McKenzie

[Gadget]

I see that his age varies  on the censuses. Also, John M(a)ckenzie was a pretty common name over on that side - it was MacKenzie country!


Gadget

[malbec]

Yes his age varies wildly on the censuses (censii??  )  Wish I could be as creative with my age 
Gadget, Isabella's parents are George Phimister and Alexandrina Wares...so that bit is right.

How interchangable are the McKenzie and Mackenzie??   My grandmother was always Mackenzie which gave
me a bit of trouble when I first started researching as I hadn't even considered that her ancestors might have been McKenzies.

I had come up with John born in 1804 and then found this site...(tree)
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=elizabeth365_1&id=I15153
which seemed to confirm what I had come up with...of course we could both be speculating wildly! 

Bec

[Gadget]

The info fits with our findings, Bec.  Have you contacted the person?

Having lived in MacKenzie country, the spelling varies and it would have depended,  in those days, on who entered the info in the parish records, I would think.

His parents do look like a John and Margaret though rather than Murdo(ch). Not all baptisms were entered in the records.

The Murdoch on the marriage record might have been a brother. have you tried tracing up any of John's siblings?


Gadget

[malbec]

Hi Gadget,
No I hadn't tried tracing any of the siblings...I was struggling with so many Mckenzies 

Bec

[Gadget]

Thinking about it more, the ones that I know are now all Mackenzies - I've just checked my telehone lists 

[RSMACL]

Looking for more info. re ancestor of my husband, Malcom McDonald.
Widower MALCOM MCDONALD House Carpenter, married in January 1820 in Lewiston, Glen Urquhart, Inverness-shire to MARY MCKENZIE, b. 1799 Ferrintosh, Killearnan Parish. 
Their first son was Murdoch - born 1821 Glen Urquhart, then family possibly moved to Cullicudden, Resolis.  Married  1846 Christina Urquhart, who was born June 1822, Ferrintosh, Killearnan Parish. 
All of their seven children were born in Cullicudden, Resolis.  Another possible son was William Hughin McDonald, born c. 1826, Petty, Urquhart.  No more info.  Can anyone help with more info. on original Malcolm and mary McKenzie?    IGI gives Malcolm's birthdate as 1795 (and Mary's as 1799) but cannot find on Scotland's People - or rather, can't identify right one. 
I think that Malcolm was born earlier, (to accommodate his first marriage - and possible death of first wife?).  I found a Census record which gives his birthdate as 1767 which seems more logical.      Ruth

[jmack]

Dear malbec:

Don't get hung up on the Mackenzie / Mckenzie thing the two were pretty interchangeable and many families only became fixed on one or the other as literacy improved toward the end of the 1800's.  This was certainly the case with my ancestors.  I have also seen it suggested that McKenzie is just a contraction or abbreviation like can't for cannot.

Also don't get fixed on a particular age - on early census data it was very common for people to round their ages to the nearest 5 so 42 becomes 40.  This has led me astray more than once.

I can offer no help in tracing your line but i send my sympathies when dealing with Mackenzies - they really were 10 a penny in the region  Speaking from my own experience keep plugging away and eventually something will click into place.

Good luck

Jane