 1892 - 1970 (77 years)
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| Name |
Gabriel Thornton MacKenzie |
| Birth |
10 Feb 1892 |
Cumberland, Maryland  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
12 Jan 1970 |
Miami, Dade County, Florida |
| Notes |
- Col. G.T. MacKenzie started his genealogical research related to the McKenzies/MacKenzies of Maryland in 1929. At the time he started his research, he had access to relatives who were born in the 1840's. He started his U.S. Army career in 1916 and retired as a Colonel in 1951.
Comments (Gabriel Thornton McKenzie b. 10 Feb 1892 Cumberland, Maryland d. Jan 1970 Miami, Florida):
Hi Mike I had a neat thing to tell you about Col. McKenzie. I found that when he went to look at the census, I mean the real books, He made a little check mark by the names he was looking up. I guessing he looked at the books before they were microfilmed. I think it would be neat if you made a note about this on his record. Or maybe this note would do.
Joe McKenzie Dunedin,Florida 2013
Joseph McKenzie
dunedin1988@gmail.com
Kenneth Gassman sent the following email to the author in March, 2014: One other correction I'd like for you to make to the rough draft copy of your book involves some misinformation that has started to float around the Internet. On about page 31, you reference that Joseph Edward McKenzie is a descendant of Col. G.T. McKenzie. He is NOT. He MAY be a relative (we're all related at Adam and Eve), but he is not a descendant. This is an error that has been recorded elsewhere. Someone said that Joseph Edward McKenzie, "son of Col. Gabriel Thornton Mackenzie" made the microfilms. I corrected that source, and I'd like to set the record straight with you. Col. Gabriel Thornton Mackenzie, who married Nellie May Larson ("Aunt Nellie" to me, though she was my great-aunt) had three daughters: Marylin (sic) Jean, b 23 March 1924, d 25 June 1937 in Peking China; Beverly Ann b. 31 October 1927; and Anita Viola b 23 July 1930. I remember Marilyn's ashes: Uncle Thornt and Aunt Nellie kept them in an urn, alternately on the mantle piece of their home on Lewis Mountain Road in Charlottesville VA and in the closet there, too. As a youngster, I didn't know what to make of that.
Beverly married Richard M. White on 16 October 1948, while Anita married Maj. Thomas Wolfe on 31 December 1953. I'm not sure if either of these girls are still alive. My parents would receive Christmas cards from them from time to time, but I haven't heard from them in years. Both of them lived in Florida. (And both of my parents have passed away).
In the list of Mackenzie men (and women, I guess) who served in various wars. Based on information in the Ancestry.com database (and some family papers), Col. G.T. Mackenzie served in both WWI and WWII (he was about 50 years old when he fought in WWII). When he came back from that war, he was "never the same," as I have heard my father say on numerous occasions. Apparently, Uncle Thornt was gassed by the Germans on some battlefield someplace, and it affected him, so the story goes. Anyhow, it seems to me that Col. Gabriel Thornton Mackenzie (that's the way he spelled it), U.S. Army Retired, should be listed on these pages.
One interesting thing: you can track the Mackenzies back to 1687 (page 160 of your book), but you have not found the "missing link" to Scotland or where ever we come from. I said that I have a genealogy that shows us going back to 1225. Alas and alack . . . I think I have fallen into the same trap as many other genealogists: I took a leap of faith in tying John McKenzie to a Collin McKenzie born in Ross Shire Scotland, died in St. Mary's County MD. Obviously, I need to go back and see what I did incorrectly! Oh well . . . something for another day!
From Sheryl Kelso, June, 2014: G. Thornton Mackenzie, son of W. J. Mackenzie, of Hagerstown, formerly of Potomac Station, this county, has passed a successful entry examination to the Military Academy at West Point and will enter the academy this spring. Mr. Mackenzie is a splendid young man and his many friends in this county will be pleased to hear of his success. The Evening Times, Cumberland, February 16, 1911
Will Enter West Point
Mr. G.T. MacKenzie, of Hagerstown, who graduated from the Keyser High School in the year 1909, is visiting his many friends here. He has just taken the entrance examination at Fort Slocum, N.Y., to enter West Point. He has recently attended both the National Preparatory and Lafayette College, where he has been prepared and trained in order to attend West Point. Cumberland Evening Times Thursday, January 26, 1911
Colonel and Mrs. Gabriel Thornton Mackenzie, of Lexington. Ky., announce the engagement of their daughter, Beverly Anne, to Richard Marion White, son of Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. White, of Norfolk, Va. Col. Mackenzie is head of ROTC, University of Kentucky. Miss Mackenzie received her bachelor of arts degree from Randolph-Macon Woman's College, where she was a member of the Phi Mu sorority. For the past year she has been a student in the law school at the University of Virginia. Mr. White attended Virginia Military Institute and received his bachelor of science degree in civil engineering and his reserve commission as ensign in the U. S. Navy from Duke University. He will receive his LL. B. degree from the University of Virginia Law School in October. Mr. White is a member of Phi Kappa Psi social fraternity, Delta Epsiion Sigma honorary engineering fraternity and Delta Theta Phi legal fraternity. The wedding will take place in October. Miss Mackenzie is a granddaughter of Mrs. Walter J. Mackenzie, and a niece of Mrs. H. M. Monroe Ridgely and Mrs. Mathias P. Moller, Jr., this city. Hagerstown Daily Mail, August 11, 1948
Col. Gabriel Thornton Mackenzie, formerly of Hagerstown, died Jan. 12 in Miami, Fla. He was born in Vale Summit, Md., and graduated from West Point, St. John's College and the University of Maryland. He was commissioned in 1916 and retired from the service in 1951 and had lived in Miami since 1956. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Nellie Mackenzie; daughters, Mrs. Richard M. White and Mrs. Thomas L. Wolfe; 10 grandchildren; brother, Dr. Carlyle Mackenzie of Gaithersburg, Md., sisters, Mrs. John Burton Smith of Virginia Beach, Va., formerly of Hagerstown, and Mrs. Monroe Ridgely of Hagerstown. Services were held in Miami. Hagerstown Daily Mail, February 4, 1970
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| Person ID |
I00694 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Walter Josiah McKenzie, b. 8 Feb 1860, Woodlawn, Frostburg, Maryland d. 9 Nov 1933, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland (Age 73 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Allie B. Loar, b. 21 Oct 1867, Loartown, Maryland d. 23 May 1949, Hagerstown, Maryland (Age 81 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
20 Apr 1886 |
Allegany County, Maryland |
| Family ID |
F00470 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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