Person:Alexander McKenzie (21)

Alexander McKenzie was born on 14th January 1804 at Ross Fenwick in the parish of Fenwick, Ayrshire.^[7] He was the son of John McKenzie and his wife Elizabeth Stevenson.

Alexander's next sighting is on 23rd August 1831, when he was married at the church of Westminster St James Piccadilly (in the western suburbs of London) to Mary Gobby, who was originally from Woburn in Bedfordshire.

The 1841 census finds the family living on Upper Ogle Street in Marylebone, with Alexander working as a tailor.

By 1851 the family had moved to 12 Munster Square in St Pancras. They stayed there for over ten years, also appearing at that address in the 1861 census. Alexander and Mary appear to have had at least ten children together between 1832 and 1855.

Alexander died early in 1866, aged about 62. He was buried at the St Pancras Cemetery on 16th January 1866. Mary died the following year.

1. ↑ Scotland. Old Parish Registers, Births & Baptisms. (Edinburgh, Scotland: ScotlandsPeople (National Records of Scotland))
   592/10 498 Fenwick Old Parish Register Births.

   Alexander son to John McKenzie and Elizabeth Stevenson his wife
   Born in Rose Fenwick on the 14th January 1804

2. ↑ England. 1841 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 675; Book 5; Folio 55; Page 14, 6 Jun 1841.

   Address: Upper Ogle Street, Marylebone, Middlesex
   Alexander McKenzie, male, 35 [1801-6], Tailor, b. Scotland
   Mary McKenzie, female, 30 [1806-11], not born in county
   Elizabeth McKenzie, female, 9 [1831/2], born in county
   Alexander McKenzie, male, 5 [1835/6], born in county
   Robert McKenzie, male, 1 [1839/40], born in county

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1493; Folio 563; Page 8, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: 12 Munster Square, St Pancras, Middlesex
   Alexander McKenzie, head, married, male, 41 [1809/10], Tailor, b. Rossfinic [sic], Scotland
   Mary McKenzie, wife, married, female, 41 [1809/10], b. Waurbourn [sic], Bedfordshire
   Elizabeth Grant, daughter, married, female, 18 [1832/3], Wastcoat [sic] maker, b. Middlesex
   Robert McKenzie, son, male, 10 [1840/1], b. Middlesex
   Thomas McKenzie, son, male, 8 [1842/3], b. Middlesex
   Mary McKenzie, daughter, female, 6 [1844/5], b. Middlesex
   Maria McKenzie, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. Middlesex
   Ann Neil, niece, unmarried, female, 16 [1835/6], b. Geddington [sic], Bedfordshire
   Christopher Morris, lodger, unmarried, male, 29 [1821/2], Tailor, b. Scotland
   Thomas Kelby, lodger, unmarried, male, 25 [1825/6], Tailor, b. Ireland
   Ann Birt, lodger, widow, female, 72 [1778/9], Laundress, b. Ireland
   William Hunt, lodger, unmarried, male, 24 [1826/7], Carpenter, b. St James, Cornwall

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 96; Folio 163; Page 8, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: 12 Munster Square, St Pancras, Middlesex
   Alexander McKenzie, head, married, male, 57 [1803/4], Journeyman Tailor, b. Scotland
   Mary McKenzie, wife, married, female, 52 [1808/9], b. Bedfordshire
   Robert McKenzie, son, unmarried, male, 21 [1839/40], Journeyman Organ Builder, b. Marylebone, Middlesex
   Thomas McKenzie, son, unmarried, male, 19 [1841/2], Wine Merchant to ?llman, b. St Pancras, Middlesex
   Maria McKenzie, daughter, unmarried, female, 13 [1847/8], Scholar, b. St Pancras, Middlesex
   Henrietta McKenzie, daughter, unmarried, female, 9 [1851/2], Scholar, b. St Pancras, Middlesex
   Joseph McKenzie, son, unmarried, male, 6 [1854/5], Scholar, b. St Pancras, Middlesex
   Alexander McGeady, boarder, unmarried, male, 29 [1831/2], Journeyman Tailor, b. Scotland
   John French, boarder, unmarried, male, 30 [1820/1], Journeyman Tailor, b. Oxfordshire
   Charles Blandy, boarder, unmarried, male, 20 [1830/1], Porter, b. Windsor
   Alfred Blandy, boarder, unmarried, male, 18 [1832/3], Porter, b. Windsor

5.   Deaths index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   d. Alexander MACKENZIE, March Quarter 1866, Pancras Registration District, Volume 1b, page 43, aged 51 [1814/15]

6. ↑ St Pancras, London, England. St Pancras Cemetery Burial Register (London Borough of Camden / deceasedonline.com).

   Date of Order: 1866 January 15th
   No. of Register: 34,136
   Name: Alexander McKenzie
   Abode: Free Hospital
   When Buried: January 16th
   Age: 51 years [1814/15]
   By whom the Ceremony was performed: Rev. H.P. Wilkinson
   Consecrated or Unconsecrated: Con
   Day and Hour of Burial: Tuesday Ten O'Clock, A.M.
   Description: 4th Class
   Name of Undertaker: Park
   Address: St Pancras Workhouse

7. ↑ Rose Fenwick or Ross Fenwick as a name seems to have fallen out of use, but it was an area within the parish of Fenwick, described as follows in 1820: "ROSE, or ROSS-FENWICK, (anciently Ross-Fynick and Wattisynick.) - The only remaining grand division of the parish, is situated on the right banks of the water of Fenwick, and on which the two towns of Fenwick are set down. It extends in all to 335 acres; the whole fertile land, and in full cultivation; and is possessed by 14 proprietors also. The Skirnie lands, with Croilshaugh, is the largest of these, next to which is Gardrum. Both have adequate mansions; and both have some wood upon them, more especially the first, where it consists of a belt of planting by the way-side, which is remarkably thriving, though set down in a very exposed situation." (Topographical Description of Ayrshire; more particularly of Cunninghame: together with a genealogical account of the principal families in that Bailiwick, George Robertson, 1820, Irvine, accessed via Google Books, 26 Jan 2018)