Mackenzies are common in Inverness-shire, Scotland. Appearing in the records under a variety of spellings, they can be a troublesome lot![1] The inscriptions on just two graves were key to linking the members of John’s family to that of his parents and brother.[2] [3]

1. John Mackenzie, son of Duncan Mackenzie of Culloden, labourer, and his wife, Christian Macpherson, was born circa 1786/7 and died 8 December 1873 at 68 Tomnahurich Street, Inverness.[4] On 11 June 1813, in Inverness parish, John married Louisa Fraser, daughter of Alexander Fraser.[5] She was born circa 1794 and died 12 January 1840.[6]

Birth families

John, the second son to Duncan and Christian, was baptised on 24 September 1787 in Inverness parish, Inverness by Mr. Robert Rose.[7] John had just one sibling, an older brother Duncan, who was also baptised in Inverness parish on 18 September 1785.[8]

Since their father was a labourer in Culloden, the boys would have spent their youth in the fields where the final confrontation between the Jacobite forces of Charles Edward Stuart, “Bonnie Prince Charlie,” and the Hanoverian forces took place – the Battle of Culloden in 1746.[9] Interestingly, it appears that few Mackenzies fought in the battle though there were certainly many of them in the area.[10]

As their headstone reveals, the boys’ parents died in 1818 (Christina) and 1830 (Duncan).[11] Sadly, the Presbyterian Church was not required to keep burial records and both deaths occurred prior to the introduction of statutory registration in Scotland in 1855 so, apart from the headstone, no record of their passing exists.[12]

Duncan junior married Jean Grant from the parish of Croy, Inverness in 1814.[13] He followed his father and became a labourer, initially at Culloden though by 1826 he was living in Tomnahurich Street, Inverness.[14] John, however, seemed to have different goals as this story reveals.

Unfortunately, nothing is known of the family of Louisa, John’s wife, excepting that her father was Alexander Fraser as noted when she married.[15]

Marriage and family

By the time John and Louisa were married in 1813 John had established himself as a weaver.[16]

Their first child, Cristian, was baptised on 1 June 1814.[17] Five more children were born and baptised over the next 13 years: Catherine on 29 April 1817, Alexander on 19 May 1819, Mary on 9 July 1821, Duncan on 29 December 1823 and finally John on 9 November 1827.[18] At each of the baptisms in the Inverness parish, John was described as a weaver. He was already at Tomnahurich Street by 1817, many years earlier than his brother.[19]

Nothing of John and Louisa is known following the birth of their last child until 1835.

Time for change

The town of Inverness is a Royal Burgh of great antiquity. Following the revolution in 1688 the town suffered a decline and, by 1745, it was little more than the ruins of what it had once been. It started to revive in 1746 and by 1821 “the old parts of the Town [were] almost wholly rebuilt [and] extending in all directions.”[20]

John and his family were among those extending the town “in all directions.” Tomnahurich Street, where they resided by 1817, is located on the largely undeveloped side of the River Ness, on the opposite side to the main population and the business centre.[21]

The sasine registers, where land transactions in Scotland were recorded, reveal that in 1835 John Mackenzie, a merchant in Tomnahurich Street, purchased a property in Rose Street which he subsequently leased to Alexander Robertson.[22]

(331)    Jan. 14. 1835
JOHN MACKENZIE, Merchant, Tomnahurich Street, Inverness, gets Instrument of Possession, Jan. 14. 1835, – of a Lot or Piece of ground with the Dwelling House thereon in Rose Street, INVERNESS, par. Inverness; – on Disp. and Assig. by Alexander Robertson, Grocer, Inverness, Jan. 12. 1835.
P.R. 41. 179.

and

(332)    Jan. 14. 1835
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, Grocer, Inverness, gets Missive Letter of Tack, Jan. 12. 1835, by John Mackenzie, Merchant, Tomnahurich Street, Inverness, – to a Dwelling House with the garden thereto attached in Rose Street, INVERNESS.
P.R. 41. 181

Is this really John the weaver, now a merchant?

