parents of John Edgar McKenzie
I am the g-granddaughter of John Edgar McKenzie and Lucinda Demonia Mckenzie.My grandfather was their son Vollie Lee McKenzie.I am trying to find the parents of John Edgar McKenzie.He was born in Floyd County, Ga. in June of 1876 and later moved to Alabama.He could have lived a short time in Houston County, Ga.His father could possibly be Henry or H.H. McKenzie.My grandfather, Vollie, remembered being told that his father was 7 years old when his father got sick and died.John had gone across a river to get help at Rome, Ga.My grandfather also remembered a grandmother named Rosa Duncan.She could be the mother of John.He had two brothers.Joseph who married Bridgette ? in the Birmingham area.He also had a brother Willie who died at age 15 in a coal mine accident.Willie's grave states that his parents were H.H. and L.C. McKenzie.He also had a half sister Ruth Hill.My grandfather remembered an Uncle John Duncan in Alabama and other relatives; Ida Ware and Mattie Robertson in Alabama.John E. McKenzie listed his parents as Henry McKenzie and Ruby Patterson when he married late in life.