Allister Douglas McKenzie

Notes:

Cemetery Records, Christchurch City Council Database
Allister Douglas McKenzie
Date of Death: 15 Sep 1987
Age: 66 years
Occupation: Retired Company Director
Years in New Zealand: 66
Date of Burial: Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch, New Zealand
Block 44; Plot 244

Notes:

Electoral Rolls New Zealand 1928 Otago, Waitaki
#4414 MacKenzie, Allister "Table Top", Hakataramea, Sheepfarmer
#4426 MacKenzie, Muriel Sara "Table Top", Hakataramea, Married * spelling Sara vs Sarah

Electoral Rolls, New Zealand 1938, Otago, Waitaki
#5079 Mackenzie, Allister, "Table Top", Hakataramea, Sheepfarmer
#5094 Mackenzie, Muriel Sara, "Table Top", Hakataramea Married

Electoral Rolls New Zealand 1949
#7972 Allister McKenzie 76 Grey road, Farmer
#3020 Muriel Sarah McKenzie, 76 Grey Road, Married

Electoral Rolls New Zealand 1949
#17769 Allister McKenzie, Broadlands, Reparosa, Farmer
#17777 Muriel Sarah McKenzie, Broadlands, Reparosa, Married


Electoral Rolls New Zealand 1963
#13 Allister McKenzie of 27 Edward Street Lincoln Retired

Electoral Rolls, New Zealand 1972
#29 Allister McKenzie of 35 Edward Street, Lincoln Retired


Cemetery Records, New Zealand, Christchurch City Council
McKenzie, Allister
Date of Death: 16 Jun 1976
Age: 86 years
Occupation: Retired Farmer
Years in New Zealand: 86
Date of Burial: 21 Jun 1976
Cemetery: Ruru Lawn Cemetery
Block 44; Plot 244

It seems the surname Mackenzie, McKenzie, MacKenzie were used interchangeably with Allister & Muriel Sarah - and as I haven't seen the official Birth register, I cannot say which was the more correct spelling. At this time I haven't been able to determine relatives to this couple, as many similar, like spellings in the electoral rolls are in the same areas

Allister married Sarah Muriel Wilkie in 1920. Sarah (daughter of Andrew Wilkie and Elizabeth Speden Cockburn) was born about 1896; died on 8 Oct 1961 in , , New Zealand; was buried on 10 Oct 1961 in Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Canterbury, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth Record: 1896 - per age given on Cemetery Records

Cemetery Records Christchurch Database
Name: Muriel Sarah McKenzie
Date of Death: 08 Oct 1961
Age: 65 years
Married
Years in New Zealand: 65
Date of Burial: 10 Oct 1961
Cemetery: Ruru Lawn Cemetery
Block 44; Plot 244

Notes:

Married:
New Zealand Marriages
Muriel Sarah Wilkie married Allister McKenzie
Reg # 1920/5332

Other Events and Attributes:

• Migration: 1874, , , , New Zealand; Passenger lists - aboard Auckland

Notes:

Cannot find this family on 1881 census but this info was placed on Fife website

1871 Scotland Census: Reg # 440, Line 22, Roll CSSCT1871_75, Household #70
Robert Wilkie, Head, Male, married, Age 26, Occ Yarn Bleacher
Elizabeth Mitchell, Female, Wife, Married, Age 26
Andrew Wilkie, Male, Son, Age 3
Elizabeth Wilkie, Female, Dtr, Age 7 mos

Robert & Elizabeth moved to England, London as Daughter Elizabeth married a William Ayres in 1889 ( Bride was 19 & Groom 21)

Where did Andrew go? Cannot locate him on 1881,1891 etc Scotland census Jan 2011

I have found some immigration / travel documents with a listing of Andrew Wilkie, born abt 1867 - birthplaces have been England but this could still be possible if Robt & Eliz Wilkie moved prior to 1889 - have more evidence of an Andrew Wilkie in Melbourne Australia, some Andrew Wilkies in England with similar naming patterns of relatives that match common names in our Wilkie families, but nothing conclusive enough to suggest a strong match or strong possibility. Jan 2011 HW

ancestry.ca file - Auckland Ship - 1245 tons, Captain: Stevens, Surgeon Superintendant:
Sailed Glasgow 27th August 1874 - arrived Dunedin 21st November 1874
List of Passengers:
Wilkie, William D., Age 57, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman
Wilkie, Margaret, Age 55
Wilkie, Christiana, Age 21
Wilkie, William Age 16
Wilkie, Peter Age 14
Wilkie, Charles Age 12

