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Mackenzie House
History, Kawartha Lakes Meg Barton History, Kawartha Lakes Meg Barton

Mackenzie House

In 1849 William Mackenzie was born in a log shanty near the Portage Road, being the ninth child of two poor tenants, Mary and John Mackenzie. After briefly teaching school and operating the Shoofly Store in Kirkfield, Willliam and his brother Alex started a construction business.

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Blythe
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Blythe

John and Anne Langton were born into a wealthy mercantile Lancashire family. Their father, Thomas, imported flax and hemp to manufacture sail cloth. They lived in Blythe Hall, near Ormskirk.

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