Olive Isabella McKenzie
ID # 4666, (1900-1999)
| Father | Augustus McKenzie (1867-1966) |
| Mother | Annie Isabel Miller (1874-1963) |
| Birth | Olive Isabella McKenzie was born on 2 January 1900 at Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co.. |
| Christening | She was christened on 6 May 1900 at First Church, Galt, Waterloo Co., Ontario. |
| Marriage | She married George Maxwell Brown, son of George Emerson Brown and Rhoda Edith House, on 31 August 1935 at Galt, Waterloo Co., Ontario. Mrge reg. 023137-35 Galt, Waterloo Co. George Maxwell Brown, 34, bachelor, inspector. United Church. Born Ancaster, Ontario, residing 635 Norfolk Ave., Buffalo, N.Y. Parents George E. Brown and Rhoda E. House. Olive Isabelle McKenzie, 35, spinster, registered nurse. Born Hespeler, Ontario, residing R. R. # 3, Galt. Parents Augustus McKenzie and Annie Miller. Witnesses Louise M. Burtch and Priscilla A. Burtch, both of 192 Main St. E., Galt. On Thirty First day of August, 1935, at Galt, by C. C. MacDonald of 188 Main Street, United Church of Canada. Rev. MacDonald was at the time the minister of First United Church. First was formerly, prior to church union, a Presbyterian Church, and had long been the church of the McKenzie family. On her marriage registration, Olive shows her place of birth as Hespeler. Her birth registration places her birth in Waterloo Township. Hespeler is indeed in Waterloo Township and, at a guess, Hespeler was the family's postal address when Olive was born. |
| Death | She died in 1999. |
| Burial | She was buried at Mountview Cemetery, Cambridge/Galt. |
| Note | Birth reg. 041997-00 Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Co. Olive Isabel McKenzie born Jan. 2, 1900, d/o A.J. McKenzie, farmer, and A.J. Miller. Olive's baptism appears in the First Church baptism book. These images are to be found on microfilm GS2987 at the Archives of Ontario. It shows that Olive was baptised on May 6, 1900, and this was a Sunday, so we may say that it was a church baptism. She was baptized as Olive Isabella. |
| Last Edited | 23 Apr 2021 |