James Jerry (Woody) McKenzie

James married Catherine (Cassey) Finsinger on 24 Nov 1938. Catherine was born on 23 Oct 1915; died on 23 Oct 1990. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. James Joseph McKenzie was born in Private.
2. Lois Ann McKenzie was born in Private.
3. John Francis McKenzie was born in Private.
4. Catherine Marie McKenzie was born in Private.
5. Thomas Damien McKenzie was born in Private.
6. Joseph Patrick McKenzie was born in Private.
7. Regis Justin McKenzie was born in Private.
8. Mary Grace McKenzie was born in Private.
9. Regina Marie McKenzie was born in Private.

Notes:

"THE HISTORY OF THE GABRIEL McKENZIE AND RACHEL BLUBAUGH FAMILY OF MARYLAND AND OHIO" by Father Homer Blubaugh:

McKenzie, P. (Pius) Jeremiah Samuel, born Oct. 21, 1881, at Stumpy Lane in the Circleville area. Jerry started the twelveth grade, worked for the Strawboard Works, then moved to Monessen, Pa., where he worked first for Page Steel and Wire, later with Pittsburgh Steel Co. Jerry married Elizabeth Betts, born Dec. 18, 1887, in Gallatin, Pa. He met Elizabeth at a shoe store, where she was a clerk. Before their marriage on April 17, 1907, in St. Leonard Ch., Monessen, Jerry and Elizabeth both gave much of their wages to their parents for family support, which was the custom then. The four McKenzie children are Estelle Swade, James, John and Henry. Jerry died March5, 1969, at Greensburg, Pa., and Elizabeth, Mar. 2, 1960, with burial at St. Mary Cem., Monongahela, Pa.

Jeremiah married Elizabeth Betts on 17 Apr 1907 in St. Leonard Church, Monessen, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was born on 18 Dec 1887 in Gallatin, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; died on 2 Mar 1960 in North Charleroi, Washington County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"THE HISTORY OF THE GABRIEL McKENZIE AND RACHEL BLUBAUGH FAMILY OF MARYLAND AND OHIO" by Father Homer Blubaugh:

McKenzie, Thomas Richard, born Dec. 16, 1849, at McArthur, Vinton Co., on April24, 1878, married Johanna Jane Brophey, born June28, 1856, in Zanesville. She, at "age 23, lived in the James R. McKenzie household in June 1880, Wilkesville Township," according to the 1880 Census. The March 8, 1923, issue of The Circleville Union
Herald lists the obituary of Tom, stating that "In early life Tom was a farmer, but later in life became an engi¬ neer, having served in that capacity for a number of years in this city and in Pennsylvania." A grandson says Tom never lived in Pennsylvania, but his son Jerry did. Tom was a stationary engineer who fired the steam
boilers at the Strawboard Works in Circleville. He and Jane are the parents of ten: Mary Wilkens, Jerry, Hannah Frances, M. Agnes Adams, Cecilia Schneider, Thomas James, John, Julia Catherine (Sister Mary Teresina CSC) and Rose Elizabeth/infant. Tom died March 5, 1923, age 73, and Hanna, five days later on March 10, 1923. Both are buried at Saint Joseph Cemetery, Circleville.

Thomas married Johanna Frances Brophy on 24 Apr 1878 in Circleville, Ohio. Johanna was born on 28 Jun 1856 in Zanesville, Muskingum County, Ohio; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Most all of the information for this McKenzie branch came from "THE HISTORY OF THE GABRIEL McKENZIE AND RACHEL BLUBAUGH FAMILY OF MARYLAND AND OHIO" by Father Homer Blubaugh, and from the Ancestry.com web site of Wayne William Ward. Wayne was one of the first researchers to debunk the junk research permeating the Internet that John MacKinzie (b. 1687) (the first known ancestor of the McKenzies of Early Maryland) did not descend from Collen MacKenzie and John MacKenzie as had been represented by researchers who came before him. For more about this topic, see Chapter 5 of my book attached to the home page of the McKenzies of Early Maryland website "Why Collen MacKenzie is Not Part of This Maryland McKenzie Genealogy (i.e. the descendants of John MacKInzie (b. 1687).

