Robert McKenzie

1831 - 1891  (59 years)

• Name	Robert McKenzie
  Born	4 Dec 1831	Urr, Kirkcudbright, Scotland   [1]
  Christened	26 Dec 1831	Urr, Kirkcudbright, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1863 to 1891
  	When he married in 1863 he was a draper. It was in 1871 that he became a granite polisher in Dalbeattie. The granite quarries were the main industry in Dalbeattie.
  Land	1869 to 1887	Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland   [2]
  	Valuation Rolls: When they first were recorded in the valuation rolls in the 1869-1870 volume, Robert was recorded as a Draper living in a house in Sunnyside, Dalbeattie. There is an entry for every year but I only copied some years. In the 1879-1880 volume; Robert Mckenzie is a occupier of house and garden on Maxwell Street and the proprietor is St Peters Catholic Church. I have added an image of the 1884-1885 and the 1887-1888 years
  		Valuation Roll for the 1884-1885 and 1887-1888 that records Robert Mckenzie in the parish of Urr, town of Dalbeattie The valuation rolls record a description of the land and the proprietor or owner and the occupier and what the rent was.
  Died	20 Aug 1891	Barre, Washington, Vermont   [3]
  Person ID	I156	Winnifred Mackenzie
  Last Modified	27 Dec 2009

  
  

  Father	John McKenzie,   b. 1804, Urr, Kirkcudbright, Scotland ,   d. 29 Nov 1860, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Grace McNaught,   b. 23 Jul 1807, Urr, Kirkcudbright, Scotland ,   d. 21 Jan 1858, Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland  (Age 50 years)
  Married	12 Jun 1829	Urr, Kirkcudbright, Scotland   [4]
  	John Mckenzie and William McNaught as representing his Daughter Grace McNaught all in the parish required the Banns of Marriage Might be three times Proclaimed in our Parish Church between the said John Mckenzie and Grace McNaught on Sabath first.
  Family ID	F55	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Catherine Conroy,   b. 14 Feb 1835, Newry, Down, Ireland ,   d. 14 Feb 1921, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts  (Age 86 years)
  Married	6 May 1863	St. Michans, Dublin, Dublin, Ireland   [5]
  Immigration	21 Apr 1891	Boston, Suffolk, England   [6]
  	The family arrived at Boston on the 21 April 1891 on the steam ship Catalonia. Named: Robert, age 59, granite polisher; Mary, age 53; Emily, age 21; Robert, age 18; Louies, age 14. They had seven pieces of luggage. There destination was Vermont. George remained in Scotland and John James was already in Vermont
  Children	1. George McKenzie,   b. 9 Sep 1865, Airdrie, Lanark, Scotland ,   d. 19 Sep 1938, Graniteville, Washington, Vermont  (Age 73 years) + 2. John James McKenzie,   b. 30 Dec 1867, Cumbernauld, Dunbarton, Scotland ,   d. 6 Dec 1920, Denver, Denver, Colorado  (Age 52 years) + 3. Emily Conroy McKenzie,   b. 17 Jan 1870, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland ,   d. 24 Jul 1934, Salida, Chaffee, Colorado  (Age 64 years)   4. Robert McKenzie,   b. 4 Dec 1872, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland ,   d. 14 Jan 1933, Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico  (Age 60 years)   5. Catherine Louisa McKenzie,   b. 8 Feb 1875, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland ,   d. 22 Feb 1875, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland  (Age 0 years) + 6. Louise Mary McKenzie,   b. 17 Dec 1876, Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland ,   d. 23 Dec 1943, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California  (Age 67 years)
  Photos		Catherine Conroy with her five children about 1901. George, John James, Emily, Robert, Louise Move mouse over persons face to obtain name
  Documents		John James Mckenzie with wife Catherine Conroy and children in the Barre Vermont 1900 Census
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2007
  Family ID	F48	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 4 Dec 1831 - Urr, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Christened - 26 Dec 1831 - Urr, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Land - 1869 to 1887 - Dalbeattie, Kirkcudbright, Scotland Died - 20 Aug 1891 - Barre, Washington, Vermont  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Headstones

  In Elmwood Cemetery, Barre Vermont

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] Urr Parish registers, 1769-1855 (Kirkcudbrightshire), Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Urr, (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985), baptisms. [S140] Valuation Rolls of Scotland 1855 to 1975, Scotland, Kirkcudbright County; VR106/14-25; Parish of Urr. [S77] Vermont Vital Records 1871 to 1942, Vermont. Secretary of State, (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967, 1994-1995, 1997), McCugo, Mary - McKiney, Lawrence FHL US/CAN Film 540119, 3 Jun 2001. [S40] Urr Parish registers, 1769-1855 (Kirkcudbrightshire), Church of Scotland. Parish Church of Urr, (Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1985). [S58] Ireland, Civil Registration, Marriages, General Register Office, Ireland, (Certificate or Transcription in possession of Don Jaggi), Dublin North district; 1863; Vol 5 page 123, 8 Jul 2001. [S67] Passenger lists of vessels arriving at Boston, 1820-1891 micropublication M277,, United States. Bureau of Customs , (Washington, D. C. : National Archives Record Service, 1959-1960), Mckenzie entry; SS Catalonia Passenger Manifest, 21 April 1891, roll 114, list 95, page 6, line 230.