Alexander Mackenzie Jr. (1822 - 1892)
Alexander
Mackenzie
Jr.
Born in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Helen (Neil) Mackenzie
— married
(to ) in Kingston, Upper Canada
Husband of
Jane (Sym) Mackenzie
— married
[location unknown]
Descendants 
Died in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada
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Categories: Significant and Famous Scots | Scottish Immigrants to Canada | Toronto, Ontario | Persons of National Historic Significance | Canadian Prime Ministers | Clan Mackenzie.
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| Preceded by John A. Macdonald |
2nd Prime Minister of Canada 7 November 1873 - 8 October 1878 |
Succeeded by John A. Macdonald |
Biography
Alexander Mackenzie Jr. is a member of Clan Mackenzie.
He was a stonemason, businessman, militia officer, journalist, politician, and author. Born January 28, 1822, in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland, he was the son of Alexander Mackenzie and Mary Stewart Fleming. On March 28, 1845, he married Helen Neil (d. 1852) in Kingston, Upper Canada (Ontario). They had two daughters, one of whom died in infancy, and a son, who also died as a child. He married secondly, on June 17, 1853, Jane Sym; they had no children. He died April 17, 1892, in Toronto and was buried in Sarnia.
Il était un maçon, homme d’affaires, officier de milice, journaliste et homme politique. Né le 28 janvier 1822 à Logierait, Perthshire, Écosse, il était le fils d’Alexander Mackenzie et de Mary Stewart Fleming. Le 28 mars 1845, il épousa à Kingston, Haut-Canada, Helen Neil. Ils eurent deux filles, dont l’une mourut dans sa prime enfance, et un fils, qui mourut aussi en bas âge. Puis le 17 juin 1853, il épousa Jane Sym, et de ce mariage ne naquit aucun enfant. Décédé le 17 avril 1892 à Toronto et inhumé à Sarnia. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Ben Forster, “MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 12, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 18, 2018, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mackenzie_alexander_12E.html.
See also:
- 1881 Canadian Census: St. George Ward, Toronto, Ontario, page 84, household 338, family 404.
- Wikipedia:Alexander Mackenzie
- Wikipedia:Children of the Prime Ministers of Canada
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