| DANIEL Mckinzie was born in 1746 in Chatton, Northumberland, he married 1st Joan Gilmore and had 3 children all born in Chatton and baptised in the Cheviot Street Presbyterian Church in Wooler. Joan died 1793-1796 and Daniel then married Ann, they had 5 children, all born in Chatton. Daniel died in September 1834 in Chatton. | ||
| WILLIAM Mckinzie was born August 1799 in Chatton and married Jane they had 5 children, Jane died in 1868. William also had a child born in 1822 by Ann Richardson. | ||
| DANIEL Mckinzie was born 1806 in Chatton he married Elizabeth Cockburn Dec 1834. They had 5 children the 1st being born in Chatton in 1837 and the others all born Chillingham. Daniel died in 1848. | ||
| JOHN Mckinzie born February 1821 in Chatton married Elizabeth Bromfield, his occupation in 1851 was a master joiner and they lived in Bedlington. They had 7 children. | ||
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| WILLIAM Mckinzie was born in 1828 in Chatton, he married Frances and they had 9 children. |
| DANIEL Mckenzie born 1837 in Chatton married Mary Jane Hogg about 1869. They had 5 children and he died after 1881. |
| WILLIAM Mckenzie was born Oct 1852 in Belford he married Jane Robinson in the register office Morpeth. William was a miner and lived in Bedlington. William and Jane had 5 children. |
| WILLIAM Mckenzie born about 1850 in Chatton (Ammerside Low) He married Alice Forster in 1872, Alice was born in Tiptoe, Northumberland. William was a colly engine fireman at Broomhill colliery William and Alice had 3 children. Alice died July 1894 in North Broomhill. William later married Mary Ann they did not have any children. |
| GEORGE Mckenzie son of above was born 1881 in North Broomhill, he died 3 January 1899. George was a putter in the same pit as his father. George was going to work with some other lads, when he left them for some purpose, the remainder going down the pit. He was not missed, and it was not till the afternoon that his body was noticed floating in the engine pond. He would not pass it on his way to work, and had to go over a rail fence to reach it. Verdict, "Found drowned". George's death was not classed as a colliery accident. |
| JAMES Mckinzie was born November 1883, he married Frances Ann Storey they had 2 children. James died October 1953. |
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Daniel Mckenzie 2nd right 1916 in Egypt. |
DANIEL Mckenzie was born about 1873 in Bellshill, Belford, Northumberland. He married Mary Alice Griffiths March 1893 in Morpeth. Daniel was christened in the North Sunderland Presbyterian Church. He was a coal miner, a hewer below ground and was also in the regular army at some point. Daniel and Alice as she was always known as had 11 children, 10 boys and then finally a girl Elsie. He ended up living in the Aged Miners Home at The Drift, he was quite a character and dressed up in his spats, shirt with stiff collar, cravat and had a silver topped walking cane, all to go to the Comrades Club at weekends. He read the Hansard and through the knowledge he gained he got every benefit and allowance he could. |
EVAN LLEWELYN MACKENZIE |
EVAN LLEWELYN Mackenzie was the 3rd son of Daniel and Alice, he was
born at Togston in the home of his grandmother Diana Griffiths nee
Llewellyn. He was born on 23 December 1896. The family moved to
Coronation Terrace or "The Tin Pots" as it was known locally. Llewelyn
as he was always called joined the 1st 7th Bn Northumberland Fusiliers
during WW1. He was sent to Ypres. His brother Thomas left for France and
ultimately Belgium in July 1917. In December 1917 Thomas (my
Grandfather) saw his brother again the first time since Llewelyn went to
war, albeit briefly, Thomas was coming out of line and Llewelyn was
going into line, they got permission to meet when Llewelyn came out, but he
never did. Llewelyn was seriously wounded and taken to a field hospital
near Poperinge, his
parents were informed that he was wounded but shortly after on Saturday
29 December he died. He was buried near the hospital. Sometime after the
war the family must have been told that Llewellyn had no known grave and
his name was inscribed on Tyne Cot Memorial. During research on the 1/7th NF I asked the Commonwealth War Graves Commision for some information on all the men of the 1/7th who had died during the war, they were so helpful and sent a 57 page e-mail listing all the cemeteries and the names of the men who were buried there. Just by chance I went to check the printer and watched a page coming out and there was Llewellyn's name! Evan Llewelly Mackenzie buried at Lijssenhoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, where I had been 3 weeks previously. The ferry was booked immediately! It was very emotional knowing that he had been there for over 90 years and no one from the family had known and subsequently visited. Llewellyn was only 6 days past his 21st birthday when he died. Llewelyn is also on the war memorial in the churchyard of St. Johns, Chevington, he is mentioned in JOHN HARDY'S excellent book "BY THE GREEN OF THE SPRING" which is a tribute to the men of Chevington and Broomhill who served in the First World War. John still has some copies left at £5 inc p&p, even if you do not have relations n the Chevington area, it really is an interesting book. |
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 JOYCE MACKENZIE |
Joice Mackenzie daughter of Thomas and Ethel (Smith). Joice was born at Thirston in 1923 at the home of her grandparents William and Isabella Smith. Joice grew up in West Chevington and joined the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) during WW2 and became a plotter using radar to plot the course of enemy planes and work out the bearings for the ack ack guns. Joice was stationed all over the south of England including Portsmouth, quite a dangerous place to be in during wartime. After the war Joice married Tommy Glass they had 3 children and settled in Felton. | |
 JEAN MACKENZIE |
Jean Mackenzie (my mother) was the youngest child of Thomas & Ethel (Smith) she was born in 1925 at West Chevington and went to Red Row school. After leaving school she went into service and when she was old enough joined the ATS like her sister Joice. Jean was sent to Borrow Head in Scotland where she worked in the officers mess as a cook. In 1945 Jean met Jack Wilkins at a camp dance and they married by special licence at Amble in March. After the war they set up home in Battersea where my brother and I were born. We then moved to Surrey. In 1961 they bought a little grocers shop in Thames Ditton which they ran until 1968. They then moved to Surbiton and finally to near Bognor Regis into sheltered accommodation where Jean died 8 months later in July 2002. |
| DANIEL Mackenzie born 1900 in Togston, he was the son of Daniel and Alice. Dan was in the Royal Artillery, joined up in 1919 and served in India and the North West frontier, he came home about 1928. He worked at Broomhill Colliery until WW2. He was a good all round sportsman. Dan married Edna and they had 3 children and settled at Red Row. During WW2 Dan was captured at ST. Valery and sent to East Prussia for the duration of the war, during the last few months he was sent to a reprisal camp where inmates were made to suffer whatever treatment German soldiers were allegedly suffering. He was on the infamous death march and when he eventually was returned to England he weighed about 7 stone or less than 45 kilos. he spent many weeks in Hexham hospital until he was strong enough to go home. After his return he went down the pits again but also started up a market garden business with Tommy Rutter. |
