Leo William McKenzie

1865 - 1950  (85 years)

• Documents

  Death Certificate of Leo W. McKenzie (b. 1865)

  
  

  Headstones		Gravestone of Leo W. McKenzie (b. 1865) Eckhard Cemetary in Maryland Plot: Eckhart Cemetery, Allegany County, maryland
  		Gravestone of Leo W. McKenzie (b. 1865), Honora (Nora) Coleman (b. 1876) and Robert L. McKenzie (b. 1900) Saint Josephs Catholic Cemetery Midland Allegany County Maryland, USA

  
  

• Name	Leo William McKenzie
  Birth	27 Apr 1865	Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Death	18 Jul 1950	Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland
  Notes	Leo W. MCKENZIE (Isadore J.-1) was born on 27 Apr 1865. He died on 18 Jul 1950. Christened on 17 Sep 1865 in St. Michael's, Frostburg, Maryland. Sponsors: Maria and Patrick McKenzie. Page 186. Records of St. Michael's Catholic Church. St. Michael's was established in 1852. MSA M 3743 (1852-1910). Midland – A requiem Mass for Leo McKenzie, 85, Gilmore, who died Tuesday at Memorial Hospital, Cumberland, will be celebrated tomorrow at 9 a.m. in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church here. Mr. McKenzie is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Charles Beeman, Gilmore; Mrs. Ben Shoemaker, and Mrs. Joseph Monroe, both of Washington, and three sons, Robert McKenzie, Gilmore, Joseph Mckenzie, Washington, and Bernard McKenzie, Berea, Ohio. He also leaves a brother, James McKenzie, National Highway; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Miller, Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and Mrs. Rachel Miller, Somerset, Pa., 14 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. The body is at the residence. Cumberland Evening Times, Thursday, July 20, 1950, p.23. Leo W. MCKENZIE and Elnora (Nora) Coleman were married. Elnora (Nora) Coleman was born in Jun 1876. She died on 23 Dec 1929 in Gilmore, Allegany Co., Maryland. Funeral services for Mrs. Nora Coleman McKenzie, 53 years old, a native of Dan's Mountain, this county, and a resident of that section all her life, wife of Leo. W. McKenzie, who died at her home Monday afternoon at 1 o'clock, will be held from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Charles Beeman, Gilmore, tomorrow morning at 9:15 o'clock with services at 10 o'clock in St. Joseph's Catholic church, Midland, with Rev. Joseph Brennan officiating. Burial will be Belevedere cemetery. The Eichhorn mortuary, Lonaconing, is in charge. Mrs. McKenzie was a member of the Midland parish practically all her life and was the daughter of the late William and Martha Coleman. She leaves three daughters, Mrs. Beeman, and Agnes and Mary at home; four sons, William, R. F. D. No, 1, Cumberland; Joseph, Gilmore; Robert and Bernard at home; one brother, Robert Coleman, Frostburg, and one sister, Mrs. John Savage of Frostburg. The Cumberland Evening Times, December 26, 1929 Leo W. MCKENZIE and Eleanor THRASHER were married. Eleanor THRASHER was born about 1869. She died on 21 Jan 1945 in Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland. Gilmore, Jan. 20 - Mrs. Eleanor (Thrasher) Blubaugh McKenzie, 76, wife of Leo McKenzie, this place, died this morning at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Mary Parks, 164 East Main street, Frostburg. She had been ill four weeks. The daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Thrasher, she had been a resident of Gilmore for the past 14 years. She was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Midland. Both she and her present husband were married twice. Surviving besides her husband are four daughters, Mrs. John Fazenbaker, Gilmore; Mrs. Elizabeth Burkholder, Jenners, Pa.; Mrs. Ruth Clark, Ligonier, Pa.; Mrs. Mary Parks, Frostburg; six sons, Joseph A. Blubaugh, seaman second class with the Navy in Bermuda; Jacob Blubaugh and John F. Blubaugh, Gilmore; James A. Blubaugh, Loartown; Chester A. and Harry Blubaugh, both of Cresaptown. Also surviving are the following step-children: Mrs. Mattie Beeman, Gilmore; Mary and Agnes McKenzie, Washington, D. C.; Robert McKenzie, Gilmore; Joseph McKenzie, Frostburg; and Bernard McKenzie, Cleveland, O.; a brother, Enoch Thrasher, Midland; two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Metcalf, Westernport; Mrs. Ruth Lancaster, Rawlings; 35 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. Arrangements have not been completed. The Cumberland Sunday Times, January 21, 1945. Marriage information per the research of Ray Leidinger, Cumberland, Maryland. All information pulled from western Maryland marriage records.
  Person ID	I03066	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Isadore J. McKenzie,   b. 4 Apr 1820, Mt. Savage, Allegany County, Maryland d. 13 Apr 1907, Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland (Age 87 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Harriet (Henrietta) E. Garlitz,   b. 1 Sep 1835, Connelsville, Pennsylvania d. 7 Sep 1887, Avilton, Garrett County, Maryland (Age 52 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	28 Oct 1850	Allegany County, Maryland
  Family ID	F01010	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Honora (Nora) Coleman,   b. 11 Jun 1876, Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland d. 24 Dec 1929, Gilmore, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	3 Jun 1892	St. Michael's Catholic Church, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland
  Children	1. James I. (Sonny) McKenzie,   b. 22 Mar 1893, Maryland d. 16 Aug 1918, France (Age 25 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William Ellis McKenzie,   b. 19 Sep 1895, Gilmore, Allegany County, Maryland d. 24 Jun 1939, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Martha E. (Mattie) McKenzie,   b. Oct 1897, Lonaconing, Maryland d. 11 May 1967, Gilmore, Allegany County, Maryland (Age ~ 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Robert L. McKenzie,   b. 3 Sep 1900, Maryland d. 10 Dec 1985, Midland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Joseph Richard Sr. McKenzie,   b. 25 Nov 1902, Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland d. 15 Dec 1983, Brentwood, Prince George's County, Maryland (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Bernard Vincent McKenzie,   b. 7 Jul 1913, Gilmore, Allegany County, Maryland d. 13 Aug 1976, Berea, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Agnes McKenzie,   b. 7 Jul 1913, Gilmore, Allegany County, Maryland d. 17 Jul 2010, Lonaconing, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 97 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Mary McKenzie,   b. 17 Aug 1916, Gilmore, Allegany County, Maryland d. 29 May 1987, Cumberland, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F01833	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Family 2	Eleanor Thrasher,   b. 22 Nov 1866, Rawlings, Allegany County, Maryland d. 20 Jan 1945, Frostburg, Allegany County, Maryland (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	1 Dec 1932	Midland, Allegany County, Maryland
  Family ID	F01834	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021