Remember the second headstone in the Chapel Yard Cemetery: Erected by the Rev. Alex McKenzie in memory of his parents John McKenzie, merchant of Tomnahurich Street, his mother Louisa Fraser, his brother Duncan and sisters Catherine and Christina. The names, ages and dates all dovetail with John’s family listed above! So, somehow our weaver has now become a merchant.

Sadly, in 1840, Louisa died and so in the 1841 census only John, a merchant, remained with children Cursty (Cristian) and Duncan at Tomnahurich Street.[23] The whereabouts of his other children is not known.

In 1844, John was granted a “liferent” on a further piece of ground in Tomnahurich Street, allowing him a permanent lease on the property until he died after which his daughter Mary was to receive it.[24] The transaction was, however, not registered until 1875 after his death, presumably so it could be transferred to Mary.

(1221) Aug, 27. 1875.
Lease by CHARLES LAMONT ROBERTSON residing at Willow Bank near Inverness, to John Mackenzie, Merchant in Tomnahurich Street of Inverness, in liferent, and Mary Mackenzie, spouse of William Mackenzie, Mason, residing in Castle Street, Inverness, in fee (with power to said John Mackenzie to dispone, burden, &c.), for 99 years from Whitsunday 1844, – of Piece or Tenement of ground in the north side of and measuring 26 Feet 10 inches from east to west fronting TOMNAHURICH STREET of INVERNESS. Dated Jun. 12 and 19, 1844; with Warrant of Registration thereon, on behalf of said Mary Mackenzie.
30. 135.

John was still residing at Tomnahurich Street (at numbers 61 and 62) in the 1851 census, with his daughters Christina, Catherine, and his son Duncan (tea dealer) as well as a house servant, Ann McPherson.[25] His daughter, Mary, was nearby at 59 Tomnahurich Street with her husband and family.[26]

The valuation records for 1855-56 indicate John Mackenzie, stoneware merchant, had become proprietor of quite a number of properties.[27]

• three houses in Tomnahurich street – one in which he lived, one tenanted at under £4 per tenant (total £12 8s. per year), the other rented to Francis Wilson, grocer (£4 per year)
• two shops in Tomnahurich street – one for his use, the other rented to Francis Wilson, grocer (£4 pounds)
• a house in Fairfield Lane – tenanted at under £4 per tenant (total £6 15s. per year)

The 1861 census records John, a stoneware dealer, living at 64 and 65 Tomnahurich Street with his daughter Christina (servant), son Duncan (grocer) and a servant Christina Ross.[28] Again, his daughter Mary and her family are nearby, this time living at 62 Tomnahurich Street, the address at which her father was living ten years earlier.[29] Also in Tomnahurich Street is his daughter, Catherine, a dressmaker, who is at number 35.[30]

Homes in Inverness are made of stone so fire, you would imagine, is not much of a threat. But, Inverness gets very cold – in November the night temperatures fall to 3 degrees or lower.[31] And so it was at 10 p.m. one November night in 1865! A fire meant to provide warmth accidentally set fire to the curtains beside the bed and John’s attempts to extinguish them proved fruitless. Two reports appeared in the newspaper – one locally in Inverness (below) and the other at Elgin in Morayshire. [32]

FIRE IN TOMNAHURICH STREET.—On Tuesday night, about ten o’clock P.M., a fire broke out in the house of Mr John Mackenzie, stoneware-merchant, Tomnahurich Street. From what we can learn it would seem that a young lad, an apprentice with Mr Duncan Mackenzie, grocer, High Street, who boarded at the house, had accidentally set fire to the curtains of his bed after he had gone to rest. He endeavoured to subdue the flames himself but did not succeed, and gave the alarm. Happily some neighbours soon observed the accident, and by means of water drawn from a pump close by, they prevented the fire from gaining a decided hold on the building. They were very zealous and active in helping Mr Mackenzie. The firemen were also very soon on the spot, headed by their old captain, Thomas Russell, who has nearly recovered from his late severe accident ; and by the aid of a fire-plug at the corner of Kenneth Street they managed to extinguish the fire in a short time, without much more damage than the destruction of part of the roof. They property was not insured.[33]

