Catherine Christie (Burry) MacKenzie (1858 - bef. 1948)

Born 21 Aug 1858 in Muirhead, Forfarshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of James MacKenzie — married 29 Dec 1879 (to before 1919) in Inverarity, Forfarshire, Scotland, United Kingdom

Descendants

Died before Jun 1948 before age 89 in Empress AB Canada

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Biography

Grand-daughter of Robert Burry and illegitimate daughter of Jane/Jean Burry... Robert is thought to have married Catherine Christie and they had a daughter Jane Burry. Jane fell pregnant to a William Young of Muirhead but they did not wed. He shifted to Edinburgh soon afterwards, leaving Jane to become a solo parent of Catherine (Christie) Burry -- taking her grandmother's maiden name, and her grandfather's surname (b. August, 1858)

In the 1861 census Catherine (age 2) was the grandaughter (granddaughter) of Robert Burry in Muirhead, Liff, Benvie and lnvergowrie, Angus.^[1]

In the 1871 census Catherine (age 12), Scholar, was the grandaughter (granddaughter) of Robert Barry in Coupar Angus Rd Alma Cot, Liff, Benvie and lnvergowrie, Angus.^[2]

Catherine(age 21), a domestic servant, married James Mckenzie(age 24) , a forester from camperdown, Lochee, on 29 Dec 1879 at Tarbrax, Inverarity, Forfarshire, Scotland. parents William Young, a mason (deceased) and Jane Burry. his parents listed as David Mckenzie, a land Steward and margaret Mckenzie M. S. Wilson. Witnesses Adam Mckenzie and Helen Reddie(cant quite read her surname)^[3]

In the 1881 census Catherine (age 22) was the wife of James MacKenzie in Camperdown West Lodge, Liff, Benvie and lnvergowrie, Angus.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ 1861 Census: "1861 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Liff, Benvie and lnvergowrie; ED: 4; Page: 7; Line: 5; Roll: CSSCT1861_44; Registration Number: 301; Household schedule number: 26; Roll: CSSCT1861_44
   Ancestry uk Record 1080 #2311490 (accessed 2 January 2023)
   Catherine Burry (2) grandaughter (granddaughter) in household of Robert Burry (52) in Muirhead in Liff, Benvie and lnvergowrie registration district. Born in Liff, Forfarshire.
2. ↑ 1871 Census: "1871 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Liff, Benvie and lnvergowrie; ED: 4; Page: 10; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1871_57; Registration Number: 301; Household schedule number: 51; Roll: CSSCT1871_57
   Ancestry uk Record 1104 #3787892 (accessed 2 January 2023)
   Catherine Barry (12) grandaughter (granddaughter), Scholar, in household of Robert Barry (63) in Coupar Angus Rd Alma Cot in Liff, Benvie and lnvergowrie registration district. Born in Liff & Benvie, forfarsh.
3. ↑ Marriage Registration: "Statutory Register of Marriages"
   National Records of Scotland, Ref: 292/4
   ScotlandsPeople (accessed 2 January 2023)
   Catherine Burry marriage to James Mckenzie registered 1879 in Inverarity.
4. ↑ 1881 Census: "1881 Scotland Census"
   Parish: Liff, Benvie and lnvergowrie; ED: 3; Page: 6; Line: 2; Roll: cssct1881_93; Registration Number: 301; Household schedule number: 31
   Ancestry uk Record 1119 #3856221 (accessed 2 January 2023)
   Catherine MacKenzie (22), wife, in household of James MacKenzie (25) in Camperdown West Lodge in Liff, Benvie and lnvergowrie registration district. Born in Liff, Forfarshire.

"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYPR-L42 : 2 January 2015), Catherine Burry, 11 Aug 1858; citing LIFF BENVIE AND INVERGOWRIE,ANGUS,SCOTLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 6,035,516.

1901 Irish Census -- http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai001176455/

1911 Irish Census -- http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai003069425/

Empress AB Canada Find A Grave Memorial# 132964592

Research Notes

See timeline referenced. Birth: 1858, Angus, Scotland Death: 1948, Alberta, Canada

Wife of James MacKenzie

It is believed James and Catherine emigrated from Scotland to Tipperary, Ireland 5 years after marrying (abt. 1883-84). Reasons for leaving Scotland are still unknown.