams) and they had two sons. In 1900, She was married to Daniel McHessey MacKay at Fishtail(MT). In 1917, they moved to White Sulphur Springs where he was a practicing physician until his death in 1928. Mrs. MacKay was a Practical Nurse and assisted Dr. MacKay. Mrs. Mackay was a member of the Presbyterian Church and of Martha Chapter No. 11 Order of the Eastern Star. She was past Noble Grand of the Rebekah Lodge, and a past President of the American Legion Auxilliary. Surviving relatives include daughter, Mrs. Hester Lane of White Sulphur Springs; and five sons, John Filcher, Seattle, Washington; Ben Filcher, Stevensville(MT); Daniel McH. MacKay, Santa Ana, California; Emmett MacKay of Brownsville, Oregon; and Marion MacKay of White Sulphur Springs. She is survived also by 15 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following was taken from "Georgia's Story", an account of the life of Georgia Filcher by her daughter, Lois Filcher Longbottom, 2008; Chapter Thirteen, Ben Filcher (Father): Boulder Montana 1897 Ben's mother, Lucy, lived in the small town of White Sulphur Springs, in central Montana, and it was there, that Georgia and Ben's first child, Ralph Emmett Filcher, was born on May 18, 1927. Lucy Holt Filcher MacKay was in attendance as the nurse/midwife for the birth along with her husband Dr. Daniel MacKay, at the MacKay Hospital. Lucy Holt and Ben's father, Ralph Adams Filcher, had had a short tempestuous marriage. When they had met in Butte, Ralph was a miner, but he also enjoyed something of a reputation as an amateur boxer and a tough competitor. He boxed under the name of Kid Filcher. He had fought 52 rounds to a draw against a man by the name of Fred Robinson who went on to fight the famous heavyweight champion boxer John L. Sullivan. During the late 19th century, the popularity of boxing rose in this country simply because of Sullivan. He was a hard drinking, brawling, bare-knuckle bully who enthralled the public with his ability to knock out opponents. This was in the bare-fisted days, before the introduction of boxing gloves, when each knockdown was considered a round. Fights would last as many rounds as necessary until someone collapsed. In 1892, a fight went to a draw of 100 rounds. The longest fight was in 1893 and lasted 7 hours and 110 rounds. The strength and endurance of the fighters was said to be incredible, to have the stamina to continue to fight until they could no longer lift their hands. In 1884, Sullivan was touring the country, fighting exhibition fights in theaters, dance halls, and armories offering $1,000 to anyone who could stay four rounds with him, Queensberry rules. This meant that the fighters wore gloves, fought for three-minute rounds and were given a one-minute rest between the rounds. It also stated that a 10-count determined a knockout. The Marquis of Queensberry had sanctioned the rules in 1867 in England to combat the numbers of deaths or disfigurements in the ring, but they were slow in being adopted in America. Few opponents lasted more than one round. Robinson was knocked out in round two. This bout with Kid Filcher had lasted fifty rounds longer. It was during this time of his life that Ralph met the young woman from nearby Boulder, Montana. Lucy Holt's family was well known in Boulder and Butte, and the handsome Ralph's dashing reputation was hard to resist. There was rumor of a Holt family lineage back to Pocahontas. Her family had moved to Montana from Pocahontas, Illinois, which may have accounted for that rumor, but, she did have the skin tone and high cheekbones common to many Native Americans. (She preferred to suppress that part of her background, but, a paragraph suggesting the connection was discovered in her bible after her death). The Holt family originally came from England and owned a farm in Illinois. They later moved west to Boulder, Montana, and acquired a ranch which abutted a very popular resort the Boulder Hot Springs, used by wealthy mine owners and other elite families of Butte. The Holt family always maintained that the owners of the adjacent property had paid an unscrupulous surveyor to re-survey the Hot Springs property. The man had allegedly re-drawn the boundaries, recording the resort on the neighbor's property, rather than, as was rightly so, on the Holts',thereby significantly decreasing the value of the Holt's land. Still her family's ranch was of substantial size. The prosperous Holt family had enabled Lucy to grow up with the privileges unheard of to Ralph, who's mine speculator father had had ups and downs in his career. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Montana Standard, September 12, 1928 Prominent Doctor of White Sulphur Passes Suddenly- White Sulphur Springs, Sept. 11 -- (AP)-- Dr. W. McH. McKay, 54, was found dead this morning a short distance from his residence, presumably the victim of a heart attack. Dr. McKay was a native of this place but had practiced in Fergus and Yellowstone counties. His widow and four children survive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Perhaps one day a member or members of the MacKay family can explain the mystery behind the spellings of the name whereas some in the same immediate family use MacKay and others use McKay and why individuals headstones are spelled differently than names in the obituaries, public records,etc.

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Where is Lucy Jane Holt McKay's memorial?
Lucy Jane Holt McKay's memorial is located at: Graceland Cemetery, Albany, Albany County, USA.
When did Lucy Jane Holt McKay death?
Lucy Jane Holt McKay death on 6 Feb 1960 in White Sulphur Springs, Meagher County, Montana, USA
Where are the coordinates of the Lucy Jane Holt McKay's memorial?
Latitude: 42.6307983
Longitude: -73.7908020

Family Members:

Parent

Spouse

Dr Daniel McH. McKay Jr.

(1874 - 1928)

Ralph Adams Filcher

(1867 - 1925)

Siblings

Children

Emmett Holt MacKay

(1906 - 1988)

Marion S. Mackay

(1909 - 2000)

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