Alexander McKenzie & Janet Grant

Alexander McKENZIE
chr. 3 Sep 1815 Auchlunachan, Loch Broom, Ross Shire, Scotland (parents Norman McKENZIE & Ellen McDONALD)
d. 4 Sep 1898 Willowmavin, Vic. (buried Kilmore, Vic.)
Arrived in Port Phillip April 1840 board the Glen Huntly with his cousin, also named Alexander McKenzie. Alexander was referred to as 'Black Sandy', and his cousin (who later married Janet Grant's sister Marion Sarah) was referred to as 'Red Sandy'. The nicknames distinguised the cousins by hair colour.

m. Aug 1851 Glenvale, Vic.

Janet GRANT
b. 4 Jan 1830 Aisk, Strath, Inverness, Scotland (parents Alexander GRANT and Marion Sarah FLETCHER)
d. 26 Dec 1905 Willowmavin, Vic. (buried Kilmore)
Arrived Port Jackson in 1837 aboard the William Nichol with her parents and two oldest siblings.

1. Alexander McKENZIE	b. 5 Mar 1852 Kilmore, Vic. ; d. 1 Jan 1928 Prahran, Vic. ; buried Kilmore, Vic. ; n.m.
2. Norman McKENZIE	b. 1855 ; d. in infancy
3. Sarah McKENZIE	b. 1856 Wallan, Vic. ; d. 3 Sep 1939 Belmont, Geelong, Vic. ; buried Camperdown, Vic. ; m. 12 August 1874 Kilmore, Vic. - William Joseph COOKE (b. 1842 Tipperary, Ireland ; parents James COOKE & Ellen TIERNEY ; d. 18 Dec 1914 Camperdown, Vic. ; buried Camperdown) - 9 children
4. Kenneth McKENZIE	b. 1857 Kilmore, Vic. ; d. 10 Oct 1896 Kilmore, Vic. ; buried Kilmore, Vic. ; m. 1887 Vic. - Euphemia STEWART (b. 1850 Campbellfield, Vic. ; d. 2 Feb 1942 ; buried Kilmore, Vic.) - 3 children
5. John McKENZIE	b. 6 Sep 1859 Kilmore, Vic. ; d. 10 Dec 1913 Kilmore, Vic.; buried Kilmore, Vic. ; n.m.
6. William McKENZIE	b. c1862 Willowmavin, Vic. ; d. 30 Nov 1946 Kilmore, Vic. ; buried Kilmore, Vic. ; m. 29 Jan 1901 Glenaroua, Vic. - Edith May PARKER (b. 5 Jan 1884 Tallarook Flats, Vic. ; parents Joseph PARKER & Mary Ann JOHNSTON ; d. 15 Mar 1951 Parkville, Vic. ; buried Kilmore, Vic.) - 13 children
7. Janet (Jessie) McKENZIE	b. 24 Apr 1864 Kilmore, Vic. ; d. 18 Sep 1951 Kilmore, Vic. ; buried Kilmore, Vic. ; m. 6 Sep 1893 Melbourne, Vic. - William HALL (b. 17 Jan 1861 Allansford, Vic. ; parents John HALL & Rachel McAUGHEY ; d. 29 Feb 1940 Kilmore, Vic. ; buried Kilmore, Vic.) - 5 children
8. Christine Ann McKENZIE	b. 1866 Kilmore, Vic. ; d. 1929 Vic. ; m. 1908 Vic. - James Martin BRENNAN (b.1859 Kilmore, Vic. ; parents Jeremiah BRENNAN & Margaret DOYLE ; d. 1926 Fitzroy South, Vic.) - 3 children
9. Norman McKENZIE	b. 6 Jan 1869 Kilmore, Vic. ; d. 17 May 1942 Kilmore, Vic. ; buried Kilmore, Vic. ; m. 9 Feb 1905 Fitzroy, Vic. - Helen PARKER (b. 8 Feb 1886 Seymour, Vic. ; parents Joseph PARKER & Mary Ann JOHNSTON ; d. 25 Sep 1952 Tallarook, Vic. ; buried Kilmore, Vic.) - 8 children
10. Mary Ellen McKENZIE	b. 12 Feb 1872 Kilmore, Vic. ; d. 1939 Kyneton, Vic. ; m. 1900 Vic. - Simon ANDISON (b. 1870 Sandford, Vic. ; parents James William ANDISON & Isabella OLIVER ; d. 1909 Bendigo, Vic.) - 4 children