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Trying to find Mackenzie

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Unknown Report 20 Jul 2006 21:16

Hi, My name is Morag, and I am trying to trace my grandmothers family. When she married my Grandfather Richard Hill Mackenzie, March 15th 1897, at Willowfield Church, in Belfast, she was 24. There are no family names listed as witnesses, they obviously wanted a very quiet wedding. Her name was Annie Greer, born January 10th 1873, at 30, Boyd St, Belfast, a street off the Shankhill Road. Her parents were Richard Greer (sailor), mother, Jane Greer, nee Ross. I know Annie had at least one sister, her name was Agnes, born 20th February 1875. Annie died at age 34 from a chest disease that was common for people who worked in the linen mills, so I am assuming before her marriage to my grandfather this is how she earned her living. Annie left four living children, the youngest my father was just a year old, and was placed in a foster home. The other children were raised by a sister of Richard, this Aunt Martha eventually brought my father back into the family at age three. But there seems there was no contact with the Greer family after the marriage and Annies death. I would dearly love to hear if anyone has any knowledge of this family.