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Research in Other Countries => New Zealand => New Zealand Completed Requests => Topic started by: wianhall on Monday 13 January 14 12:48 GMT (UK)
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I am looking for possible descendants of Donald McKenzie who was born in june 1839 in Alva Clackmannanshire Scotland his father was called Andrew, mother was called Christina maiden name McIntyre. he left for Otago on 25th january 1861 aged 16 years. I have this information from the family bible along with other family information.
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Hello,
If he was born in 1839 he wolud have been approx 22 when he arrived in NZ,if so this could be his death
1871/9548 McKenzie Donald 32Y
Cheers Janette
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Sorry the age was incorrect he was 21 not 16 thanks for pointing it out
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There were two marriages of a Donald McKenzie in New Zealand between 1861 and 1871, with one being just plain Donald McKenzie. This chap married a Janet Currie in 1866 and they had one child, Janet.
The reason I think this may be your man is that after the death of Donald in 1871, a Janet Mckenzie married in 1874 (I'm assuming this may have been his widow) to a Duncan McLean and had several children, one of whom was named Andrew McKenzie McLean.
To get any real confirming info you would probably have to get the death printout for the 1871 Donald McKenzie death (which will probably give his origins) and the marriage cert for Janet McKenzie to Duncan McLean.
Hope this helps,
Eliza.
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Unfortunately little information at this time was captured for the registration for Births, Deaths & Marriages.
On the New Zealand BDM website go to "Data Collected". This sets out the information likely to be found on documents for the various years............
Minniehaha.
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Link to NZ BDM online records >
http://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/search/
~ Lu
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Minniehaha is right, I had forgotten about that. The names of the parents and place of origin were not recorded till a little later. What a shame.
Eliza.
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Hi wianhall
The Donald McKENZIE (identified earlier in thread) died 1871 aged 32 years, was buried at the Waitati Cemetery, Otago.
The cemetery record gives his name as Donald MACKENZIE - and his age as 35 years. Both of these "inconsistencies" may have to do with the cemetery's record keeping ??
He is alone in a plot and there are no others named MACKENZIE.
Unfortunately, a death record from 1871 (a "Printout" from NZ BDM), is not going to assist you much with positively identifying this man as your Donald from Clackmannanshire. :(
~ Lu
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A further search of Waitati Cemetery records > for McKENZIE > turned up about 8 burials. It's difficult though to determine whether any of these people were connected to the Donald MacKENZIE or McKENZIE who died in 1871.
Here's the link to the cemetery records >
http://www.dunedin.govt.nz
> click on the link to the Cemeteries records search.
~ Lu
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Hi Wianhall,
You mention that the source of your information comes from your family bible and also that you have other information. Can you provide us with that information as well please, as it might provide some clues.
An excellent resource for those researching emigrants to Otago is Toitū Otago Settlers Museum.
www.toituosm.com/
I had wondered if young Donald might have emigrated to Otago in particular in search of gold, but the 'rush' triggered by the discovery of gold at Gabriel's Gully happened in May 1861, a bit early given the date of departure you provided.
Mind you, Gabriel's wasn't the first Otago 'rush', so it remains a possibility.
Spades
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Wianhall ... if you have access to ancestry.com you can view a tree for the Donald McKENZIE who died in 1871 (buried Waitati Cemetery). [It may even be available for free viewing via the Mundia website ?]
The ancestry tree is for a ...
Donald Andrew McKENZIE - b. Alloa, Scotland 6 January 1939
Parents given as "Andrew McKENZIE" and "Christine McINTYRE" .[/u]
This Donald McKENZIE said to have married an "Elizabeth Ursula BULL - in New York" with a son Andrew Johnson McKENZIE b. 1871 in NZ.
Perhaps you could contact tree owner to see what supporting documents are available ?
~ Lu
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From the book, "Blueskin Days, a History of Waitati, Evansdale, Warrington and Surrounding Districts", by Ian Church with Stuart and Jean Strachan. [Published 2007.]
References to:Andrew McKenzie who married Jane Wilson on 29.5.1862.
One of the first Waitati Valley Allotments (1861) went to Alex. McKenzie.
Andrew McKenzie listed in Wise's Otago Directory for Blueskin, 1874. Again in 1887 as a platelayer.
Same for 1894.
Maybe a connection to Donald?
Minniehaha.
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I have a reference to that bible inscription which says he emigrated on the 25th of January 1861. The reference occurs in an article written by a relative of mine in the 1940s. It indicates that in fact records show Donald emigrated to NZ with his aunt Elizabeth McKenzie (nee Cock) on 26 January 1860 on the ship "Storm Cloud". There was a series of articles published in the "Alloa Circular and Hillfoots Record" around 1947 when a relative of mine tracked down much information about Elizabeth and members of her family who either emigrated to NZ or stayed in Scotland. Elizabeth and many of her family lived at Waitati after arriving at Port Chalmers.