Hugh A. G. "Hughie" McKenzie

Cal 1848 - 1886  (~ 37 years)

• Name	Hugh A. G. "Hughie" McKenzie
  Born	CALC 2 Jun 1848	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1851	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1861	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Presbyterian
  Residence	1871	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  	C. Presbyterian
  Occupation	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Farmer
  Residence	1881	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Presbyterian Canada
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-122406P
  Died	25 Apr 1886	North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I122406	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	John A. McKenzie,   b. CALC 16 Jan 1801, , Inverness, Scotland ,   d. 11 Feb 1885, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 84 years)
  Mother	Janet Gillespie,   b. CALC 20 Apr 1819, , Scotland ,   d. 1 Jun 1887, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 68 years)
  Family ID	F275903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Passed Away in the Night Sudden Death of Mr. Hugh A. G. McKenzie We have this week to record of those events which always causes a shock to a community \endash a fearfully sudden death. It was but on Saturday last that Mr. Hugh A. G. McKenzie, farmer, of Mill Creek, near Galt, was in town in the full vigor of manhood. After transacting his business in Galt he proceeded to Preston for the purpose of purchasing a cutting-box. Having made the purchase, he returned to his farm on the Clyde road \endash where he resided alone in a house he built last summer, his brother and other members of the family residing in another house at some little distance, and on the opposite side of the road, - and it is supposed lifted his cutting-box out of his wagon himself, afterward again lifting it on to a platform. Whether he hurt himself in thus doing will never be known, but appearances led to the supposition that he at once closed up the house and retired to bed. On Sunday morning he failed to pay his usual visit to his brother's house (where his mother also resides), but this of itself did not excite any comment; but when the afternoon came on and nothing had been seen of "Hughie" his mother thought she would walk across and see if anything was the matter with him. When she reached the house she found all the doors locked, but noticing that the blind at the window of the room which he used as a bedroom was not quite down, she approached and looked through the small space into the room. She then saw that her son was stretched upon the bed apparently asleep, and rapping on the window she endeavored to awaken him. Being unable to do so, and becoming alarmed, she returned to her son John's and told him of the circumstance. Mr. McKenzie, accompanied by Mr. Watson, at once proceeded across to his brother's hose, but being unable to arouse the apparently sleeping man the door was broken open. Then the dread reality was made only too apparent. Mr. McKenzie was cold in death. Lying in a perfectly natural position, with no evidence of as struggle, and with his clothes arranged on the chair by his bedside and his watch wound up, he had passed away sometime during the hours of the night. To say that the discovery was a shock to his friends is a form of words that but poorly describes the reality. Medical aid was in attendance as speedily as possible; but it only confirmed the supposition that Mr. McKenzie had been dead for some hours. The cause of death is a mystery, but the general supposition is that it had some connection with the heavy lifting the deceased must have done when he took the straw-cutter from his wagon and placed it where it was found. He had never been known to complain of his heart. There was no discoloration of his person other than that natural to the occasion, and no blood in his mouth or on his lips. Whatever the cause, he had passed away as quietly as if falling into a gentle slumber. Mr. McKenzie was only 37 years of age, and was a strong, hearty man. He was unmarried, and greatly respected by a wide circle of friends. His funeral took place on Tuesday afternoon, the large attendance thereat showing the esteem in which he was held and the sympathy felt for his relatives in their sad bereavement. Galt Reporter Apr 30 1886 pg 1 _____________ On Sunday morning, 25tyh inst., at his residence, North Dumfries, Hugh A. G. McKenzie, in his 37th year. Galt Reporter Apr 30 1886 pg 1

  
  

• Sources

  [S355] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1871, Div. 1, Pg. 3. [S205] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1881, Div. 1 Page 53. [S233] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1852, Div. 1, Pg. 35. [S1778] Census - ON, Waterloo, North Dumfries - 1861, Div 11 Page 87. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . [S] Hugh A. G./ son of/ John A & Janet/ McKENZIE/ died 25th April 1886/ aged 37 years/ 10 mo 21 days/ John BAYNE/ died 3rd Aug. 1902/ aged 55 years/ 3mo 6 days/ his wife/ Marion B. McKELLAR/ died Jan 24 ,1944/ aged 76 years/ Hurd & Roberts

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - CALC 2 Jun 1848 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1851 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian - 1861 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - C. Presbyterian - 1871 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Farmer - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - Presbyterian Canada - 1881 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 25 Apr 1886 - North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth