Individual record
First name: Murdo
Surname: MacKenzie
Maiden name:
Sloinneadh/nickname:
Date of death: 28/05/01
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Age: 72
Year of death: 1901
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Gravestone inscription: Erected by In loving memory of his son For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain.
Murdo MacKenzie
John MacKenzie
Merchant, Applecross
who died 17 January 1888
aged 27 years
and the above
Murdo MacKenzie
who died 28th May 1901
aged 72 years
and his wife
Mary Kennedy
who died 16th Nov. 1921
aged 89 years
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Biography: Murdo’s son Roddy is reputed to have made his fortune at the time of the Boer War; and Murdo’s daughter called Johanna (known as Hannah) moved out to Canada where Roderick had a big store in Prince George, British Columbia. Hannah’s son John Morrison (Seonaidh Hannah) became mayor of Prince George, and visited Applecross yearly well into his old age.Two of Seonaidh Hannah’s grandsons became well-known ice hockey players.
Reference number: 238
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Graveyard section: 3
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