Wilkie, Robert Age 26, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman
Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 26
Wilkie, Andrew Age 7
Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 3
Wilkie, Margaret Age 1
Certainly there seems to be a little discrepancy in the ages and birth dates as I know them, but then this did happen on passenger lists and other databases - so for the moment this checks out. I wonder, though, why Janet left earlier and was married in New Zealand, then also Son James - seems he was perhaps married there also - why did they leave earlier. I also wonder if all of these families or just some were sponsored by the govt to migrate to New Zealand????? HW Jan 2011

New Zealand Bankruptcy Notices 1893-1904
In Bankruptcy - District Court of Timaru & Oamaru, holden at Oamaru
Notice is hereby given that Andrew Wilkie of Oamaru, Slaughterman, was this day adjudicated a Bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors to be holden at my office, Tyne Street on Friday, the 12 of August 1898 at 11 o'clock in the forenoon
Chas. W. Cooke, Deputy Official Assignee

Also New Zealand Bankruptcy Notices 1893-1904
In Bankruptcy in the District Court of Timaru & Oamaru, Holden at Timaru
Notice is hereby given that Andrew Wilkie, of Ashburton, Butcher, was this Day adjudged bankrupt; and I hereby summon a meeting of creditors, to be holden at my office, at Arcade, Timaru, on Friday, the 4th day of Sep 1903 at 11 o'clock.
Alex. Montgomery, Deputy Official Assignee
Timaru, 25th August 1903

New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1896 Otago Oamaru
#4088 Wilkie, Andrew Oamaru Butcher Residential
#4090 Wilkie, Eliza Speden Oamaru, Wife, Residential

New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1911 Canterbury Ashburton
#6472 Wilkie, Andrew Nelson Street Hampstead Butcher
#6473 Wilkie, Elizabeth Speden Nelson Street Hampstead, Married


New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1935 West Coast Buller
#8803 Wilkie, Andrew, 32 Queen Street, Westport, Bacon Curer
#8804 Wilkie, Elizabeth Speden 32 Queen St Westport Married

Cemetery Records, New Zealand
Wilkie, Andrew
Age 79
Date of Burial 11 Dec 1946
Cemetery: Old Presbyterian Oamaru Cemetery
Block 63; Plot 1,2

Andrew married Elizabeth Speden Cockburn on 27 Dec 1890 in , , New Zealand. Elizabeth was born about 1871; died on 6 Nov 1942 in , , South Island, New Zealand; was buried on 9 Nov 1942 in Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Canterbury, New Zealand. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

This lady's surname has been spelled a variety of ways -
Some cemetery records state Speydon
others: Spedon, Spedin,

New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1896 Otago Oamaru
#4088 Wilkie, Andrew Oamaru Butcher Residential
#4090 Wilkie, Eliza Speden Oamaru, Wife, Residential

New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1911 Canterbury Ashburton
#6472 Wilkie, Andrew Nelson Street Hampstead Butcher
#6473 Wilkie, Elizabeth Speden Nelson Street Hampstead, Married


New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1928 Canterbury, Mid-Canterbury
#9870 Wilkie, Andrew, 77 Aitken Street, Ashburton, Butcher
#9072 Wilkie, Elizabeth Speden 77 Aitken Street Ashburton, Married
#9075 Wilkie, Lilian Mary 77 Aitken Street, Ashburton Married

New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1935 West Coast Buller
#8803 Wilkie, Andrew, 32 Queen Street, Westport, Bacon Curer
#8804 Wilkie, Elizabeth Speden 32 Queen St Westport Married


Christchurch City Council Cemeteries Database:
Wilkie, Elizabeth Speden
Date of Death: 06 Nov 1942
Burial: Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Monday 09 Nov 1942
Married
Age 71 yrs
Years in New Zealand: Life

Other Cockburn residents buried in Rutherford Cemetery - possible relations to Elizabeth

Notes:

Married:

One newspaper article notes marriage on 25 Dec 1890 Oamaru by Rev. A. Todd of Andrew Wilkie of the Taieri to Elizabeth Speden Cockburn
Celebrating 50th Anniversary 24 Dec 1940

Another newspaper article states marriage was 27 Dec 1890

Other Events and Attributes:

