Daughter of David and Margaret Jane (Merrell) Elsey, her family came from Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada, to Cass County, Michigan in 1866. Emma was the first wife of Edwin P. McKenzie. They married in Wakelee in 1883, and had five children. Emma died from tuberculosis at age 42, when her youngest daughter Mary (my grandmother) was only seven years old.
Daughter of David and Margaret Jane (Merrell) Elsey, her family came from Lincoln County, Ontario, Canada, to Cass County, Michigan in 1866. Emma was the first wife of Edwin P. McKenzie. They married in Wakelee in 1883, and had five children. Emma died from tuberculosis at age 42, when her youngest daughter Mary (my grandmother) was only seven years old.
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