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McKenzie

a Prince County, Prince Edward Island family

name origin

...pronounced Mackaingye. G. MacCoinnich or MacC(h)oinnich, 'son of Coinneach', In Adamnan the name is Cainnechus, which is an adjective of the root 'fair, bright'. The English form of the name is interesting as preserving the mediaeval Gaelic pronounciation of the genitive, which in early Irish is 'cainny.'

Makbeth Makkyneth was present at the pleas held at Dull in Angus 1264 (RPSA, p340)Ewin Makkeye was the 'sone aand air' to Kenyeoch Maksorle in the Black Isle, 1500

Kannich oig McKannych Vc ane reoch was fiar of Calzenuchane, 1581

Johannea McKenzie, apparent of Apilcroce, had a charter of the lands of Kildin with the mill in 1606

The adventures of Donald Mackenzie (c. 1783-1851), fur-trader and governor of the Hudson's Bay Company, are recorded in Washington Irving's Astoria. "The weighed over 300 pounds, but was so active that he was called 'perpetual motion'" -11-

my family

Descendants of Murdock McKenzie
 

 1   Murdock MCKENZIE b: August 1849 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: December 15, 1893 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada
..  +Mary J. MCLEOD b: August 6, 1854 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: May 19, 1894 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada
....... 2   Sarah Anne MCKENZIE b: November 19, 1871 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: Unknown in New York City, New York, United States
...........  +Henry WILSON b: Unknown d: Unknown in New York City, New York, United States
....... 2   Mary Elizabeth MCKENZIE b: January 18, 1873 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: Unknown in Breadalbane, Prince Edward Island, Canada
...........  +Tweed BARLOW b: Unknown d: Unknown in Breadalbane, Prince Edward Island, Canada
................. 3   Mamie BARLOW b: Unknown in Breadalbane, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: Unknown
.....................  +Norman MATHISON b: Unknown d: Unknown
....... 2   Catherine Margaret MCKENZIE b: October 15, 1874 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: June 24, 1941 in Apohaqui, New Brunswick, Canada
...........  +Arthur William WATTERS b: December 20, 1869 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada d: June 15, 1956 in Apohaqui, New Brunswick, Canada
....... 2   Effie Christina MCKENZIE b: May 17, 1876 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: November 20, 1876 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada
....... 2   Donald Morrison MCKENZIE b: October 9, 1877 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: Unknown
....... 2   Mary Catherine MCKENZIE b: June 23, 1879 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: Unknown
....... 2   John Malcolm MCKENZIE b: June 13, 1881 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: Unknown
....... 2   Alexander Murdock MCKENZIE b: December 10, 1883 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: Unknown
....... 2   Effie Jane MCKENZIE b: April 24, 1886 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: Unknown in St Albans, Vermont, United States
...........  +Henry PARQUETTE b: Unknown d: Unknown in St Albans, Vermont, United States
....... 2   Thomas Corbett MCKENZIE b: October 8, 1888 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: Unknown
....... 2   William Campbell MCKENZIE b: April 19, 1891 in Victoria West, Prince Edward Island, Canada d: Unknown


the names: hers:
appleby

cole
critchley
mckenzie

oldford
sweetapple

taylor
turnbull
watters
his:
benson
crossman
gamblin

hazzard


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Totten-Taylor Family History v.3.0 - updated 13 September, 2005