• Marriage: 16 Jun 1865, Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland
• 1871 Census: 1871, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland; 1871 Scotland Census
• Migration: 1874; Migration to New Zealand aboard 'Auckland'

Notes:

1851 Scotland Census, Roll CSSCT1851_85, Parish 411, BurntIsland, Household 33, Line 10
Robert Wilkie, birth abt 1845, Strathmiglo, Fife, Scotland

1865, Statutory Marriage 444/00/0023
Leslie, County Fife, Page 12
1865, on 16 June at Leslie after Banns according to the Forms of the United Presbyterian church,
Groom: Robert Wilkie,
Bachelor, Ploughman
Age 21
Residence, Ingrie, Leslie,
Parents: William Wilkie, ploughman & Margaret Fraser

Bride: Elizabeth Mitchell
Single, Bleacher
Age 21
Residence: Leslie, Fife
Parents: Andrew Mitchell, Bleacher & Elizabeth Robertson
Witnesses: William Mitchell & Janet Wilkie
Minister: Archibald Alison
Registrar: John Swan

Have searched again (Jan 2011) for a census location 1861 for Robert Wilkie - as in 1865 he is 21 and marrying Elizabeth Mitchell - wonder how the Robert & Elizabeth met - presumably in the area as marriage cert. states Robert a ploughman and Elizabeth a bleacher.

1871 Scotland Census: Reg # 440, Line 22, Roll CSSCT1871_75, Household #70
Robert Wilkie, Head, Male, married, Age 26, Occ Yarn Bleacher
Elizabeth Mitchell, Female, Wife, Married, Age 26
Andrew Wilkie, Male, Son, Age 3
Elizabeth Wilkie, Female, Dtr, Age 7 mos

Robert & Elizabeth moved to London England as Daughter Elizabeth married a William Ayres in 1889 ( Bride was 19 & Groom 21) Again - questions - how did Elizabeth meet her bridegroom? are there family connections in someway that are introducing the younger generation to one another????? One connection would be John Robert Wilkie & Barbara Hay's family. John died in 1854 thus prior to 1861 census - would family attend one another's funerals in those days (seems very unlikely) - seemed so very little time between death and burials and a lengthy distance to travel.

Large gap here, as when did Robert sail for New Zealand. Did Elizabeth accompany him?

ancestry.ca file - Auckland Ship - 1245 tons, Captain: Stevens, Surgeon Superintendant:
Sailed Glasgow 27th August 1874 - arrived Dunedin 21st November 1874
List of Passengers:
Wilkie, William D., Age 57, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman
Wilkie, Margaret, Age 55
Wilkie, Christiana, Age 21
Wilkie, William Age 16
Wilkie, Peter Age 14
Wilkie, Charles Age 12

Wilkie, Robert Age 26, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman
Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 26
Wilkie, Andrew Age 7
Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 3
Wilkie, Margaret Age 1
Certainly there seems to be a little discrepancy in the ages and birth dates as I know them, but then this did happen on passenger lists and other databases - so for the moment this checks out. I wonder, though, why Janet left earlier and was married in New Zealand, then also Son James - seems he was perhaps married there also - why did they leave earlier. I also wonder if all of these families or just some were sponsored by the govt to migrate to New Zealand????? HW Jan 2011

New Zealand Electoral Rolls, 1880-1881 Otago Taieri
#736 Wilkie, Robert Residential, Residence is West Taieri, Occupation Farm servant


Obituary: Otago Witness Newspaper, National Library, Papers Past, 26 September 1895, Deaths, New Zealand
Wilkie: on the 21st September 1895 at his residence, Greytown South, Robert Wilkie; aged 51 years. Deeply regretted

No mention of his wife Elizabeth. Did she remain in England, return to Scotland or accompany him to New Zealand - but it seems on a timeline that Robert left England sometime after 1889 and journied to New Zealand - dying there in 1895.

New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records 1843-1998
Last Will & Testament of me, Robert Wilkie of Greytown, East Taieri in Province of Otago, Colony of New Zealand
I appoint James Carrell Renton of Easti Taieri, Province of Otago, Colony of New Zealand as my sole Executor
I give devise and bequeath unto said James Carrell Renton my executor all that I may be possesed of or entitled at the time of my decease; power to sell the property on which I now reside in the township of Greytown, Block II Section 18 & 19 East Taieri, Province of Otago, Colony of New Zealand for the benefit of my wife Elizabeth during her lifetime and after her decease to be equally divided amongst my surviving children.

