 1905 - 1980 (74 years)
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| Name |
Verna Ester McKenzie |
| Birth |
25 Oct 1905 |
Blaine County, Oklahoma  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
14 Mar 1980 |
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Notes |
- Verna Ester McKENZIE was born on 25 Oct 1905 in Blaine, OK, USA, died on 14 Mar 1980 in Edmonton, AB, CAN at age 74, and was buried in Edmonton, AB, CAN.
Death Notes: 15 Mar 1980, The Edmonton Journal
ROUNCVILLE, Mrs. Verna Esther -- On March 14, 1980, Mrs. Verna Esther Rouncville of 4239 115
Avenue, widow of Lawrence Howard Rouncville, passed away. She leaves to mourn her loss, three sons, Howard of Devon, Herman of Edmonton and Sherman of Athabasca, Mrs. Herb (Shirley) Henshall of Athabasca, Mrs. Herb (Charlotte) Pahl and Mrs. John (Sheila) Oleksyn of Redwater and Miss Mabel Rouncville of Edmonton; 24 grandchildren, one great-grandchild; five brothers, Lawrence McKenzie of Vancouver, Sylvester McKenzie of Kelowna; Jim McKenzie of Quesnel, Sam McKenzie of Peachland and Earl McKenzie of Kelowna; two sisters, Mrs. Agnes Robbins of Vancouver and Mrs. Orval (Marjorie) Jenkins of Grassland. Interment will take place in Little Mountain Cemetery.
Burial Notes: Little Mountain Cemetery
Verna married Lawrence Howard ROUNCVILLE. They had seven children: Howard Elwood, Herman, Shirley, Charlotte, Mabel, Sheila, and Sherman Howard "Sherm".
Don Lowe also forwarded the following interestuing note to the author, Michael A. McKenzie in February, 2021.
Hi Mike - No need to list me as a source, already had a McKenzie descendant find me on the site and contact me (hope he dropped you a line too?). My interest is really only for my cousins who are Mckenzie descendants, my work on it is mainly for them. The fellow that contacted me is Stephen Hawtree of Kelowna, BC, he's a great-grandson of Agnes Myrtle McKenzie and James Cecil Robbins. He's early in his own research and must have to work for a living too(!), says his research time is very limited.
Was very interested to see the Oklahomans come to Peers, Alberta, the area is well-known to me, my family on both sides came to Grande Prairie, Alberta which is about 5 hours northwest of Edmonton, before a better highway was constructed straight south of Grande Prairie, we would take the "Peers cutoff" which was the nearest paved road that would get us through to a highway leading to Jasper, Alberta and from there down into British Columbia. The cutoff started at Whitecourt, Alberta, about 3 hours southeast of Grande Prairie, was about an hour long, went through Peers which was really "out in the middle of nowhere" and came out right in the town of Edson. Only other choice had been to drive almost to Edmonton, then turn west about 30 miles from Edmonton instead of east to Edmonton. I'm sure it was the land that brought them to Alberta as it was for mine, my paternal grandparents came from Prince Edward Island and my maternal great-grandparents from western Quebec. The land was just opening up in Alberta in the early 1900's, a person could "file" on a parcel of land, usually starting with a "quarter section" which is 160 acres. If you proved you made improvements to the land over a certain period of time (brush-clearing, home building, planting and harvesting crops, etc) you were given legal ownership to it. Think it was called the Alberta Homestead Act, people came from everywhere.
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| Person ID |
I02729 |
McKenzie Genealogy |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
| Father |
Vincent Sylvester McKenzie, b. 5 Feb 1872, Meyersdale, Somerset County, Pennsylvania d. 14 Feb 1970, Chilliwack, BC, Canada (Age 98 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Veronica Ann (Niece) Peterman, b. 17 Nov 1875, Salina, Saline County, Kansas d. 12 Oct 1962, Merritt, British Columbia (Age 86 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
17 Nov 1895 |
Hennessey, Oklahoma |
| Family ID |
F01621 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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