Though not insured, John appeared to recover well from the fire. The valuation roll for 1865-66 records John Mackenzie, merchant, as the proprietor of:[34]

• four houses in Tomnahurich Street, numbers 62, 64, 66 and 67; John lived in 64 whilst the remaining houses had tenants at under £4 each (£13 per year)
• a shop at 65 Tomnahurich Street, used by himself
• a second shop in Tomnahurich Street (no number recorded), rented to Huntley Fraser (£8 per year per year)
• two houses in Fairfield Lane – one vacant and the other tenanted at under £4 per tenant (£8 per year)

In the 1871 census John, now a former stone ware merchant, was living at 68 Tomnahurich Street with two of his unmarried children – his daughter Christina (no occupation), son Duncan (merchant grocer) and two servants.[35] His daughter, Mary, was still living nearby at 62 Tomnahurich Street with her husband, William, and their family.[36]

John’s son, Alexander, was not living with his father at any of the census periods. Alexander, in fact, followed a very different career as a minister of the Free Church of Scotland.[37] In 1851 he was still single and living at the Free Church Manse, Nairn.[38] Ten years later, by now married, he was still at the same address but with a wife, three children, two nursery maids and two domestic servants.[39] By 1871 he had moved even further from home, to 6 Fettes Road in Edinburgh, having been called to minister at the Tolbooth Free Church Edinburgh.[40]

Though Alexander was the family member who lived at a distance, he was often called on in family matters – he erected the family headstone in the Chapel Yard Cemetery, was the informant at the death of his sister Catherine and brother Duncan, and executor of the wills of his brother Duncan and his father.[41]

On 23 September 1869, John wrote a very detailed testament to indicate exactly how he wished his estate to be distributed following his decease.[42] In summary:

• The sole executors were to be his sons, the Reverend Alexander Mackenzie (minister of the Free Tolbooth Church, Edinburgh) and Duncan Mackenzie (merchant, Inverness), his son-in-law William Mackenzie (builder, Inverness), and the Reverend George Mackay (minister of the Free North Church, Inverness)
• To daughter Christina: to be paid annual interest on £700; to receive, jointly with Duncan, the property in Tomnahurich Street occupied by John at the time of his death; and the whole of the household furniture, bed and table linen, and whole house furnishing which belonged to John at the time of his death
• To daughter Catherine: to be paid annual interest on £275
• To daughter Mary: the property at the junction of King Street and Tomnahurich Street
• To son Duncan: to receive, jointly with Christina, the property in Tomnahurich Street occupied by John at the time of his death
• The residue of the estate to be paid in equal portions to Mary, Alexander and Duncan, and their respective heirs

John died at 9:20 a.m. on 8 December 1873 at 68 Tomnahurich Street, Inverness of “debility from old age”.[43] His son, Duncan, who was present at the death, provided the details for the death registration which indicates John, a retired stoneware merchant, was the widower of Louisa Fraser and further, the son of Duncan Mackenzie and Christina Macpherson.[44] The death was reported in the Inverness Advertiser.[45]

John’s property was distributed as he desired. The items mentioned in the inventory of his personal estate which was valued on 7 January 1874 were: [46]

• Cash in the house, £9 2s. 6d.
• Household furniture and other effects in the deceased’s house, £38 7s.
• One share of the National Bank of Scotland, £304
• Two and a quarter shares in the Edinburgh Water Company, £312 15s.
• 40 shares in the Caledonian Banking Company, £300
• 31 Ten pound shares in the Inverness Gas and Water Company, £310
• 20 Five pound shares in the last mentioned company, £100
• Rents of Heritage due from Huntly Fraser, John Macdonald, Alexr Macdonald, William Macdonald and George Fraser, £1 8s 9d.

In total, his estate was valued at £1375 13s. 3d. It is worth noting that this valuation does not include any of his property. John had clearly accumulated considerable wealth!