NAMED AFTER A LOCAL PRIEST, FATHER James REDMOND OF CUMBERLand, MD. CATHERINE MCKENSEY AS GODMOTHER.

THE FAMILY MOVED TO Jackson TWP, PICKAWAY CO, IN 1876. HE MOVED FROM THERE TO Franklin CO WHERE THEY BOUGHT A FARM and SET UP A FAMILY MILK DELIVERY BUSINESS. THE HORSE-DRAWN MILKWAGON WAS PAINTED Black WITH THE LETTERING "J.R.MCKENZIE" PAINTED ON THE SIDE. MILK WAS CARRIED IN A LARGE CONTAINER TO THE WAGON and PEOPLE CAME TO THE WAGON WITH THEIR OWN CONTAINERS TO GET MILK. ABOUT 1893, THE MCKENZIE DAIRY BARN BURNED TO THE GROUND, THE FIRE SET BY THE CHILDREN WHO "WAS REFUSED A HORSE TO RIDE INTO TOWN". THIS WAS A TRAGIC SETBACK FOR THE FAMILY and J.R. WAS NEVER THE SAME AFTER THIS TERRIBLE FINANCIAL REVERSAL. THE MILK COWS, HORSES and MILKWAGON WERE SAVED. JIM and SARAH HAD 13 CHILDREN.

Birth recorded in Western Maryland Catholics, Koch and Davidson, page 84.

Other information in the record of James R. Mckenzie
from Ohio, County Death Records
Name:James R. Mckenzie
Event Type:Death
Event Date:01 Aug 1905
Event Place:Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States
Address:Fairview Ave.
Gender:Male
Age:81
Marital Status:Widowed
Race (Original):white
Occupation:farmer
Birth Year (Estimated):1824
Birthplace:Maryland
Burial Date:04 Aug 1905
Cemetery:Mt. Calvary
Father's Name:Gabriel Mckenzie
Father's Birthplace:Maryland
Mother's Name:Rachel Blivebaugh
Mother's Birthplace:Maryland
Reference ID: 1905 v 4 fn 285 , GS Film Number: 2032442 , Digital Folder Number: 004258054 , Image Number: 1750
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"Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F6VT-KXN : accessed 15 April 2015), Gabriel Mckenzie in entry for James R. Mckenzie, 01 Aug 1905; citing Death, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States, source ID 1905 v 4 fn 285, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 2,032,442.

James married Sarah Ellen McKenzie on 3 Nov 1846 in Ross County, Ohio. Sarah (daughter of Caleb Sr. McKenzie and Margaret Magers) was born on 8 Oct 1831 in Knox County, Ohio; died on 24 Jul 1899 in Galena, Delaware County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"THE HISTORY OF THE GABRIEL McKENZIE AND RACHEL BLUBAUGH FAMILY OF MARYLAND AND OHIO" by Father Homer Blubaugh:

James married Sarah Ellen McKenzie on Nov.3,1846, in Ross Co. Sarah's parents were Caleb and Margaret(Magers/Majors) McKenzie. Born October 8, 1831, on March11, 1833, She was baptized in Knox Co., Ohio, probably at Saint Luke, Danville, where her father is listed on March 26,1831.

Sarah was an invalid for two years before her death of "paralysis on July24, 1899.She lived in Marion Township,
Delaware County. Her funeral was at Saint Peter's, Columbus."

The Ward Family Bible provided full names and birthdates of the McKenzie offspring: Joseph, Thomas, Francis, John, Agnes Welsh, James, Margaret Ward, Edward, Sarah (Sister Mary Alonso CSC), Samuel, Ignatius, Caleb and Mary Stecher.