16241: John Mackenzie
Iain Alasdair Alasdair
John (born 1877) was a son of Alexander Mackenzie and Mary Macaulay, 1 Aird Uig.
He was in the Seaforth Highlanders during the Boer War and there is a story in the family that he and another soldier were lost on the Veldt for ten days without food. They survived by eating a tin of axle grease (made from vegetable oil and animal fats in those days) and this was the cause of his life-long stomach problems.
John married Peggy Morrison and they went to Chicago around 1920. They returned about 30 years later, possibly after Peggy's brother was killed in the States. John inherited croft 1 Aird Uig in 1947.
The croft passed to his niece, Peggy Anna Matheson Peigi Anna na Leadaidh, 6 Aird Uig, daughter of his sister,Kate.
Details
- Record Type:
- Person
- Also Known As:
- Blinky
- Date Of Birth:
- 23 Jul 1877
- Gender:
- Male
- Brothers Keeper Reference:
- CEU 353
- Record Maintained by:
- CEU
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John Mackenzie and his wife Ann/Peggy Morrison
Mary Mackenzie niece of John Mackenzie (Blinky), Aird Uig