John and Louisa (Fraser) Mackenzie had the following children, all baptised in Inverness:

2     i.     Cristian (Christina) Mackenzie, baptised 1 June 1814;[47] died 21 October 1900 at 28 Warrender Park Terrace, Edinburgh;[48] buried Chapel Yard Cemetery, Inverness, Inverness.[49] She was a servant.[50] Left a will.[51] Never married.

3     ii.    Catherine Mackenzie, baptised 29 April 1817;[52] died 24 October 1893 at 55 Innes Street, Inverness;[53] buried Chapel Yard Cemetery, Inverness, Inverness.[54] She was a dressmaker.[55] Never married.

4     iii.   Alexander Mackenzie, baptised 19 May 1819;[56] died 11 September 1894 at Westerlea, Nairn, Nairnshire.[57] He married Isabella Campbell Adams on 26 June 1851 in Nairn, Nairnshire.[58] Alexander attended “King’s College, Aberdeen, where he took his M.A. degree about the age of eighteen,”[59] was a minister of the Free Church of Scotland in Nairn and at the historic Tolbooth Church in Edinburgh.[60] After 50 years of ministry he retired with his family to Nairn.[61] Just months before his death, “the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred on Mr M’Kenzie by Rutger’s College, New Brunswick, New Jersey.”[62] Left a will.[63] Left issue.

5     iv.   Mary Mackenzie, baptised 9 July 1821;[64] died 21 January 1908 at 28 Warrender Park Terrace, Edinburgh;[65] married William Mackenzie on 31 August 1843 in Inverness, Inverness.[66] Left a will.[67] Left issue.

6     v.    Duncan Mackenzie, baptised 29 December 1823;[68] died 5 October 1885 at 20 Tomnahurich Street, Inverness;[69] buried Chapel Yard Cemetery, Inverness.[70] He was a tea dealer and merchant grocer.[71] Left a will.[72] Never married.

7     vi.   John Mackenzie, baptised 9 November 1827.[73] No further information.

Two brothers, Duncan and John. At birth there would have been little to distinguish the two sons of Duncan Mackenzie and Christian Macpherson but their lives took very different directions. Whilst Duncan followed his father as a labourer, John rose above that and forged a business first as a weaver and then a merchant. Death, however, brought them back together. Now they are close to each other in Chapel Yard Cemetery.[74] Duncan and his family lie in the same grave as his parents whilst John and his family lie nearby.

 

[1] There are many variants of the surname including M’Kenzie, M’Kinzie, McKinzie, Mackinzie, McKenzie, Mackenzie. In this narrative the spelling used in each citation reflects the original spelling in the record whilst Mackenzie is used in the narrative itself.

[2] Chapel Yard Cemetery, Inverness. Erected [t]o the memory of [D]uncan Mackenzie, labourer, Inverness, who died 26th Feby 1830, aged 72; and his spouse Christina Macpherson, who died 3rd Augst 1818, aged 75; also to the memory of his son Duncan, who died 22nd Feby 1851, aged 64 and his spouse, Jean Grant, who died 16th May 1848, aged 62; and their children. [Slab, top edge broken off (under turf)]. The slab was uncovered under the direction of the cemetery caretaker and recovered once it had been photographed.

[3] Chapel Yard Cemetery, Inverness. Erected by The Rev. Alex McKenzie, Edinburgh in memory of his father John McKenzie, merchant, Tomnahurich Street, who died on the 8th of December 1873, aged 87 years; and his mother Louisa Fraser, who died on the 12th of January 1840, aged 46 years; and his brother Duncan McKenzie, grocer, High Street, who died on the 5th of October 1885, aged 62 years; his sister Catherine, who died 24th October 1893, aged 76 years; and his sister Christina, who died 21st October [1900], aged 87 years. [Pointed, ornate, badly worn].

