Charlotte McKenzie

Notes:

Baptized 15 Nov 1851 per the records of St. Luke's Catholic Church, Knox County, Danville, Ohio.

1880 United States Federal Census

Name: George G. Mc Kenzie

Age: 28

Birth Year: abt 1852

Birthplace: Ohio

Home in 1880: Milan, Allen, Indiana

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relation to Head of House: Son

Marital Status: Single

Father's Name: Elias Mc Kenzie

Father's Birthplace: Maryland

Mother's Name: Mary Mc Kenzie

Mother's Birthplace: Maryland

Occupation:
Farm Laborer

Household Members:

Elias Mc Kenzie 67
Mary Mc Kenzie 60
Sarah M. Mc Kenzie 31
George G. Mc Kenzie 28
Henry B. Mc Kenzie 24
Celertine Mc Kenzie 21
Cathorine Mc Kenzie 20
Lucy Mc Kenzie 9

1900 Federal Census

Name: George L Mckenzie
[George Mckinzie]

Age: 45

Birth Date: Oct 1854

Birthplace: Ohio

Home in 1900: Columbia, Whitley, Indiana

Race: White

Gender: Male

Relation to Head of House: Head

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Catharine A Mckenzie

Marriage Year: 1891

Years Married: 9

Father's Birthplace: Maryland

Mother's Birthplace: Maryland

Household Members:

George L Mckenzie 45
Catharine A Mckenzie 33
Irene M Mckenzie 11
Linus G Mckenzie 6
Aloysus F Mckenzie 3
Helena C Mckenzie 2
Celestine C Mckenzie 38

George married Catherine A. Magers on 9 Mar 1886 in Allen County, Indiana. Catherine was born in Aug 1866 in Indiana; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Stephen Elias, was named after and baptized in Maryland by the famous Rev. Father Stephen Baden, the first native born priest ordained in the U.S. He and his wife Polly were married at St. Luke's and witnessed by their pastor, the French-born Father John Baptist Lamy. Stephen had 14 children, including one adopted child and at least two who died young. Stephen's wife was Mary Blubaugh.
Stephen and Mary "Polly" lived near Danville OH until 1862, when he led a wagon train to Allen County, IN. Mary's parents, Jacob and Honora went along. Stephen later farmed 80 acres of land near Ft. Wayne, IN.

Mary Blubaugh rode a horse, at the age of eight, in 1828 on the trip to Danville, OH when her folks moved there. She and Stephen owned an old bureau which was said to have come over on the ship that brought her family from Holland about the time of Lord Baltimore. They were said to have gone to England because of the religious persecutions in Holland and came over on a boat leaving for Maryland and the colonies. The bureau was bought from the estate by daughter Mary Catherine Blubaugh (Magers) and son-in-law and presented to the Historical Museum at Notre Dame University sometime in the 1930's. It had been used in their home in all three states (MD, OH and IN) many times as an altar for the Catholic missionaries to say mass.


1850 United States Federal Census

Elias McKenzie

Age:
37

Birth Year:
abt 1813

Birthplace:
Maryland

Home in 1850:
Brown, Knox, Ohio

Gender:
Male

Family Number:
3115

Household Members:

Elias McKenzie 37
Polly McKenzie 30
Francis McKenzie 5
Margaret McKenzie 2
Jacob McKenzie 0


1860 United States Federal Census

Stephen E Mckinsey

Age in 1860: 47
Birth Year: abt 1813
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1860: Milan, Allen, Indiana
Gender: Male
Post Office: Harlan

Stephen E Mckinsey 47
Mary Mckinsey 40
Francis X Mckinsey 15
Sarah M Mckinsey 11
Jacob Mckinsey 10
George Mckinsey 8
Henry Mckinsey 6
Celestin Mckinsey 1
Mary C Mckinsey 3/12

1880 United States Federal Census

Elias Mc Kenzie
Age:
67

Birth Year: Abt. 1813
Birthplace: Maryland
Home in 1880: Milan, Allen, Indiana
Race: White
Gender: Male
Relation to Head of House: Self (Head)
Marital Status: Married
Spouse's Name: Mary Mc Kenzie
Father's Birthplace: Maryland
Mother's Birthplace: Maryland

