The Mckenzie Family Came from The Isle of Skye Scotland.My Gr..grandfather      John  Mckenzie,was born at Bernisdale ,Skye,Scotland.in 1795 ,he married Jane  Murchison,born ,Lochcarron,Scotland.1801.They were Married,Lochcarron,Scotland,04- March-1842.John and Jane Mckenzie ,Migrated to Australia on the ship  Miltiades,arriving October 1852 .The family settled in Heathcote,Kerang area in  Victoria Australia
            
 Moving from place to place when necessary.There were seven children,the youngest  child,Alexander born 1851.  He became my Grandfather,he & his wife Eliza,had seven  children ,MY father George Thorne Mckenzie,was fifth in line.After W.W.1.work was  hard to get,George left Melbourne Vict Australia,finaly arriving in  Rainbow.Vict.Australia.where he commenced working as a builder,his first project was  building the Albycutya bridge which spans outlet creek, which is fed by the Wimmera  river into now, dry lakes  in Wyperfeld national park.Victoria.Dad liked Rainbow  and decided to settle there,which he did for the rest of his life.Dad met my  mother,Mary Elizabeth Rudd.at Rainbow .Married her in 1920 all of their nine   children were also born there.I am a direct decendant of John Mckenzie,starting       with Alexander & Eliza,s children.MOST, of my information is from family  connection,some of them I knew well.However I owe a lot of credit for this project to  the valueable help of other distant relatives,to name a few  DONNA WILLIS,SANDRA  JOHNSTON,VICKIE ANN HULL,ROD CARNABY,MARK SMITH,CHARLES MONK .to all those who have  contributed in any way I gratefully give thanks .Without your help this tree  would not have taken root..
      Most" John Mckenzie" Family trees have Jane Murchisons birth date  as being about 1792.and marriage as 1813,this would make Jane,47 years old when her  first child Roderick was born in 1839 and 59 years old when her Youngest child  Alexander was born in 1851 .Ater much research,I believe That Jane OR JEAN Murchison   born about 1801 Lochcarron R&C Scotland, married John Mckenzie Born 1795  Bernisdale ,Isle Of Skye .Scotland at Applecross R&C Scotland on 04 March 1842.This  Information was obtained from "GENEALOGICAL INTERNATIONAL Index"Brtish Isles.This  would also be more in keeping with the birth dates of their children , Which were  also obtained  from the same source.--(Jane Murchison B 1792 married" Alexander  Mckenzie"born 1788,the marriage took place at  Craig ,Lochcarron, Scotland.1813) (.International genealogical Index).I believe this information to be correct ,and  have based my tree accordingly ,which does not in any way alter the line of  descendance,neither does it detract from other researchers efforts,for which I  gratefully give thanks . I hope they may in return gain some benefit from my  efforts.I dedicate this" Mckenzie Familytree" to firstly, my MOTHER & FATHER George  and Mary Mckenzie, who gave me life, to my ancestors,the brave souls who sailed so  far to start a new life in a rugged foreign land,also to those intrepid seekers who  have spent so much time to insure that our heritage ,will not be forgotten