When Minnie McKenzie was born in September 1876, in Prince Edward Island, Canada, her father, John George MacKenzie, was 36 and her mother, Elizabeth Curry, was 24. She had at least 1 son with James Mc Cormack. She lived in Kings, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1911 and Vernon River, Queens, Prince Edward Island, Canada in 1921.
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Canada Act is passed. The United Kingdom transfers final legal powers over Canada. The country adopts its new constitution, which includes a charter of rights.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Coinnich, a patronymic from the personal name Coinneach meaning ‘comely’, Anglicized as Kenneth. Compare the Irish form McKinney 2. The Scottish spelling with -z- indicates palatalization of the -n- (compare Menzies ).
History: This is the name of a Scottish Highland clan, historically associated with the mountainous district of Kintail in nortwestern Scotland, with Cromarty, and with Loch Seaforth (Loch Shiphoirt) on the Island of Harris.
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