MacKechnie Family - New Hope Cemetery - Brighton, ON
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jiggs11
N 44° 03.148 W 077° 44.362
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A series of four zinc markers remembering the Mackechnie Family of Brighton, ON.
Waymark Code: WM13WKH
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/02/2021
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The markers are located in New Hope Cemetery off CR 30 just north of the the town centre.
The patriarch was Captain Charles Grant Mackechnie, of the 24th Regiment of Foot. Capt Mackechnie was born in India in 1821,
He served with the 24th Regiment of Foot (2nd Warwickshire) during the Second Anglo-Sikh War of 1849. After settling in Canada he and his family operated a farm in Brighton until his death in 1881.
Other markers are for:
His second wife
Frances Gervais (Jervis) Mackechnie
Born 1826 died 1866
His third wife
Elizabeth Traill Mackechnie (born in Scotland in 1830, died in Brighton in 1910)
Daughter
Mary Grant Mackenzie (Born Colborne, ON 1867, died in Brighton 1897)
Unknown relation
Thomas Arthuer-Owen B.A. (Cambridge)
Date of birth (optional): 11/22/1821
Date of death (optional): 11/25/1881
Website: [Web Link]
Additional Coordinates (optional): Not Listed
Headstone text (optional): Not listed
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