Christina was a daughter of John West (1807-1882) & Isabella Agnes Cameron (1808-1867)

She married Hector McKenzie (1828-1911) in 1856 in Victoria, Australia.
He was born in Nova Scotia, a son of Roderick McKenzie (1801-1865) from Ross Shire - buried Nova Scotia & Marion Stewart (1803-)
their known children (not all verified)
1857 - 1943 William Welsh McKenzie
1857 - 1919 Angus McKenzie
1859 - 1932 Clarence Roderick McKenzie
1861 - 1941 Adolphus John McKenzie
1863 - 1959 Arthur Stewart McKenzie (+Ferguson)
1866 - 1950 Hector Alexander Duncan McKenzie
1868 - Donald McKenzie
1869 - 1910 Roland Hill McKenzie
1870 - 1941 Alfred Sheath McKenzie
1871 - 1947 Sherman Grant McKenzie
1872 - 1955 Alice Marion Isabella McKenzie
1874 - Jeannie McKenzie
1875 - Marion Sutherland McKenzie
1876 - 1964 Rhoda Christina McKenzie
1878 - 1970 America Victoria McKenzie
1880 - Annie McKenzie
1883 - Alexander McKenzie

Woodville Examiner, 5 Sep 1884
Two Deaths By Drowning TERRIFIC RAINFALL - HEAVY FLOODS
During Monday afternoon a heavy north-west gale set in and towards midnight the sky became overcast threatening a heavy rainfall. Soon the gale brought with it a driving rain which continued in a down-our during all Tuesday and following into the night. About six o;clock on Tuesday afternoon the Manawatu river showed signs of rising, but none anticipated anything but the usual steady swell. Towards ten o'clock however, it was evident from the rapid rise of the river that a flood was imminent. The numerous tributaries of the Manawatu from the Ruahine and Tararua ranges had quickly resolved themselves into mountain torrents, doubtless owing to the melting of the mountain snows by the warm rainfall. The Mangatainoka was an immense river in itself and down its surging current came trees with roots and branches towering overhead like the masts of a steamship gliding down the stream. As morning broke everyone was anxious to know the worst and the roads were soon strewed with settlers and business people alike eager to ascertain the damage done.
A shock to all was experienced by the sad and scarce credible news which went from lip to lip that two ladies, Mrs McKenzie and Mrs Grace Isadore Seavey had been drowned at the Upper Ferry. It appears that there, as everywhere else, no immediate risk was anticipated, although during the day steps were taken to secure a quantity of the timber laid down for the bridge in case of flood. Mr McKenzie, the contractor for the bridge, resided in a house built on a bank off the bed of the river. Only the other day his wife accompanied him from Dunedin on a visit and brought with her several of her children. At the time of the flood all were residing in the cottage referred to, but no immediate danger was anticipated up till about three o'clock on Wednesday morning, when it was deemed advisable to remove all the occupants of the buildings on the bank where Mr McKenzie's residence stood, this having become isolated by the flood water forming a stream between the bank and the main land. Mr McKenzie had a boat of his own in case of emergency, but someone had removed it to the other side of the river. Consequently for the purpose of removal a raft was put together and two of the children were safely taken off. The next step was to remove the two ladies, Mrs McKenzie and Mrs Seavey, who were still in the cottage. On the return of the raft they were safely got on board and the raft was manned by Mr W. McKenzie, Mr Seavey and Mr Dan McMillan. The night was pitch dark and nothing could well be seen and on the way across it struck a cabbage tree and upset, precipitating the occupants into the water. All were got safely on board again, but the steering pole was lost and the raft with its living freight drifted out to mid-stream, where the wild surging current drove it against a snag. It again capsized and all were thrown into the foaming current. Mr W. McKenzie strove pluckily to save his mother and having, as he supposed, secured the raft, he struck out most determinedly for the shore which he reached numbed with cold and insensible from his desperate efforts to rescue his mother. He was shortly afterwards picked up in an utterly exhausted condition. Mr Seavey also made strong efforts to save his wife and actually had her in his left hand, swimming with the other. But the powerful current was too much for him and she must have been carried from his grasp, for he was picked up unconscious, having been carried some distance down the river. The bereaved husbands have the sincere sympathy of the whole district in the sad affair and both ladies were highly respected by all who knew them.
In other respects Mr McKenzie will be a heavy loser, some £800 or £900 worth of dressed totara timber for the bridge work having been swept away. The pneumatic machinery and engine used in making the piers were all under water and the engine shed thrown down at the end. Mr McKenzie's trap was also carried off and a new pneumatic box for sinking the piers was carried away. It is impossible as yet to ascertain the actual financial loss Mr McKenzie has suffered, but it must be very heavy.
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Feilding Star, 6 Sep 1884
WOODVILLE - The bodies of the two women, Mrs McKenzie and Mrs Seavey, who were drowned during Tuesday night, were found yesterday four miles from where the mishap occurred. Mrs Seavey's body was still clinging to the raft. Mrs Mckenzie was the wife of a well-known Dunedin contractor who was visiting Mrs Seavey who was an ex resident of Dunedin

Tuapeka Times, 6 Sep 1884
DUNEDIN - The bodies of both Mrs McKenzie and Mrs Seavey, who were drowned at Woodville in the recent floods there, have been recovered Mrs McKenzies body will be brought to Dunedin for interment (not until the following year, 1885) when her ashes were interred in Northern Cemetery Dunedin