James Mackenzie

1885 - 1954  (69 years)

• Name	James Mackenzie  [1]
  Birth	12 Feb 1885	Aird Uig, , , Scotland   [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Census	15 Jan 1920	Oakland, Alameda, California, USA   [4]
  Census	17 Apr 1930	Foresthill, Placer, California, USA   [5]
  Death	22 May 1954  [2, 3]
  Burial	El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey, California, USA   [2, 6]
  Person ID	I14157	Bisbee
  Last Modified	15 May 2010

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann Bisbee,   b. 21 Feb 1897, , Worth, Iowa d. 1976, , Monterey, California, USA (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1916  [5]
  Children	1. J.B. Mackenzie   2. C.L. Mackenzie   3. G.A. Mackenzie   4. C.A. MacKenzie
  Family ID	F5056	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 May 2010

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 12 Feb 1885 - Aird Uig, , , Scotland Census - 15 Jan 1920 - Oakland, Alameda, California, USA Census - 17 Apr 1930 - Foresthill, Placer, California, USA Burial - - El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey, California, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		James MacKenzie (1885-1954) Husband of Sarah Ann Bisbee (1897-1976)
  		James Mackenzie (1885-1954) Ancestral Home Air Uig, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland

  
  

• Notes

  James was born in the village of Aird, Uig, Isle of Lewis Scotland. He was born on 12th February 1885. His first language was Gaelic and he and his siblings were the first generation on the island to learn to speak English at all. He was the younger brother of my Great-Grandmother Anne MacKenzie, who I knew as a small boy (she lived to 98 years of age). At about the age of twenty he left for America and family tradition has it that he arrived in San Francisco just in time for the earthquake of 1906. He was involved at some time with gold mining and he sent his sister a small gold nugget which she kept on her mantlepiece for the rest of her life. He married Sarah Bisbee and they had four children, James, Clara, Chaney and George. He died on 22nd May 1954 and is buried in the El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California. Sara Bisbee died in 1976 and is buried beside him. There is still one relative of James's living in his home village, his neice Peggy Anne Matheson who is the daughter of his sister Catriona. She is the last of the family living there. -- Alasdair Shearer, great-grand nephew of James MacKenzie.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2309] Viola Drake Bisbee, compiler, Geneology of The Bisbee Family (I) - Viola Drake Bisbee, (June 2000, Bisbee Family Connection, Decatur, MI), p. 351. [S2581] Correspondence With Compiler, email, 5/12/2010, from Alasdair Shearer, Sydney, Australia, Great-Grand Newphew of James MacKenzie. [S1594] State of California, California Death Index, 1940-1997, ((Online: Ancestry.com, 2000) Original electronic data: State of California Department of Health Services, Center for Health Statistics), Record for James MacKenzie. Social Security #: 566090679 Sex: MALE Birth Date: 12 Feb 1885 Birthplace: Other Country Death Date: 22 May 1954 Death Place: Monterey Mother's Maiden Name: MacAuley Father's Surname: MacKenzie [S3046] MacKenzie, James (i14157): 1920 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2005): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T625, roll 91; enumeration district (ED) 141, sheet 17A, page 242A, line 44, dwelling 428, family 428; image accessed 5/12/2010.), 1920.CA.Alameda.Oakland.141.32. [S3044] MacKenzie, James (i14157): 1930 US Census, (www.ancestry.com (2002): National Archives and Records Administration micropublication T626, roll 182; enumeration district (ED) 14, sheet 3B, page 171B, line 55, dwelling 106, family 106; image accessed 5/12/2010.), 1930.CA.Placer.Township 15.14.6. [S3033] USGenWeb Archives, (), El Carmelo Cemetery, Pacific Grove, Monterey County, California, Part 4 (M-Q) <http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/monterey/cemeteries/elcarmelo-mq.txt>.