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Hi Lesley!

What fantastic news to see you've found this link! I'm a 4th generation 'Australian' Mckenzie and descended from a family who once lived on your property. I've been able to trace Kenneth and Margaret Mckenzie (formerly Fraser) in the 1841 and 1851 census as being firstly at Mountgerald and then at Waterloo. They then travelled to Australia, settling in South Australia and now have descendants spread all over the country.

If it isn't too much trouble it would be wonderful if you might be able to have a look at any documents, if you had time, that may still exist on the estate? Just trying to find any links that might find other family members or tell any stories of what they were doing. Kenneth was stated as being a spirit dealer and then carpenter. They had a large family, so I can only assume they must have come from large families back home.
But more importantly, thank you so much for finding and then responding to this message board, it was so exciting to see your post. I only wish I'd come across it earlier. I had a look years ago at the property photos online, what a beautiful place to live! Hopefully in the not too distant future I'll be travelling with my own family back to visit our roots.

Thanks again Lesley, your message was a joy!

Jesse Mackenzie-Wyer

Thank you, this is my family and your research is priceless. The loss of those children explains the large age gap which I had wondered about before. And the second Alexander is my direct ancestor, so it seems he was named for his grandfather. Thanks again, it's been wonderful seeing pictures of the buildings and property where they lived.

The last two children you mentioned, I have definitely seen John but no Sallie but a Sarah and there was also a Donald but he would have been 2yrs old on the 1851 census. Donald must have also been a child lost to high infant mortality as he was not present on their voyage to Australia. Also the census records mentioned 'mountquist' maybe another misinterpretation of Mountgerald?

I have also had mentioned a 'Waterloo House' in an area close to Mountgerald, but I imagine the use of the name 'Waterloo' would be quite common. Another researcher has also mentioned the village of Ferintosh as a possible misinterpretation of 'Terentock'. Is there any way of finding out where Kenneth's parents lived or is this a pipe dream?

Once again though thank you so much for this information, which is more than I've come across in the last year of starting my genealogy journey, which only proves I have a long way to go yet! 

I have come across an ancestor stated as coming from 'foreign parts' and wanting to find out how to track his immigration records into the UK. His name is Sevari Poulitani and was captured on the 1841 census stated as 40yrs of age and passed away at 44. He also married an English woman and had their first child in 1831 so can assume they possibly were married around this time in Stafford. Just trying to find out where he came from, though the name would suggest Italy, more details would be great.

If anyone can help would be much appreciated.

Jmac

Thankyou JJen and Miriam, am very excited to follow up on these amazing leads. Also thankyou for introducing me to some new resources to use for further research. Yes the name is tricky and has had many transformations so Bulletine is  new one to add to the list.
 Cheers again to both of you.

Jmac