Letters from Walter and Mary McKenzie 1915-1916
And so we continue to "unpack" the Pandora's box of Nancy May McKenzie. I have started to transcribe some of the letters to get a picture of what was happening to the McKenzie family in the early part of the 20th century. But first a bit of an outline of who's who in the zoo. Nancy May McKenzie was the daughter of Colin McKENZIE and Isabel Alexandra Manclark FORREST. I tell you, I'm not related but yes, the Isabel and the Alexandra leapt out at me. But back to the family tree. Colin McKENZIE was the eldest son of - you guessed it - Colin McKENZIE - and Mary Tennent ROSS. Mary was a widow when she married Colin so she is also known as Mary MORTON (her first husband's name). Colin Junior had four younger brothers - Alex, James, John and Walter. From what I can gather, Colin Senior died in 1912 and James and Colin came out to Queensland in 1914 to make a new life. I think John was in the Navy and Alex was about to join the Army ...