James McKENZIE b. Abt 1825 New South Wales, Australia? d. 22 Dec 1861 Merton, New South Wales, Australia.

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Abt 1825 - 1861 (~ 36 years)

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Name	James McKENZIE
Born	Abt 1825	New South Wales, Australia?
Gender	Male
Died	22 Dec 1861	Merton, New South Wales, Australia. [1]
Person ID	I2005	Ashbury
Last Modified	11 Oct 2016

Family	Frances ASHBURY, b. 14 Apr 1828, Portland Head, New South Wales, Australia. , d. 27 Nov 1908, Halls Creek, New South Wales, Australia. (Age 80 years)
Married	18 Feb 1851	St Mathews, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
Last Modified	2 May 2022
Family ID	F864	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

~1831 : Born.
1851 : Married Frances ASHBURY in St Mathews, Windsor, New South Wales, Australia.
1861 : Died in Merton, New South Wales, Australia. Killed by lightning strike.
1861 : The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser Tuesday 31 December 1861
AWFUL VISITATION.- On Sunday last, 22nd December, about 4 p.m., a violent thunderstorm, with vivid lightning, raged over and around Merton, after a sultry and almost insupportable heat, which nearly destroyead all animal energy. Mersrs. James Mackenzie, Thomas Hasberry, with three or four others, were standing or sauntering on the bank of the Hunter, chatting in friendly and natural familiarity, when rapid flashes of lightning warned them to retreat to Mackenzie's dwelling. On arriving they went to a cask of water taklng a cup with them, for a drink. Mackenzie, one of the party, was struck down dead in that moment. His wife's brother, Hasberry, was also killed standing at the end of the kitchen, by the same flash… [1]