Occupation: Farmer
Household Members:

Elias Mc Kenzie 67
Mary Mc Kenzie 60
Sarah M. Mc Kenzie 31
George G. Mc Kenzie 28
Henry B. Mc Kenzie 24
Celertine Mc Kenzie 21
Cathorine Mc Kenzie 20
Lucy Mc Kenzie 9

Stephen married Mary (Polly) Blubaugh on 23 Jan 1844 in St. Luke's Catholic Church, Knox County, Danville, Ohio. Mary was born on 5 May 1820 in Arnold's Settlement, Allegany County, Maryland; died on 30 Aug 1881 in Leo, Allen County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Also discussed in: "The Peter Magers Family of Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and the West, created August 1, 1997 - Homer D. Blubaugh, revised Sep 26, 1997 page 2.

Notes:

The Caleb McKenzie referenced at this location of the web site oftentimes gets confused with a Caleb McKenzie born around the same time frame, who WAS the son of Aaron McKenzie (b. abt. 1769).

The following is an email I sent to Corey Wilson in January, 2020. It sets forth the efforts of the McKenzie Group of Genealogists referenced in my book to attempt to connect Caleb McKenzie, the husband of Margaret Magers, to his parents.

Hi Corey:

Glad you found my site and reached out to me.

I wish I could be of help, but the information I can share with you is not encouraging with regard to your search for your roots.

There are two Caleb McKenzies both born around the same time who, unfortunately, have been comingled on various Internet sites. One of the Calebs was definitely the son of Aaron McKenzie (b. abt. 1769). Insofar as the other Caleb is concerned, the research group of which I am a member have attempted to connect him to his parents now for many years and have been unable to do so. If you look at the Caleb on my web site (b. abt. 1791), he is correctly connected to his father, Aaron. The other Caleb from whom I suspect you descend is the one married to Margaret Magers. He is the person we cannot connect to parents – try as we have attempted for about 20 years.

I am hoping that you will be able to make my day and be able to provide us with some personal family documents which may be able to further assist us in documenting your McKenzie family line. We always get excited when a descendant of a female McKenzie contacts us, since the females tend to get lost in the genealogy tree over time because of changing their last names. How far back do you have records cementing together the links to the various McKenzie generations?

Also, you provided me with a great list of names in your email. Have you been able to document those people from any first hand sources? I have not taken the time to closely compare the names you provided with the ones on my site. I intend to do so once I hear from you.

Again, I’m sorry I had to throw a bucket of cold water on your genealogy search. This Caleb of yours has been very elusive. A good friend of mine, Bobbie McKenzie, started chasing information on him in about 1965. As of the last time I corresponded with her about two years ago, she still had not been able to connect him with his parents. And, that chase entailed going to courthouses all over Maryland, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois in her search. So, many others have tried but have all come up empty. I am crossing my fingers right now hoping you might be the person to help us solve this conundrum and help us all with this nagging loose end.

I’ll look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Mike McKenzie
January, 2020


Citing this Record for their marriage:

"Maryland, Marriages, 1666-1970," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4VW-D5N : accessed 15 April 2015), Caleb Mc Kinzey and Marg'T. Majors, 26 Aug 1810; citing Allegany,Maryland, reference ; FHL microfilm 13,310.

Margaret is also referenced in "The Peter Magers Family of Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and the West, created August 1, 1997 - Homer D. Blubaugh, revised Sep 26, 1997 page 2, where the author states: Three of their twelve children were born in Allegany County, Marylandprior to their 1820-21 move to Knox County, Ohio.

"The Peter Magers Family of Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Indiana and the West, created August 1, 1997 - Homer D. Blubaugh, revised Sep 26, 1997 page 2. Much of this research came from Barbara Mckenzie (Circleville, Ohio) and Bernard Wilkens, Sr. Caleb died sometime after Sarah's birth in 1831. Margaret remarried Joseph Sapp on 8 Aug 1837 at St. Luke's Church near Danville. Ohio.

Caleb married Margaret Magers on 26 Aug 1810 in Allegany County, Maryland. Margaret (daughter of Elias Magers and Elizabeth Arnold) was born between 1790 and 1794; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]