Mackenzie family from Lochbroom, Ross-Shire, Scotland

[heilanlassie]

Hi again,

Just having a look through the Detroit border crossing records on familysearch... I have no idea if this Peter is yours or not, but in 1933, he says he is 34 years old and was born in Rosshire.  His mother is Margaret MacKenzie, living in Inverness.  This is the right birth place and approximate birth year and mother's name.  It says he was in the US before - from 1929-1933. 

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K8M9-C8Q

RK



 

Again, RunKitty - many thanks.
I am 99.99% certain, that this is the Peter Mackenzie I am researching.
Perhaps Margaret's husband has died, and she is living in Inverness.
I'll have to do a little more digging...................

[heilanlassie]

I wonder which sister Rodina was going to live with - would it be possible to find out from the address?

Rodina had four sisters, Katie (Catherine?), Bella (Isabella?), Mary Ellen and Alexina (Alexandrina?)

Why does every question answered give more questions     

[RunKitty]

Hi,

I am not amazing at all... others did all the work finding the records in the first place . 

I had another look at the border card and I think the sister's last name is actually Goodwillie.  My first guess had also been Ivanville.  However, I didn't see any families by that name in Detroit - doing a census search on the familysearch site.  However, there are several Goodwillie families in the Detroit area in 1930 and 1940. 

Do you have birth year information for the sisters?  That could help.

RK



 

[cosmac]

The 1930 Detroit US census shows Alex Goodwillie (38) b. Scotland with wife Mary (35) b. Scotland.  His immigration year is 1906 and hers is 1914.  There is a Canadian passenger list with an arrival of a Mary McKenzie with her destination shown as Brantford.  Hard to know if this is her.

A family tree on ancestry (perhaps accessible through the free Mundia site) shows that Mary Ellen Mackenzie b. Sep 1895 Ullapool Cromarty d. 1999 (no location given) married Alexander Hay Goodwillie b. 09 May 1888 Elgin, Scotland and died 1955 Detroit.

2 boys and 1 girl to this marriage.  If you looked at the 1940 census at FamilySearch you should be able to pull up the Christian names of the children.  Since they were born 1929 and later they can only be referred to as T., G. (boys) and E. (girl).

The 1930 census also shows that the marriage had taken place when Alex was 35 and his age on the 1930 census was 38.

[RunKitty]

Hi,

Alexander's middle name seems to be Gunn.  His WW2 draft card is on familysearch.  The address matches with the address on the 1940 census (image also available on familysearch).  His birthdate is the same as the one mentioned in the tree found by cosmac. 

Draft card
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/J4SY-7KM

RK

[RunKitty]

The Find a Grave site has a record for Mary Ellen Mackenzie Goodwillie.  she died on Jan 31 1999 and she is buried in the White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, Oakland Co.  Michigan.   There is a transcript of an obit too.  She lived to be 104.  The transcript says her husband died in 1957.   

RK

[RunKitty]

The Peter MacKenzie who arrived in 1929 could be this person in 1930.  He is a boarder. 

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X7SZ-5FK

Familysearch has a 1940  census record for a Peter Mackenzie, born in 1899 Scotland.  He is an Assistant Manager (like in the border crossing document).  He is married to Hilda and they have a daughter.  You can see the image of the 1940 census on the familysearch site.  I won't post the daughter's name here because she was born about 1925 and may still be living.   I wonder if this is your Peter and his family?

RK

[heilanlassie]

Hi,

I am not amazing at all... others did all the work finding the records in the first place . 

I had another look at the border card and I think the sister's last name is actually Goodwillie.  My first guess had also been Ivanville.  However, I didn't see any families by that name in Detroit - doing a census search on the familysearch site.  However, there are several Goodwillie families in the Detroit area in 1930 and 1940. 

Do you have birth year information for the sisters?  That could help.

RK



 

Katie was born about 1890.
Bella was born about 1892.
Mary Ellen was born about 1895.
Alexina was born about 1900.
Rodina was born about 1901.

According to the 1901 census, they were all born in the Parish of Lochbroom, Ross-Shire.

[heilanlassie]

I have downloaded the birth certificate for Alexander-Gunn-Hay-Goodwillie.

It shows that he was born on 09 May 1890, in 11 South Guildry Street, Elgin.

His parents were William Hay-Goodwillie and Fanny Goodwillie, nee Gunn. They were married on 06 October 1882 in Detroit, Michigan.

I cannot find any marriage record for a Mary Ellen Mackenzie to a Alexander-Gunn-Hay-Goodwillie anywhere in Scotland.

Strange?