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MACKENZIE, Sir ALEXANDER, fur trader, explorer, and author; b. 1764 at Stornoway, on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, third of four children of Kenneth Mackenzie, of Melbost farm (two miles east of Stornoway), and Isabella Maciver, whose family was prominent in the town; m. 1812 Geddes Mackenzie, and they had three children; d. 12 March 1820 at Mulinearn, near Dunkeld, Scotland.
In the 1770s a severe depression developed on Lewis, and in 1774 Kenneth Mackenzie decided to join his brother John in New York. His wife had died while Alexander was still a child. Kenneth sailed for North America with his two sisters and Alexander, leaving both his daughters behind. (Alexander’s older brother Murdoch studied medicine; a terse family record states that he then “followed the sea and was lost on the coast of Halifax.”) Only months after the family’s arrival the American revolution broke out, and Kenneth and John joined the King’s Royal Regiment of New York, raised by Sir John Johnson*. Commissioned lieutenant in 1776, Kenneth served until 1780, when he di
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Alexander Mackenzie and his Family: Building a Community, Making a Nation
John and Charles Mackenzie registered as gun makers with the federal government so they could import an English gun. The only gun they imported has their names stamped on it along with the word Sarnia. The gun is a late nineteenth century percussion rifle from about 1874. It came with a velvet-lined case, gun stock, double barrel, ramrod, powder horn, powder and shot measure, gunsmith tool, brush, and a small can of caps. It originally belonged to John. After John’s death, the gun was presented to Alexander when he returned to Sarnia after his term as Prime Minister.
A sixth brother, Adam Stewart Mackenzie (1830-1881) was a blacksmith and druggist. He died of smallpox in Detroit.
Mysterious A. Mackenzie
An autograph book in the museum collection belonging to A. Mackenzie contains signatures dated 1877-1879. Many people signed from Galt Collegiate Institute in Cambridge, a boarding school for boys from well-to-do families. There are several Mackenzie autographs: two Robert Mackenzies, Charles Mackenzie,
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Alexander Mackenzie (explorer)
Scottish explorer and fur trader (1764–1820)
"Sir Alexander Mackenzie" redirects here. For others, see Alexander Mackenzie.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie | |
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| Born | c. 1764 Stornoway, Isle of Lewis, Scotland |
| Died | 12 March 1820 (aged 55–56) Dunkeld, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Occupation(s) | Explorer, fur trader |
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| Spouse | Geddes Mackenzie (m. 1812) |
| Children | 3 |
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Sir Alexander Mackenzie (c. 1764 – 12 March 1820) was a Scottish explorer and fur trader known for accomplishing the first crossing of North America north of Mexico by a European in 1793. The Mackenzie River and Mount Sir Alexander are named after him.
As a leading member of the North West Company, he aspired to extend the Company's operations into western Canada and selling those furs in China. His hopes thus were intrusions on the monopoly positions of both the Hudson's Bay Company and the East India C
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