Alexander McKenzie

1813–6 May 1887 (Age 74)
Ardelve, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom

The Life of Alexander

When Alexander McKenzie was born in 1813, in Ardelve, Ross-shire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Alexander McKenzie, was 40 and his mother, Janet Anne Macrue, was 31. He married Sarah Ann Gilhousen on 26 August 1855, in Warsaw, Rice, Minnesota, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 6 May 1887, in Smithland, Woodbury, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Smithland, Woodbury, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

Alexander McKenzie
1813–1887
Sarah Ann Gilhousen
1838–1922
Marriage: 26 August 1855
Margaret Jane McKenzie
1856–1935
Elizabeth Ann McKenzie
1858–1951
William Alexander McKenzie
1861–1942
Arthur Alfred McKenzie
1875–1949

Spouse and Children

MARRIAGE
26 August 1855
Warsaw, Rice, Minnesota, United States
children

(4)

Parents and Siblings

    Alexander McKenzie

    Male1773–1846Male

    Janet Anne Macrue

    Female1782–1855Female

siblings

(7)

    John McKenzie

    Male1806–Male

    Kenneth (The Cooper) McKenzie

    Male1807–1895Male

    Isabela Mackenzie

    Female1810–1845Female

    Alexander McKenzie

    Male1813–1887Male

    Donald McKenzie

    Male1816–Male

+2 More Children

World Events (8)

1813 · The Court of Session Act 1813

Age 0

The United Kingdom Parliament helped Scotland by creating the divisions necessary for better construction of their judiciary system. The Act was later repealed by the Court of Session Act 1988.
1815

Age 2

The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1836 · Remember the Alamo

Age 23

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnich, patronymic from the personal name Coinneach meaning ‘comely’. Compare Menzies .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Sources (3)

  • Alex Mckenzie, "Iowa State Census, 1885"
  • Alex. Mckinzie in entry for Arthur A. Mckinzie and Nellie E. Guerrier, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
  • Mckenzie in entry for Margaret J. Van Dorn, "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960"

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