Edward Josiah MacKenzie

October 26, 1915, Leicester, Massachusetts — 1987, Florida

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Her husband, Edward Josiah MacKenzie, was born in October 26, 1915 in Leicester, Massachusetts to Gladys MacKenzie and Chauncey Dixon. His birth certificate listed him as Chauncey Josiah MacKenzie but he was known as Chauncey Dixon after his parents married. He entered the US Army during WWII and fought in the Philippines Division. At some point he changed his name back to Edward Josiah He met Elizabeth May MACKENZIE at some time during his time in Asia and they were married.

Elizabeth was born in Hong Kong, China on July 7, 1911. Her mother is listed as Eileen Law Mackenzie and she was a British citizen. It is not known if Elizabeth was adopted, but she did have Chinese features. She had British citizenship. She and Edward had a son, Brian Edward MacKenzie, born 1950 in California. In 1951 she arrived in Washington in 1951, from Canada.

They lived in Seldovia after their son Brian was born and Brian believes that his father was working in the office of a local mine. Elizabeth died on November 9, 1954 in Seldovia, after a tragic bout of stomach cancer. She is buried in Seldovia City Cemetery in Plot #8.5. After Elizabeth’s death, father and son moved to other locations around the world where Edward had contract work for the US Government. They lived in Nicaragua and Newfoundland and Edward also worked at Ascension Island. He eventually married again and he died in Florida in 1987.