Mary Hannah (Ambler) McKenzie (1853 - 1935)

Born 26 Aug 1853 in Keighley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of James Shanks McKenzie — married 17 Apr 1873 in Waurn Ponds, North Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 21 Aug 1935 at age 81 in Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Mary Hannah (Ambler) McKenzie was born on 26 Aug 1853 in Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom^[1][2], daughter of Oliver Ambler (1824 - 1916) and Hannah (Royston) Ambler (1830 - 1912).

Her siblings were:

1. Elizabeth (Ambler) de la Rue (1851 - 1927)
2. Raphael Ambler (1857 - 1936)
3. William Royston Ambler (1859 - )
4. Martha Alice (Ambler) Gear (1861 - 1932)
5. Oliver Ambler (1863 - 1944)
6. Fanny Louisa Ambler (1864 - )
7. Thomas Benjamin Ambler (1867 - 1941)
8. Alice Ann Ambler (1868 - )
9. Emily Anne (Ambler) Hunt (1869 - 1922)
10. Albert Edmund Ambler (1871 - 1962)
11. Robert James Ambler (1872 - 1930)

Mary arrived on the ship Black Eagle on 6 June 1857 in Geelong, Australia having departed from Liverpool^[3]

Mary married James Shanks McKenzie (born in Colony of New South Wales in 1852; died in Minyip, Victoria, Australia in 1924) in 1873 in Colony of Victoria.^[4][5]

Their children were:

1. John Ambler McKenzie (1874 - 1960)
2. Elizabeth Hannah (McKenzie) Wall (1876 - 1972)
3. Edith Mary (McKenzie) Reade (1879 - 1970)
4. James Henry McKenzie (1881 - 1884)
5. Oliver Albert McKenzie (1884 - 1966)
6. William Neil McKenzie (1886 - 1936)
7. Ruby May (McKenzie) Hargreaves (1888 - 1965)
8. Clarence Raphael McKenzie (1890 - 1965)
9. Lilian Maud McKenzie (1892 - ).

Mary died on 21 Aug 1935 in Wycheproof, Victoria, Australia aged 81.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "West Yorkshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1910"
   West Yorkshire Archive Service; Wakefield, Yorkshire, England; Yorkshire Parish Records; New Reference Number: BDP7/1/2/4
   Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   Ancestry Record 2252 #8705315 (requires subscription, accessed 16 May 2022)
   Name: Mary Ambler; Age: 0; Record Type: Baptism; Birth Date: 26 Aug 1853; Baptism Date: 11 Dec 1853; Baptism Place: Bingley, All Saints, Yorkshire, England; Father: Oliver Ambler; Mother: Ann Ambler.
2. ↑ "England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915"
   Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   Ancestry Record 8912 #43450678 (requires subscription, accessed 16 May 2022)

   Name	Mary Hannah Ambler
   Registration Date	1853
   Quarter of the Year	Jul-Aug-Sep
   Registration Place	Keighley, Yorkshire West Riding, England
   Volume	9a
   Page	147

3. ↑ "Victoria, Australia, Assisted and Unassisted Passenger Lists, 1839-1923"
   Public Record Office Victoria; North Melbourne, Victoria; Register of Assisted Immigrants from the United Kindom (refer to microform copy, VPRS 3502); Series: VPRS 14
   Ancestry Sharing Link (free access)
   Ancestry Record 1635 #3778405 (requires subscription, accessed 16 May 2022)

   Name	Mary Ann Ambler
   Nationality	English and Welsh
   Arrival Age	3
   Birth Date	abt 1854
   Departure Place	Liverpool
   Arrival Date	6 Jun 1857
   Arrival Place	Geelong, Australia
   Ship	Black Eagle

4. ↑ "Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950"
   Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888
   Ancestry Record 1780 #4464947 (requires subscription, accessed 16 May 2022)
   Name: Mary Hannah Ambler; Marriage Date: 1873; Marriage Place: Victoria; Registration Date: 1873; Registration Place: Victoria, Australia; Spouse: James Shankes McKenzie; Registration Number: 1432.
5. ↑ Victorian marriage registration 1873: 01432,F,Ambler,Mary Hannah,Mckenzie,James Shankes,Yorkshire, 1873: 01432,M,Mckenzie,James Shankes,Ambler,Mary Hannah,New South Wales,
6. ↑ "Victoria, Australia, Death Index, 1836-1988"
   The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Death Records
   Ancestry Record 61650 #1427197 (requires subscription, accessed 16 May 2022)
   Name: Mary Hannah MacKenzie; Death Registration Year: 1935; Death Registration Place: Victoria, Australia; Father: Oliver Ambler; Mother Maiden Name: Royston; Reference Number: 17288.