[4] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Births and Baptisms, 24 September 1787, John McKinzie [sic]; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014). Chapel Yard Cemetery (Inverness, Scotland), John McKenzie headstone inscription; photographed by Rosemary Ann Kopittke, 8 May 2012. Scotland, Statutory Register of Deaths, 8 December 1873, entry for John Mackenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 19 September 2014).

[5] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Banns and Marriages, 11 June 1813, entry for John McKenzie and Lousia [sic] Fraser; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014).

[6] Chapel Yard Cemetery (Inverness, Scotland), Louisa Fraser headstone inscription; photographed by Rosemary Ann Kopittke, 8 May 2012. There is no record of her burial.

[7] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Births and Baptisms, 24 September 1787, John McKinzie [sic]. The Inverness Parish includes the village of Culloden.

[8] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Births and Baptisms, 18 September 1785, Duncan McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 16 May 2019).

[9] Alastair Livingstone, Christian W. H. Aikman and Betty Stuart Hart, editors, No Quarter Given: The Muster Roll of Prince Charles Edward Stuart’s Army, 1745-46 (Glasgow: Neil Wilson Publishing Ltd, 2001).

[10] Ibid.

[11] Chapel Yard Cemetery (Inverness, Scotland), Duncan Mackenzie and Christina Macpherson headstone inscription; photographed by Rosemary Ann Kopittke, 8 May 2012. Christian and Christina are variants of the same name.

[12] In the ScotlandsPeople guide on church burials they state: “Of all the events recorded in church registers, those of deaths and burials are acknowledged to be the most sparsely kept. Since there was no requirement to record these, a great many parishes simply did not bother and of those that did, many have not survived. Often the only record that a death has taken place will be implied in the payment of a fee to the parish for the hire of the mortcloth or pall which was draped over the coffin or the body itself for the funeral.” “An Act to provide for the better regulation of Births, Deaths, and Marriages in Scotland. [7 August 1854] 17 & 18 Vict. c.80.,” histpop (http://www.histpop.org : accessed 10 May 2019).

[13] Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Banns and Marriages, 18 June 1814, Duncan McKenzie and Jean Grant; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 1 April 2013).

[14] The baptism of Duncan’s sons, Duncan and Peter, indicate he was still residing in Culloden in 1815 and 1818. However, he was in Tomnahurich Street by 1826 as noted on the baptism of his daughter, Jean, in that year. Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Births and Baptisms, 11 December 1815, Duncan McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 1 April 2013). Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Births and Baptisms, 20 January 1818, Peter McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 1 April 2013). Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Births and Baptisms, 2 September 1826, Jean Mackinzie [sic]; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014).

[15] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Register of Banns and Marriages, 11 June 1813, John McKenzie and Lousia [sic] Fraser.

[16] Ibid.

[17] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness, Register of Births and Baptisms, 1 June 1814, Cristian McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 7 May 2019). Her father’s residence is described as “over the water”. It is not known what this means.

[18] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness, Register of Births and Baptisms, 29 April 1817, Catharine McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014). Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness, Register of Births and Baptisms, 19 May 1819, Alexander McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014). Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness, Register of Births and Baptisms, 9 July 1821, Mary McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014). Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness, Register of Births and Baptisms, 29 December 1823, Duncan Mackinzie [sic]; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014). Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness, Register of Births and Baptisms, 9 November 1827, John McKinzie [sic]; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014).

[19] Neither his marriage in 1813 nor the 1814, 1819 and 1821 baptisms indicate where John was living but the baptisms of his children in 1817, 1823 and 1827 record his place of residence as Tomnahurich Street.

[20] Wood, John, “Inverness,” Descriptive account of the principal towns in Scotland: to accompany Wood’s town atlas, (Edinburgh, 1828), 203-209.

[21] Plan of the Town of Inverness from actual survey, (Edinburgh: J. Wood, 1821); digital image, National Library of Scotland (https://maps.nls.uk/rec/359 : accessed 12 March 2013).

[22] Abridgements, Inverness Particular and General Register of Sasines 1781-1868, entry for John Mackenzie no. 331 and 332, 14 January 1835.

