Hi Gerry (benchurian) and all who so diligently gave their time to this thread of last year (2021?). I have just by chance discovered it today and I can honestly say my reaction was WOW!!
I've been trying to trace details relating to James McKenzie for at least the last 15 years. James is my great great grandfather (paternal). Not surprisingly, I never knew him but I do have memories of meeting his son, also James,b.1889 d.1965. He used to visit my parents in Dublin during the 1960s. I was born in 1957. He was my great great uncle. Although he was born and died in Dublin, I recall a distinct Scottish accent and I seem to remember being told that he had worked in Scotland. His sister, Margaret, contrary to some of the comments on this thread, did not die as a child, but became my grandmother b.1885 d.1952 (her sister of the same name died 1883).
In short, I know a lot about the family of James McKenzie and Catherine Dorman, but I still have not been able to crack the mystery of the two differently named marriage certs (re his father John or Thomas) and the various speculations - because that's what they are - concerning how that came about.
I would be greatly interested to hear if you have managed to progress beyond the info you were able to gather as of July 2021.
Desmond
