Hi,
Can anyone shed any light on the McKenzie family from Latheron, Caithness?
We have been trying to establish the birth of my gggrandfather Alexander McKenzie...in order to discover his death and burial place here in Australia. We think that his father was possibly Donald McKenzie and Catherine Munro...and for ages we have been under the impression of him having been born at Golspie, but we can find no evidence of this. We have changed direction in our search, and have found on IGI ( I know this is sometimes unreliable), the birth of an Alexander McKenzie 'christened Feb 1 1827, son of Donald, both of Latheron'. We suspect that our Alexander is the Alexander who is listed as a patient at the Beechworth Asylum here in Victoria, as known descendants lived in the area. The hospital records list this man as having been born in 'Scotland' and the son of Donald/Catherine Munro. Another in-mate is a Hector McKenzie, and we suspect that this man is Alexander's brother. If we can establish a birth date and place for these men, we may be able to confirm that our Asylum fellows are the same people.
We have the marriage certificate of our Alexander to Margaret Jane Tully at Loth in1854...so we think that we have the right area. Any ideas?
Many thanks
Rap
