The birth of George William Mackie was registered at Lambeth, London in the 1st quarter of 1878. He was the son of William and Mary Mackie. George married Mary Broomfield, the daughter of James and Martha Broomfield. James was a Devon dairy farmer.

The 1881 census recorded the Mackie family living at 11 Lower Ann Street, Lambeth, Surrey :

William Mackie, 34, head of household, coach painter, b Worcester
Mary Mackie, 37, wife, b Lymington, Hampshire
Ida M. Mackie, 9, daughter, b Lambeth
Grace E. Mackie, 6, daughter, b Lambeth
George W. Mackie, 3, son, b Lambeth
Lydia J. Mackie, 1, daughter, b Lambeth

The 1891 census recorded the Mackie family living at 1 Rosetta Place, New Lane , Lymington:

William Mackie, 46, head of household, coach maker, b Worcester
Mary Mackie, 47, wife, b Lymington, Hampshire
George W. Mackie, 13, son, b Lambeth
Lydia J. Mackie, 11, daughter, b Lambeth
Jessie A. Mackie, 8, daughter, b Pennington, Hampshire
Charles H. Mackie, 4, son, b Lymington

The 1901 census recorded the Mackie family living in Queens Road , Lyndhurst, Hampshire:

William Mackie, 54, head of household, coach painter, b Worcester
Mary Mackie, 58, wife, b Lymington, Hampshire
Charles H. Mackie, 14, son, b Lymington, Hampshire
Mary Mackie, 25, daughter-in-law, b Uffculme, Devon
Elsie M. Mackie, 1 month, grand-daughter, b Boldre, Hampshire

Elsie Mary Mackie’s birth was registered at Lymington in the 2nd quarter of 1901.

George and Mary had two more children:

Jessie Martha Mackie, whose birth was registered in the New Forest in the 1st quarter of 1903.

George William Mackie, whose birth was registered in the New Forest in the 1st quarter of 1909.

In 1912, George and his family were living at 31 Winchester Road, Southampton . Mary continued to live there until she died in October 1956.

Extracts from the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund, Scheme of Administration:

The ‘Titanic’ Relief Fund.

Scheme for the administration and application of the above-mentioned fund as submitted to a meeting of the Mansion House committee on the Nineteenth day of March 1913, . . . . . .

Fifth Schedule

Part 1

List of Dependants of members of crew.

Class “C.”

Case 529

Mackie, Mary Widow

Mackie, Elsie Mary Child

Mackie, Jessie Martha Child

Mackie, Geo. Wm. Child

Below are extracts from pages 184 and 185 of Minute Book No. 2 of the Southampton Titanic Committee of the Mansion House Titanic Relief Fund:

Minutes of a meeting of the Committee held at 6, Portland Street, Southampton on Friday 8th February 1918 at 2-30 o’clock, p.m.

Letter from the public trustee dated 7th December 1917 was again read, suggesting that many boy and girl dependants may now be employed at earnings sufficient for their support and in such cases the Committee might consider it unnecessary to continue the allowances. A schedule of such cases was submitted, and it was resolved to suspend the allowances as undermentioned, as from 31st March next.

529 Elsie Mackie