Clarke - Lester Families
John Mackenzie
1871 - 1950 (78 years)-
Name John Mackenzie Birth 15 Apr 1871 Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada 
[1] Gender Male Death 21 Jan 1950 Calgary, Alberta, Canada Burial 24 Jan 1950 Queens Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada [2] Person ID I6 Lester Last Modified 16 Mar 2016
Father George McAuley Mackenzie, b. 1830, Nova Scotia, Canada d. 7 Oct 1873, Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 43 years) Mother Jane McKenzie, b. 19 Aug 1839, Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada d. Dec 1919, Malagash, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia, Canada (Age 80 years) Marriage 21 Aug 1856 Caribou River, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, Canada Family ID F7 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Kate Goldie Hewitson Lindsay, b. 19 Mar 1870, Westover, Wentworth County, Ontario, Canada d. 6 Apr 1967, Osooyos, British Columbia, Canada (Age 97 years) Marriage 19 Nov 1902 Westbridge, British Columbia, Canada [3, 4] Children 1. John Lindsay Mackenzie, b. 28 Aug 1903, Westbridge, British Columbia, Canada d. 28 Apr 1954, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 50 years)2. George MacAuley Mackenzie, b. 14 Nov 1904, Westbridge, British Columbia, Canada d. 13 May 1926, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 21 years)3. Jane Mackenzie, b. 19 Jun 1906, Rock Creek, British Columbia, Canada d. 3 Jul 1975, Penticton, British Columbia, Canada (Age 69 years)4. Agnes Mackenzie, b. 29 Jun 1909, Rock Creek, British Columbia, Canada d. 4 Aug 1998, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (Age 89 years)Family ID F4 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Mar 2016
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Photos 
John Mackenzie
This photo was taken by a photographer in Greenwood, British Columbia a few days after Kate and John's marriage, 19 November 1902.
Mackenzie Farm 1924
The photo, taken in 1924, shows what the farm looked like before the tree growth of later years.
Mackenzie Farm 1955
The photo, taken in 1955, shows what the farm looked like when Kate and John lived there.
Note Chestermere Lake with NO development in the background!
Kate and john Mackenzie
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Notes - "John was only two when his father died. He would have learned early to work hard. When he was about 16/17 he went to New York to work for a florist one spring. When he was about 18 he went west on a harvest excursion to Manitoba. He stayed that winter to help the farmer he had worked for cut and skid logs. In the spring he filed for a homestead but when fall came he could not face another winter in Manitoba. He then went to Vancouver and worked taring the roof of the BC Sugar Refinery. After this he went to work hauling supplies to a lumber camp on Bowen Island with a barge and oxen. He then heard that his brother Ken was in the boundary country of BC and went to Greenwood to join him. They then went to Westbridge and built a stopping house. He met Grandmother at Rock Creek and they lived at the stopping house for a couple of years. They bought a farm on the Kettle River and spent a year clearing land. An irrigation company bought it from them the following year. John spent some time doing other jobs including a summer at Stewart Lake building a fish hatchery for the government. They then mover to Alberta where they farmed for the next 43 years."
quote from Agnes MacKenzie 1967
1901 Census Dist, Yale & Cariboo Sub Dist, Yale (east) J-12 page 5
John McKenzie head
Name: John Mackenzie
Gender: Male
Age: 45y
Estimated birth year: 1871
Birth place: Nova Scotia
Marital status: Married
Racial or tribal origin: Scotch
Relationship to head-of-household: Self
Immigration year:
Military service location:
Residence: 24, 28, W4
Province: Alberta
District number and name: 34 Calgary East
Sub district number: 04
Page: 19
Household id: 216
Line number: 1
Digital GS number: 4363977
Image number: 00372
LAC film number: T-21948
Collection: Canada Census 1916
- "John was only two when his father died. He would have learned early to work hard. When he was about 16/17 he went to New York to work for a florist one spring. When he was about 18 he went west on a harvest excursion to Manitoba. He stayed that winter to help the farmer he had worked for cut and skid logs. In the spring he filed for a homestead but when fall came he could not face another winter in Manitoba. He then went to Vancouver and worked taring the roof of the BC Sugar Refinery. After this he went to work hauling supplies to a lumber camp on Bowen Island with a barge and oxen. He then heard that his brother Ken was in the boundary country of BC and went to Greenwood to join him. They then went to Westbridge and built a stopping house. He met Grandmother at Rock Creek and they lived at the stopping house for a couple of years. They bought a farm on the Kettle River and spent a year clearing land. An irrigation company bought it from them the following year. John spent some time doing other jobs including a summer at Stewart Lake building a fish hatchery for the government. They then mover to Alberta where they farmed for the next 43 years."
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