Marriage:
Robert Wilkie, Ploughman, Bachelor, Age 21, Ingrie Leslie, Son of William Wilkie, Ploughman & Margaret Fraser married Elizabeth Mitchell, Bleacher, Single, Age 21, of Leslie, Daughter of Andrew Mitchell, Bleacher & Elizabeth Robertson

Robert married Elizabeth Mitchell on 16 Jun 1865 in Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland. Elizabeth (daughter of A. Mitchell and E. Robertson) was born in 1844 in , , , Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• 1851 Census: 1851, Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland; 1851 Scotland Census
• 1861 Census: 1861, Leslie, Fife, Scotland; 1861 Scotland Census
• Marriage: 16 Jun 1865, Leslie, Fifeshire, Scotland; Scotland marriage records
• 1871 Census: 1871, Kinglassie, Fife, Scotland; 1871 Scotland census
• Migration: 1874, Scotland to New Zealand

Notes:

1865, Statutory Marriage 444/00/0023
Leslie, County Fife, Page 12
1865, on 16 June at Leslie after Banns according to the Forms of the United Presbyterian church,
Groom: Robert Wilkie,
Bachelor, Ploughman
Age 21
Residence, Ingrie, Leslie,
Parents: William Wilkie, ploughman & Margaret Fraser

Bride: Elizabeth Mitchell
Single, Bleacher
Age 21
Residence: Leslie, Fife
Parents: Andrew Mitchell, Bleacher & Elizabeth Robertson
Witnesses: William Mitchell & Janet Wilkie
Minister: Archibald Alison
Registrar: John Swan


1871 Scotland Census: Reg # 440, Line 22, Roll CSSCT1871_75, Household #70
Robert Wilkie, Head, Male, married, Age 26, Occ Yarn Bleacher
Elizabeth Mitchell, Female, Wife, Married, Age 26
Andrew Wilkie, Male, Son, Age 3
Elizabeth Wilkie, Female, Dtr, Age 7 mos

Robert & Elizabeth moved to England, London as Daughter Elizabeth married a William Ayres in 1889 ( Bride was 19 & Groom 21)

Elizabeth's trail goes cold in England as I cannot find anymore info. hw 2010

I have tried ancestry.ca, findmypast, Free BMD New Zealand and cemeteries, and Otago Witness newspaper for more info on Robert & Elizabeth but cannot find anything new. There are some Mitchells and Wilkies, seemingly tog in Dunedin cemeteries, but tis a Margaret Mitchell not an Elizabeth - so rather and unlikely fit at this time HW Jan 2011


ancestry.ca file - Auckland Ship - 1245 tons, Captain: Stevens, Surgeon Superintendant:
Sailed Glasgow 27th August 1874 - arrived Dunedin 21st November 1874
List of Passengers:
Wilkie, William D., Age 57, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman
Wilkie, Margaret, Age 55
Wilkie, Christiana, Age 21
Wilkie, William Age 16
Wilkie, Peter Age 14
Wilkie, Charles Age 12

Wilkie, Robert Age 26, County Fife, Occupation Ploughman
Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 26
Wilkie, Andrew Age 7
Wilkie, Elizabeth Age 3
Wilkie, Margaret Age 1
Certainly there seems to be a little discrepancy in the ages and birth dates as I know them, but then this did happen on passenger lists and other databases - so for the moment this checks out. I wonder, though, why Janet left earlier and was married in New Zealand, then also Son James - seems he was perhaps married there also - why did they leave earlier. I also wonder if all of these families or just some were sponsored by the govt to migrate to New Zealand????? HW Jan 2011

New Zealand Electoral Rolls 1905-1906, Otago Taieri
#4378 Wilkie, Elizabeth, East Taieri, Widow
A possiblitity that this person may be Robert Wilkie's wife - Elizabeth (Mitchell) Wilkie
Robert was a farm labourer in the East Taieri district, died in 1895, thus this time is a strong probability. Other Wilkie families listed on this document are Robert & Elizabeth's relatives.
such as Charles & Annie Esther Wilkie of Mosgiel; William Dick Wilkie Mosgiel, Peter Fraser Wilkie of Allanton etc 2019 hw

Migration:
Depart Glasgow Scotland, arrived Dunedin, New Zealand

Notes:

Married:
On birth certificate of Margaret Wilkie born 1872, Elizabeth Mitchell & Robert Wilkie\s marriage date is noted as 12 June 1864 at Leslie, Fife Scotland