This week’s post for Amy Johnson Crow’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks prompt, is the number 12.
I was thinking about what I could write, and came up with a lot of ideas. Someone aged 12 years. Someone who was born or died in December. Someone who had 12 kids. #12 on an Ahnentafel list.
I decided to pick # 12 on my Ancestral Chart – my mother’s father’s father, Robert John McKenzie.
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Robert was born in about 1875 in Victoria, Australia, probably in the Warrnambool area. His parents were Alexander McKenzie and Helen (or Ellen) Thompson. I still have not located a list of all his siblings yet.
In 1903, Robert married Eliza Jane Clements, daughter of John Clements and Sarah Sedgley. They had 4 children that I know of: –
- Adeline Hope – born 1904
- Gertrude Ivy – born 1905
- Meredith Hector – born 1907
- Gordon Cecil – born 1909
In 1916, his mother Helen passes away and his father Alexander follows her in 1925.
I found Robert in 18 Australian Electoral Rolls covering the years 1905-1931. His occupation is Farmer and his residence is in Woodford, Victoria, Australia at the family farm, Spring Valley.
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Robert passed away on 25 October 1931 in Woodford. He is buried in the Warrnambool Cemetery with his wife and 2 of his children, Hope and Hector, both of whom never married.
I am still looking for an obituary and headstone photo.