McKenzie Corner, New Brunswick explained
McKenzie Corner is a rural community in New Brunswick, Canada.[1] There are two churches in the settlement: McKenzie Corner Baptist Church,[2] [3] [4] which features a cemetery,[5] [6] and St. John's United Church.[7]
The businessman and politician James Kidd Flemming lived in McKenzie Corner, where he died in 1927.[8]
History
The settlement was once known as McKenzie's Corner[9] and was named after William McKenzie, who settled in 1822. In 1866, McKenzie Corner was a farming settlement with around 140 families present. In 1871, it was a station on the New Brunswick and Canada Railway. In 1898, the population was 150 and there was a post office, a cheese factory, and two churches.[10]
The settlement Springbrook, in Hastings County, was once also known under the similar name McKenzie's Corners.[9]
See also
References
- DANOK. McKenzie Corner. 8 November 2019.
- Web site: McKenzie Corner Baptist Church . McKenzie Corner Baptist Church . 8 November 2019.
- Web site: McKenzie Corner Baptist Church - McKenzie Corner, NB . KJV Churches . 25 June 2017 . 8 November 2019.
- Web site: Woodstock Council Briefs - Times & Transcript . . 8 November 2019.
- Web site: Debec Mackenzie Corner United Baptist Cemetery . . 8 November 2019.
- Web site: Commonwealth War Grave Debec McKenzie Corner United Baptist Cemetery - McKenzie Corner . TracesOfWar.com . 22 March 2017 . 8 November 2019.
- Web site: St John's United Church McKenzie Corner . Nonprofit Panel . 4 March 2019 . 8 November 2019.
- Web site: Biography – FLEMMING, JAMES KIDD – Volume XV (1921-1930) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography . . 2005 . 8 November 2019.
- Book: Crossby . P.A. . Lovell . J. . Lovell's Gazetteer of British North America . Lovell Printing and Publishing Company . 1874 . 8 November 2019 . 182.
- Web site: Provincial Archives of New Brunswick . . 8 November 2019.
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