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MacKenzie (Warr), Victoria ALICE
Plot: 11-26-4

b. 1888-Nov-16, Upminster, Essex, England
d. 1924-Apr-28, Empress, AB

Empress Cemetery Tree on Ancestry.ca
     https://www.ancestry.ca/family-tree/person/tree/201433125/person/332642916647
Find a Grave
     https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187185664
Alberta Death Register #799, page 6 of 19, right side, line 14
     https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/sites/default/files/2018-11/deaths-mce-1919-1935.pdf
The Empress Express, November 13, 1919
     https://archive.org/details/EPE_1919111301

Available here
     MacKenzie (Warr), Victoria ALICE, Birth Registration with headers.jpg
     Mackenzie, Alexander Burry & Warr, Victoria ALICE, Empress Express, 1919-11-13, Page 1.jpg
     Mackenzie, Alexander Burry & Warr, Victoria ALICE, Alberta Marriage Register 1934.jpg
     MacKenzie (Warr), Victoria ALICE, Alberta Death Registration 799.jpg

Grave Photos
     11-26-3&4 MacKenzie, Alex Burry & Alice, Footstones (2024-11-14).jpg
     11-26-4 MacKenzie, Victoria Alice (Warr) & 11-26-5 MacKenzie, Jessie Alexina, Whole graves (2024-11-08).jpg
     11-26 MacKenzie section right side (2024-11-14).jpg
     11-26 MacKenzie main Headstone (2025-04-07).jpg
     11-26 MacKenzie section Looking northwest (2025-04-06).jpg
     11-26 MacKenzie section Looking southwest (2025-04-06).jpg

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Father: Henry Warr
Mother: Mary Ann Whitfield
Spouse: Alexander Burry "Alex" MacKenzie, Find a Grave:187185628

Summary
1888-Nov-16: Victoria ALICE Warr was born to Henry Warr & Mary Ann Whitfield at Upminster, Essex, England.
1891-Apr-05: England Census with older siblings, but no parents at No 4 Tadlow Cote, Upminster, Essex, England.
1901-Mar-31: England Census boarding at 1 Griffiths Road, Wimbledon, Surry, England
1913, 1914: England Electoral Registers at 5 Wyke Gardens, Liberty Street, London, England.
1918, 1919: England Electoral Registers at 20 Roydene Road, London, England with David & Martha Barnett.
1919: Alice came to Canada. It is safe to assume that she met Alex MacKenzie during World War 1, and she came to Canada to join him.
1919-Nov-11: Alice married Alexander Burry MacKenzie at Empress, Alberta, Canada. Alberta Marriage Register #1934.
1921-Jun-01: Canada Census with her husband and his brother James at 1-24-28-W3, which is near to where both men had homesteaded, just north of Estuary, Saskatchewan.
1924-Apr-28: Alice died from Ulcerative Endocarditis (heart problem), in the Empress Cottage Hospital in Empress, Alberta, Canada. Alberta Death Register #799.

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England Birth Registration
No: 82
When and where born: 16 Nov 1888, Upminster, ???
Name: Victoria Alice
Sex: Girl
Name and surname of father: Henry Warr
Name and maiden surname of mother: Mary Ann Warr, formerly Whitfield
Rank or profession of father: Coachman
Signature, description and residence of informant: Henry Warr, Father, Upminster
When registered: 5 Dec 1888


The Empress Express, November 13, 1919, Page 1
ARMISTICE DAY WEDDING
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On Wednesday, November 11, at the Manse, the marriage of (Cadet) Alexander Bury MacKenzie of Chesterfield, Sask. to Victoria Alice Warr (late of Aeronautical Insp. Dept.), of Wimbledon, London, Eng., was solemnized by Rev. G. G. Pybus. Mr. MacKenzie, is a South African veteran and also enlisted with the 175th Bat. C.E.F. during the world ward just concluded, and at the close of hostilities was slated for a commission. The happy couple will make their home at Chesterfield, Sask. Best wishes for a prosperous future are extended.


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Bruce A. Johnson - Empress, Alberta, Canada.
Last Updated: 2025-Apr-18       Go to Empress Cemetery page