Elias Bernard McKenzie

1848 - 1888  (40 years)

• Name	Elias Bernard McKenzie
  Birth	25 May 1848	Greenville TWSP, Somerset County, Pennsylvania
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Sep 1888	Calverton, Baltimore, Maryland
  Notes	Elias was ordained a priest in St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland. Ordained Dec. 22, 1877. McKeansey, Eliam (Jos./Marg. Klingeman) b. 5-25-1848 bp 11-10-1851 at the church at Fairfield gp: Jacob Stoeser/omitted ; (BAPTISMS OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST, NEW BALTIMORE, PA., 1850-1857)Catholic Vital Records of Central PA- Vol 4 Albert Ledoux p. 80 CHRISTENING: Albert Ledoux, Catholic Vital Records of Central Pennsylvania Volume III p. 364 MCKENZIE, Eliam (Jos/Marg. Klingeman) b. 5-25-1848 bp. 11-10-1851 gp: Jacob Stoeser/omitted JTZ Baptisms of Saints Philip + James Meyersdale, PA 1850-1857 1850 Census Somerset County Greenville Township McKinsey, Joseph 30?33 Farmer born in Maryland McKinsey, Margaret 27 born in PA McKinsey, Harriet 9 McKinsey, Cyrus 8 McKinsey, George 5 McKinsey, Ann 4 McKinsey, Elias 2 1860 Census MCKINSEY, JOSEPH State:PAYear:1860 County:Somerset CountyRecord Type:Federal Population Schedule Township:Greenville Township.Page:190 Database:PA 1860 Federal Census Index Joseph Mckinsey Age in 1860: 43 Birthplace: Maryland Home in 1860: Greenville, Somerset, Pennsylvania Gender: Male Roll: M653_1183 Page: 190 Year: 1860 JOSEPH MCKINSEY 43 MARYLAND MARGARET MCKINSEY 37 PENNSYLVANIA HARRIET MCKINSEY 20 PENNSYLVANIA CYRUS MCKINSEY 18 PENNSYLVANIA George MCKINSEY 15 PENNSYLVANIA ANN MCKINSEY 13 PENNSYLVANIA ELI MCKINSEY 12 PENNSYLVANIA EPHRAIGM MCKINSEY 8 PENNSYLVANIA MATILDA MCKINSEY 5 PENNSYLVANIA CATHARINE MCKINSEY 3 PENNSYLVANIA 1880 Census Place:8th Ward, Precinct 3, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland Source:FHL Film 1254500 National Archives Film T9-0500 Page 75C RelationSexMarrRaceAgeBirthplace Joseph MCMANUSSelfMSW57IRE Occ:Catholic PriestFa: IREMo: IRE James MCDEVITTOtherMSW49IRE Occ:Catholic PriestFa: IREMo: IRE Elias MCKENZIEOtherMSW32PA Occ:Catholic PriestFa: MDMo: PA Patrick HughesOtherMSW60IRE Occ:Sexton St. John'S ChurchFa: IREMo: IRE Mary PARALLOtherFSW57IRE Occ:ServantFa: IREMo: IRE Cath MCCANNOtherFSW25IRE Occ:ServantFa: IREMo: IRE SISTERS OF CHARITY OF SETON Hill OFFICE OF ARCHIVES Seton Hill, Greensburg, PA 15601 March 31, 1978 Dear Archivist, Long before the publication of ROOTS, my sister and I collaborated on collecting whatever material we could from Mother's notes and other material to write family histories of our father's family (Breig) and our mother's (McKenzie). A year ago my sister died, and I have been trying to complete the histories. I found a death card for Father Eli McKenzie (our uncle) who was born May 25, 1848 and died Sept. 24, 1888. In an autobiography of Archbishop James Roosevelt Bayley, 8th Archbishop of Baltimore, I read that the Archbishop died October 3, 1877. The death card for Father McKenzie states he was ordained in Baltimore December 22, 1877. Can you give me any further information on Father Eli McKenzie? I seem to remember that my Mother said Father was the first pastor to St. Agnes' Church (in what I think is now Catonsville). I remember that an aunt who lived in Baltimore took me to this church when I was a teenager and there was a plaque about Father McKenzie in the vestibule. Unfortunately I didn't copy the data on the plaque. When one is young, one isn't much interested in ancestors. But I feel we have every reason to be proud to belong to the McKenzie family. I enclose a newspaper zerox copy of what I feel is a remarkable conversion. Since Archbishop Bayley died before Father Mac, as Mother always called him, was ordained, do you have a record of who did ordain him? I shall be very much appreciative of any information you can give me. Sincerely, Sister Regina Clare Breig ARCHDIOCESE OF BALTIMORE ARCHIVES 320 CATHEDRAL ST. BALTIMORE, MARYLAND 21201 APRIL 15, 1978 Dear Sister Regina, I can't add very much to what you already know about Father McKenzie. The "Record of Ordination" gives 1877 for Elias McKenzie and then this: "Very good talent, serious mind, studious habits, very conscientious, a good and kind temper: self relying, forward and lacking tact." He was stationed at St. John's, Valley St. after ordination until he was made pastor of St. Agnes in Catonsville. However, St. Agnes was founded in 1853 and Father Edward Caton was the first pastor. Father Caton was buried in front of the church and a small monument was erected. I helped out there on Sundays 1945-1954 (when the new church was erected." I remember no plaque. I would presume Archbishop Gibbons ordained him. Success! Sincerely, John J. Tierney McKenzie, Rev. Elias Bernard, pastor of St. Edward's Catholic Church, Calverton, Baltimore, while walking on a veranda in front of his residence early Saturday evening last reading his office, fell insensible from an apoplectic stroke. He died Monday, without regaining consciousness. He was 45 years of age and a native of Somerset Co., PA (September 29, 1888). Sources: 1. Albert Ledoux, Catholic Vital Records of Central Pennsylvania Volume III, 364, Jan 28 2000. "7959 Ester Sophia (Ambrosii/Marg Patton, Americans of Somerset Co. b. 10-25-1849; bp 2/9/1850; gp Sophia Suhry/omitted AUR.". "MC KENZIE, Eliam (Jos/Marg. Klingeman) b. 5-25-1848 bp. 11-10-1851 gp: Jacob Stoeser/omitted JTZ." 2. Obituary "McKenzie, Rev. Elias Bernard, pastor of St. Edward's Catholic Church, Calverton, Baltimore, while walking on a veranda in front of his residence early Saturday evening last reading his office, fell insensible from an apoplectic stroke. He died Monday, without regaining consciousness. He was 45 years of age and a native of Somerset Co., PA (September 29, 1888)."
  Person ID	I01979	McKenzie Genealogy
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Joseph McKenzie,   b. 17 Jul 1816, Mt. Savage, Maryland d. 23 Jan 1879, Pocahotas, Somerset County, Pennsylvania (Age 62 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Maragret Ann Klingaman,   b. 1 Feb 1823, Pocahantas, Pennsylvania d. 23 Mar 1908, Vandergrift, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1839	Somerset County, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F00713	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Photo of Elias Bernard McKenzie (b. 1848-1888), son of Joseph McKenzie (b. 1816) and Margaret Ann Klingaman (b. 1823) Ordained as a Catholic Priest 22 Dec 1877

  
  

  Documents		Death Certificate of Elias Bernard McKenzie (b. 1848)
  		Elias Bernard McKenzie Ordination Announcement (b. 1848)