[23] 1841 census of Scotland, Inverness, Inverness, ED 9, p. 52 (stamped), household John McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http:www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 6 May 2019). Chapel Yard Cemetery (Inverness, Scotland), Louisa Fraser headstone inscription.

[24] Abridgements, Inverness, General Register of Sasines 1869-1885, entry for John Mackenzie no. 1221 and 1222, 27 August 1875.

[25] 1851 census of Scotland, Inverness, Inverness, ED 11, p. 27 (stamped), household schedule 137, household John McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http:www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 18 May 2019).

[26] Ibid, household schedule 134, household William McKenzie.

[27] Scotland, Burgh of Inverness, Valuation Roll for the year 1855-56, VR42/1/58; for John Mackenzie, no. 1203, 1204, 1205, 1210, 1211, and 1213; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 1 October 2015).

[28] 1861 census of Scotland, Inverness, Inverness, ED 11, p. 11 (stamped), household schedule 73, household John Mackenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http:www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014).

[29] Ibid, household schedule 75, household William Mackenzie.

[30] 1861 census of Scotland, Inverness, Inverness, ED 11, p. 20 (stamped), household schedule 136, household Catherine Mackenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 May 2019).

[31] “November Weather Averages for Inverness, United Kingdom,” Holiday-weather.com (http://www.holiday-weather.com/inverness/averages/november : accessed 31 July 2016).

[32] “Fire at Inverness,” Elgin Courier, 10 November 1865; digital image, National Library of Australia (https://www.nla.gov.au : accessed 10 June 2014), Gale News Vault.

[33] “Fire in Tomnahurich Street,” Inverness Courier, 9 November 1865, p.5; digital image; National Library of Australia (https://www.nla.gov.au : accessed 10 June 2014), Gale News Vault.

[34] Scotland, Burgh of Inverness Valuation Roll for the year 1865-66, VR42/11/68 and 69; for John Mackenzie, no. 611 and 613 (Tomnahurich Street) and 613 (Fairfield Lane); digital images, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 10 May 2015).

[35] 1871 census of Scotland, Inverness, Inverness, ED 12, p. 20 (stamped), household schedule 131, household John McKensie [sic]; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http:www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 1 October 2015).

[36] Ibid, household schedule 130, household William McKensie [sic].

[37] Rev. Alexander Mackenzie, Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland 1843-1900 (https://ecclegen.com : accessed 22 May 2019); citing Free Church of Scotland Monthly, December, 1894, Obituary, p. 288.

[38] 1851 census of Scotland, Nairnshire, Nairn, ED 4, p. 24 (stamped), household schedule 118, Alex^r McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http:www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 19 May 2019).

[39] 1861 census of Scotland, Nairnshire, Nairn, ED 4A, p. 2 (stamped), household schedule 8, household Alexander McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http:www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 19 May 2019).

[40] 1871 census of Scotland, Midlothian, Edinburgh St Mary, ED 79, p. 14 (stamped), household schedule 67, household Alexander McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http:www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 19 May 2019). “Induction of the Rev. Alex. Mackenzie to Free Tolbooth, Edinburgh,” Elgin Courier, 23 October 1863, p.6; digital image, National Library of Australia (https://www.nla.gov.au : accessed 22 May 2019), Gale News Vault.

[41] Chapel Yard Cemetery (Inverness, Scotland), John McKenzie and Louisa Fraser headstone inscription; photographed by Rosemary Ann Kopittke, 8 May 2012. Scotland, Statutory Register of Deaths, 24 October 1893, Catherine McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 19 September 2014). Scotland, Statutory Register of Deaths, 5 October 1885, Duncan McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 19 September 2014). Scotland, Inverness Sheriff Court, Will copy, SC29/44/21, pp. 454-5, Duncan Mackenzie 1886; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 21 September 2014). Scotland, Inverness Sheriff Court, Will copy, SC29/44/15, pp. 398-400, John Mackenzie 1874; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 21 September 2014).

