This memorial is under construction.

ISSUE - Isabella and her husband Alexander were to be buried at the cemetery in Elora per their death records. Their names are not on the Cemetery Transcript on file at the Wellington County Museum and Archives. I will make inquiries. Check back for an update.

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Isabella McKenzie was the daughter of George McKenzie and Ann (McKay) McKenzie.

About her parents:

• George died Feb 15, 1894 at Elora, Ontario per the Ontario death record. He was a farmer. The informant of death was Alex Kerr of Elora who was a 'Butcher' (Alex was Isabella's husband). No burial information on the death record.
• Death record for Ann not found but the John Connon book (source below) reads she died on March 31, 1892.

About Isabella's birth date/location:

• Born 1836 in Ontario per the marriage record and the 1871 Canada Census.
• Born 1841 in Ontario per the 1881 and 1891 Census.
• Born Nov 14, 1840 in Ontario per 1901 Census.
• Born Nov 1837 in Ontario per the 1911 Census.
• Died age 81 years (= born about 1836) per the death record.
• Born at Dundas, Ontario per the death record.

Isabella married Alexander Kerr in 1871. See his memorial for details about the wedding and their children.

Date/location of death recorded per the Ontario death record. Burial was to be at the cemetery in Elora, Ontario. Informant of death was her husband Alexander.

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Sources on Ancestry included:

• 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 Canada Census.
• Ontario, Canada, Deaths, 1869-1938, 1943-1944, and Deaths Overseas, 1939-1947.
• Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1801-1928, 1933-1934.

Book source: 'Elora, The Earl History of Elora and Vicinity' by John Connon, published in 1974 by Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario. See page 41.

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Last updated: March 28, 2024.