Murdoch McKenzie^[1]

Abt 1851 - 1929  (~ 78 years)

• Name	Murdoch McKenzie
  Born	Abt 1851	Kilmorack, Inverness-shire, Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Died	17 Nov 1929	Eventide Home, Collaroy, NSW, Australia
  		NSW Death Certificate Murdoch McKenzie
  Buried	18 Nov 1929	Manly Cemetery, Balgowlah, Sydney, NSW, Australia   [3]
  Notes	Ken May notes: Murdo arrived in New Zealand with the rest of his widowed mother?s family on September 4, 1865. He was just thirteen years old when the SS Asterope docked at Port Nicholson in the Wellington harbour. Murdoch is regarded affectionately as the black sheep of the family. He was always off somewhere searching for a new adventure. He helped his brother Donald clear Myrtle farm. On many of his journeys Murdo was accompanied by elder brother John and together they spent several years travelling throughout New Zealand and Australia. There seems to be much speculation regarding how he made his living. While in Australia, it is rumored that he shot a native who was skinning cattle. The story goes that he was run out of the area by the Aboriginees. The McKenzie brothers are known to have driven bullock wagons from Perth to Darwin and they also spent some time in the Australian outback prospecting for gold. After John returned to settle in the Wairarapa, Murdo spent the rest of his life in northern Australia and New Guinea. Rumour suggests he became quite a well-known pearler operating out of the Northern Territories and he is known to have travelled frequently between Darwin and New Guinea. Later it is believed he had a pearl fishing business in Northern Australia. There was an unconfirmed family rumor that he was involved in blackbirding, or taking unwilling natives from the islands to work plantations in Northern Australia. On his death certificate his occupation was miner. There was a spectacular gold nugget at Myrtle Farm that Murdoch was supposed to have given his sister-in-law Elsie. Alas, it was stolen by a hitch hiker when Alan Willoughby was managing the farm. Murdo was living at Eventide House, Collaroy when he died. He is buried in section Z, plot 608, at the Manly Cemetery in Griffiths Street, Sydney. The grave plot was purchased by Isabella Munro who was his niece. There is no record of Murdo ever being married. [4]
  Person ID	I12874	Frost Family
  Last Modified	28 Jul 2017

  
  

  Father	Colin McKenzie,   b. 1809, Urray, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1861, Scotland  (Age 52 years)
  Mother	Isabella McKenzie,   b. 3 Mar 1813, Contin,Ross and Cromarty,Scotland ,   d. 03 May 1904, Masterton, Masterton District, Wellington, New Zealand  (Age 91 years)
  Married	28 Mar 1833	Urray, Ross And Cromarty, Scotland
  	Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 Name Isabel Mckenzie Gender Female Marriage Date 28 Mar 1833 Marriage Place Urray,Ross and Cromarty,Scotland FHL Film Number 990661 Household Members Name Age Colin Mckenzie Isabel Mckenzie
  Household Census	1851	Lettoch, Inverness, Scotland
  	Name Age Colin Mckenzie 42 Bell Mckenzie 36 Jess Mckenzie 16 Donald Mckenzie 15 Roderick Mckenzie 10 Evan Mckenzie 8 Catherine Mckenzie 5 John Mckenzie 2 Murdo Mckenzie 4 Mo
  Household Census	1861	Dugary, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland
  	Name Age Isabel Mckenzie 47 Evan Mckenzie 17 Catherine Mckenzie 14 John Mckenzie 12 Murdich Mckenzie 9
  Immigration	4 Sep 1865	Port Nicholson, Wellington, New Zealand
  	The widowed Isabella and 5 of her children immigrated to NZ on the "SS Asterope" arriving in Wellington on 4 Sep 1865.
  		Arrival of Asterope extract from Evening Post and Wellington Independent Jessie travelled as Jessie Munro.
  Family ID	F9646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - Abt 1851 - Kilmorack, Inverness-shire, Scotland Died - 17 Nov 1929 - Eventide Home, Collaroy, NSW, Australia  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S319] Petticoat Pioneers, Miriam Mcgregor, (Wellington : A.H. & A.W. Reed, 1973). [S322] Ancestry.com.au, Perry Family tree. [S83] Cemetery Records, Manly Cemetery, Balgowlah, Sydney (Reliability: 3), 18 Nov 1929. McKenzie Murdoch Z.608 1929.11.18 77 MD147 Y 5092 [S77] Bunning/McKenzie Family, Isabel Bunning.