Rosalie Ethelyn McKenzie

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Frostburg, Md., Aug. 6 — Miss Rosalie Ethelyn McKenzie, aged 24 years, registered nurse at the Allegany Hospital, Cumberland, daughter of Samuel McKenzie, Shaft, who received a fracture of right arm and leg and other injuries this morning at 10 o'clock in front of her home, died at noon at the Miners' Hospital. Miss McKenzie was enroute from Cumberland to her home in Shaft and in alighting from an automobile walked directly into another car coming in the opposite direction. She was knocked to the ground and received two bad fractures. She was taken to Miners Hospital where her injuries were treated. Miss Virginia McKenzie, a sister, also a nurse, was at her bedside and Miss Leah Smith, R. N., Cumberland, was called. Miss McKenzie was enroute from Cumberland to Shaft to nurse a patient and had been brought by Daniel Bolton of Cumberland in a car. She alighted from the machine and walked directly in front of the car driven by Allen Morton of Lonaconing and was struck and knocked down. Bolton and Morton put her in the former's car and took her to the hospital. She is survived by her father, her stepmother, one brother, Charles McKenzie, and two sisters, Misses Bonnie and Virginia McKenzie. Miss McKenzie was an attractive blonde and graduated from the Midland High School. She later entered the Allegany Hospital School of nursing and graduated in 1927 and became a registered nurse. She and her sister, who graduated from Allegany Hospital in 1929, lived at 1 Decatur street, Cumberland. The Cumberland Evening Times, August 6, 1930.

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From death certificate obtained by Don Kagle: Samuel B. McKenzie, son of Charles L. (I have E) and Lydia Wiland McKenzie, born July 17, 1884, Avilton, died August 4, 1939 of a ruptured appendix, Frostburg; buried Aug 7, 1939, St. Ann's; wife Emma C. Croft.

Frostburg, Aug. 5 - Samuel B. McKenzie, 55, stable boss at the Hoffman mine of the Consolidation Coal Company, died at 5 p.m. yesterday at Miners' Hospital, where he underwent an operation Wednesday. A son of the late Charles and Lydia McKenzie, and a native of Avilton, Garrett county, he had resided at Hoffman for many years. He was a member of St. Michael's Catholic Church, this city, and Frostburg Lodge 348, Loyal Order of Moose. Surviving are his widow, the former Miss Emma Croft, with whom he resided, and four daughters, Mrs. Francis Carney, Detroit, Mich.; Mrs. William Delaney, Eckhart; Kathleen and Iona, at home; three sons, Samuel, Jr., Robert and Charles, Hoffman. He was a brother of Harry McKenzie, Grantsville. The Cumberland Evening Times, August 5, 1939.

29 August, 1905, McKenzie, Samuel Bernard, 21, white, Avilton, Bachelor, woodsman. Minnie Alberta Ravenscroft, 18, white, near Fristburg, maid. 30 August, 1905, Lonaconing, F.J. Stanton, Catholic Priest

Mamie died in 1920 and is buried in St. Ann's Cemetery, Avilton. Samuel Bernard married Emma Cora Beeman on 30 August 1921.

Marriage information per the research of Ray Leidinger, Cumberland, Maryland. All information pulled from western Maryland marriage records.

Samuel married Mamie A. Ravenscroft on 30 Aug 1905 in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland. Mamie (daughter of Thomas Eli Ravenscroft and Maria Murphy) was born on 1 Jan 1886 in Maryland; died on 10 Dec 1920 in Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel and Mamie are buried in St. Ann's Cemetery, Avilton, Maryland.

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This is a winner! The reason this might look strange is that Charles McKenzie (b 1849) was the son of Samuel F. McKenzie (b 1805) and his FIRST wife, Catherine Durbin. Catherine died and Samuel married a second wife, Hannah Guslor, in 1857.

In the 1870 census (District 3, Allegany Co) Charles McKinsey age about 21 (bc 1849) was unmarried and living with his father Samuel (b 1805) and Samuel’s wife Hannah.

According to one of the family trees on Ancestry (with an unnamed owner), this Charles McKenzie (b 1849) married Lydia Wiland at St. Michael’s Catholic church in Frostburg MD on 24 January 1883, with witnesses Cletus Thomas McKenzie and Maria Anna McKenzie present.

In the 1930 census Charles L. McKenzie was living in Shaft, Allegany Co, with his son Samuel and Samuel’s wife Emma. This may be the “Samuel Jr” who signed the death certificate. He may have been called “Jr” within the family because his grandfather was also named Samuel. The death certificate was from also Shaft.

Lastly, the death certificate states the place of burial is St. Anne’s in Avilton MD. I’ve been to this cemetery and seen the grave of Samuel F. and Hannah Guslor there. They have a nice big head stone. I don’t remember seeing the stone for Charles, but it makes sense that they would be there together.

Hope this helps. No one else seems to have a death date for this Charles, so this is new information. Thanks to Don Kagle.

Ann Stansbarger June 10, 2011

Charles married Lydia Wiland on 24 Jan 1883 in St. Michael's catholic Church, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland. Lydia (daughter of Joel Wiland and Mary Harsburger) was born on 16 Aug 1850 in Maryland; died on 4 Nov 1922 in Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried at St. Ann's Cemetery, Avilton, Maryland.

Thomas + Maria Murphy. Maria was born in 1851; died in 1913. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Samuel F. and his wife, Hannah Guslor are buried in St. Ann's Cemetery, Avilton, Garrett Co., Maryland.

Samuel married Catherine Durbin on 11 Sep 1828 in St. Ignatius Church, Mt. Savage, Maryland. Catherine was born on 21 Jan 1809 in Mt. Savage, Maryland; died on 27 Nov 1851 in Allegany County, Maryland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Catherine was buried in the old Catholic cemetery, St. Ignatius, located northeast of Mt. Savage, MD. The church was moved into town in the 1860's and named St. Patrick's.

Some of the information pertaining to Catherine was obtained from the research of Tom Lancaster via Bobbie McKenzie by Michael A. McKenzie April, 2013.

Joel + Mary Harsburger. Mary died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]