 1912 - 2014 (102 years)
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| Name |
Majorie McKenzie |
| Birth |
21 Apr 1912 |
Camargo, Dewey County, Oklahoma  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
30 Apr 2014 |
Morinville, Alberta, Canada |
| Notes |
- Marjorie McKENZIE was born on 21 Apr 1912 in Camargo, Dewey Co., OK, USA, died on 30 Apr 2014 in Morinville, AB, CAN at age 102, and was buried in Grassland, AB, CAN. Find A Grave ID: 129549453.
Death Notes: 3 May 2014, The Edmonton Journal
JENKINS, Marjorie -- On April 30, 2014, Marjorie, formerly of Grassland, AB passed away nine days after her 102nd birthday. She is predeceased by her husband Orval in 1988, daughter Jean and grandson Kelly. Marjorie Survived by five sons, Les, Vernon, Donald, Jim, Charlie; and six daughters, Irma, Aileen, Iona, Marilyn, Verna, and Evelyn; 30 grandchildren, 62 great-grandchildren and 24 great-great-grandchildren; and many relatives and close friends.
A Graveside Burial will take place on Tuesday, May 6, at 1:00 a.m. at the Grassland Cemetery. A
Memorial Service will be held on May 10, at 12:00 noon at the Rendezvous Senior Center, 9913 - 104 Street in Morinville. If friends so desire, in lieu of floral tributes donations made to Aspen House Recreation
Department, 9706 - 100 Avenue, Morinville, AB T8R 1T2 would be greatly appreciated. Sturgeon Memorial Funeral Chapel 780-921-3900.
Burial Notes: Grassland Community Cemetery
General Notes: 15 Apr 2012, The Morinville News
Morinville woman has a century of memories (by Lucie Roy)
Morinville - Marjorie Jenkins turns 100 years old Apr. 21 and has many memories of her family, friends and childhood to share with others. Hanging on the wall in her room at Aspen House are two wedding photos - her own wedding photo and that of her parents. She said her grandchildren like to look at her old wedding photo and comment on the dress she was wearing, which they say looks very expensive. That dress cost $7 back when she married Orval Allan Jenkins of Bon Accord on St. Jean Baptiste Day 1930. The family picture she holds dearly as she spoke of her children and the different paths they have taken in life. As to her own life, Marjorie was born in Camargo, Oklahoma, the seventh child of Vincent Sylvester McKenzie and Veanecia Peterman. The family moved to Edmonton in 1913 when Marjorie was not quite a year old. They lived there for a year, when the government sent the family north of Peers where they said the land was good. But Marjorie recalls the family could not even grow a turnip on the land. They lived there for five years at which time the oldest brother and sister went to work in Bon Accord. The landowner of the Peers farm moved back from British Columbia and was going to settle on his land, a situation that lead to the family moving once again, this time to Grassland. Marjorie said life was a bit rough over the years, but they managed and she survived. "I am here today," she said. When they had eight children living home, her grandmother came to live with them. Eventually they built a small cabin for Marjorie's grandmother to live in, but Marjorie said she still had all the laundry and meals to cook. Getting around in the 1900s was mostly by wagon horse buggy or sleigh. Morinville was the closest place to do shopping. Marjorie said she is the only survivor of her brothers and sisters. Her husband of 58 1/2 years has passed on too. She said her husband died of cancer. The couple had 12 children - seven girls and five boys, all living except one. "Out of the 12, only one that smoked lived until 44 years. Her life was pretty short," Marjorie said. The remaining children are all in Alberta except one son who lives in Australia with his wife and family. What the family has planned for her 100th birthday Saturday remains a mystery. Marjorie said she is not too sure what they have planned.
Marjorie married Orval Allan JENKINS, son of Robert James "Jim" JENKINS and Edith Ora
SCHOFIELD, on 24 Jun 1930. Orval was born on 17 Mar 1908 in Bon Accord, AB, CAN, died on
24 Nov 1988 in Grassland, AB, CAN at age 80, and was buried in Grassland, AB, CAN. They had 11
children: Vernon Archie, Les, Donald, Jim, Charlie, Irma, Aileen, Iona, Marilyn, Verna, and Evelyn.
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 |
I02732 |
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 |
| Family |
Orval Allan Jenkins, b. 17 Mar 1908, Bon Accord Alberta, Canada d. 27 Nov 1988, Grassland, Alberta, Canada (Age 80 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Jun 1930 |
| Children |
| | 1. Vernon Archie Jenkins, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 2. Les Jenkins, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 3. Donald Jenkins, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 4. Jim Jenkins, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 5. Charlie Jenkins, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 6. Irma Jenkins, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 7. Aileen Jenkins, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 8. Iona Jenkins, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 9. Marilyn Jenkins, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 10. Verna Jenkins, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
| | 11. Evelyn Jenkins, b. Private [Father: private] [Mother: private] |
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| Family ID |
F01637 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
29 Oct 2021 |
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