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Thank you very much for that information and advice, I will look along those lines. I appreciate your help very much, cheers.

Hello Susan,

Thank you so much for your reply, sorry I didn't explain the relationship so well I am new to this and a bit too excited...
I will start with the info as far as I know at this stage;

1. James McKenzie was born in Scotland. He married Jean McBain on 25 July 1765 in Dyke, Moray, Scotland. They had a child named John McKenzie b 28 April 1806 in Portsoy, Banffshire, Scotland. He died on 7 October 1888 in Woodford, Victoria, Australia. He married Anne Mellis in 1825 in Boyndie, Banffshire.

2. John McKenzie and Anne Mellis had the following children;
John McKenzie born 1832 in Aberdeen;
Anne McKenzie b 1835
* Alexander McKenzie b 1839
Magdalan McKenzie b 1843
Robert McKenzie b 1845
Helen McKenzie b 1849

3. *Alexander McKenzie son of John and Anne mellis, was born on 13 July 1839 in Old Machar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He died on 1st August 1925 in Bushfiel, Victoria. He married Helen Thompson on 22 June 1860 in Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Alexander and Helen had the following children;
* John McKenzie born 1860 (Scot)
Jessie Morrison McKenzie b 1862 (Aust)
Alexander McKenzie b 1866 (Aust)
Magdalene McKenzie b 1868 (Aust)
James McKenzie b 1873 (Aust)
Robert McKenzie b 1875 (Aust)

4. * John McKenzie son of Alexander McKenzie and Helen Thompson was born on 21 July 1860 in Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He died on 4 February 1918 in Woodford, Victoria, Australia. He married Anna Julia Windsor in 1886 in Victoria.
John McKenzie and Anna Windsor had the following children;
Alexander John McKenzie b 1886
Francis Leo McKenzie b 1887
* James Joseph McKenzie b 1888
John Joseph McKenzie b 1892
Lesley Joseph McKenzie b 1893
Helen Thomson McKenzie b 1895
Cath McKenzie b 1896
Henry McKenzie b 1902

5. * James Joseph McKenzie,son of John McKenzie and Anna Julia Windsor, was born in 1888 in Woodford, Victoria. He died in 1941 in Sydney, NSW. He married Laura Mary Taylor in 1914 in Woolongong, NSW, she died in 1981.
James McKenzie and Laura Taylor had seven children, Ethel, Gladys, Kelvin,Colin, Sheilla, Phillis, * Dawn Monica McKenzie (my mother)

6. * Dawn Monica McKenzie was born on 2 April 1929, she died on the 30 May 2006. She married Colin James Morris in 1948.

This is a brief version of the detail that I have so far, hopefully we are related along the line somewhere. If you require any further detail please let me know.

Kind Regards

Greg Morris