[42] Scotland, Inverness Sheriff Court, Will copy, SC29/44/15, pp. 398-400, John Mackenzie 1874.

[43] Scotland, Statutory Register of Deaths, 8 December 1873, John Mackenzie.

[44] Ibid.

[45] Newspaper Index, Inverness Advertiser 12 December 1873, entry for John Mackenzie, Ambaile (https://www.ambaile.org.uk : accessed 21 May 2019).

[46] Scotland, Inverness Sheriff Court, Inventory, SC29/44/15, pp.396-397; John Mackenzie 1874; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 21 September 2014).

[47] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Births and Baptisms, 1 June 1814, Cristian McKenzie.

[48] Scotland, Statutory Register of Deaths, 21 October 1900, Christina McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 22 September 2014). The death certificate records her parents as John Mackenzie, merchant, and Louisa Mackenzie MS Fraser.

[49] Chapel Yard Cemetery (Inverness, Scotland), Christina McKenzie headstone inscription; photographed by Rosemary Ann Kopittke, 8 May 2012.

[50] 1861 census of Scotland, Inverness, Inverness, ED 11, p. 11 (stamped), household schedule 73, Christina Mackenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http:www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014).

[51] Scotland, Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Will copy, SC70/4/326, pp. 346-348; Christina Mackenzie 1900; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 28 September 2014).

[52] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Births and Baptisms, 29 April 1817, Catharine Mackenzie.

[53] Scotland, Statutory Register of Deaths, 24 October 1893, Catherine McKenzie. The death certificate records her parents as John McKenzie, china merchant, and Louisa McKenzie MS Fraser.

[54] Chapel Yard Cemetery (Inverness, Scotland), Catherine McKenzie headstone inscription; photographed by Rosemary Ann Kopittke, 8 May 2012.

[55] 1881 and 1891 Census records

[56] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Births and Baptisms, 19 May 1819, Alexander Mackenzie.

[57] Scotland, Statutory Register of Deaths, 11 September 1894, Alexander McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014). The death certificate records his parents as John McKenzie, merchant, and Louisa McKenzie MS Fraser.

[58] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Banns and Marriages, 26 June 1851, Alexander Mackenzie and Isabella Campbell Adams; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014).

[59] Rev. Alexander Mackenzie, Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland 1843-1900.

[60] “Death of Rev. Alexander M’Kenzie, D.D.,” Evening Telegraph, 13 September 1894, p.2; digital image; National Library of Australia (https://www.nla.gov.au : accessed 20 September 2014), Gale News Vault.

[61] Rev. Alexander Mackenzie, Ministers of the Free Church of Scotland 1843-1900.

[62] “Death of Rev. Alexander M’Kenzie, D.D.,” Evening Telegraph, Dundee, 13 September 1894.

[63] Scotland, Nairn Sheriff Court, Will copy, SC31/34/2, pp. 399-402; Alexander Mackenzie 1894; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 30 September 2014).

[64] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Births and Baptisms, 9 July 1821, Mary McKenzie.

[65] Scotland, Statutory Register of Deaths, 21 January 1908, Mary Mackenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 26 September 2014). The death certificate records her parents as John Mackenzie, merchant, and Louisa Mackenzie MS Fraser.

[66] Scotland, Inverness Parish, Inverness County, Register of Banns and Marriages, 31 August 1843, William Mackenzie and Mary McKenzie; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 20 September 2014).

[67] Scotland, Edinburgh Sheriff Court, Will copy, SC70/4/394, pp. 200-5; Mary Mackenzie 1908; digital image, ScotlandsPeople (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk : accessed 25 September 2014).

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[74] Chapel Yard Cemetery (Inverness, Scotland), Duncan Mackenzie and Christina Macpherson headstone inscription; photographed by Rosemary Ann Kopittke, 8 May 2012. Chapel Yard Cemetery (Inverness, Scotland), John McKenzie and Louisa Fraser headstone inscription; photographed by Rosemary Ann Kopittke, 8 May 2012.