John, I recently sent an email to the Winchester, MA library requesting a search of the local newspaper for information on Stewart A. McKenzie's death. Today I received a photocopy of an article that appeared in the Winchester newspaper on 24 Sep 1937. Looks like the vital stats you found were bang on! Best regards, Scott Bosecker WINCHESTER NAVAL FLIER KILLED Stuart A. MacKenzie and Raymond A. Schmidt Crashed at Long Island Stuart A. MacKenzie, Jr., naval aviation cadet and nephew of Mrs. William E. Schrafft of 45 Arlington street with a fellow cadet, Raymond A. Schmidt of Alton, Ill., was killed instantly Monday morning when their plane crashed at Brookville, Long Island, N.Y., as they wre flying back to join their unit at Norfok, Va. Cadet MacKenzie sustained a fractured skull when his body was wedged between the fuselage of the plane and a large oak tree. His companion, Cadet Schmidt, died two hours after the accident in a hospital at Glencove, L.I. Both young fliers had been on furlough and had spent their leave at the Schrafft home in Winchester. They were driven by the Schrafft chaffeur to the Squantum airport where they hopped off at 9:30 Monday morning. The crash occurred at 10:15. The plane in which they were flying was a Vought scouting plane attached to the U.S.S. Yorktown. As it crashed it tore through a line of telegraph wires, broke off several trees and struck with such a force that its parts were scattered over a wide area. Cadet MacKenzie's body was brought to Winchester, accompanied by Aviation Cadet Richard L Frieda, a close friend of the deceased. Funeral services are to be held this Friday afternoon at the Schrafft home at 2 o'clock with Dr. Austin Rice, pastor of the First Congregational Church in Wakefield officiating. Interment will be in Lakeside Cemetery, Wakefield, where Naval honors will be accorded by a firing squad and bugler. Stuart A. Mackenzie, Jr., was 25 years old and unmarried. He was born in Woburn, son of Stuart A. and Genevra (Danforth) MacKenzie, spent his early years in Wakefield and later lived with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William E. Schrafft, in Winchester until he went away to school at Governor Dummer Academy and Phillips Exeter Academy. He graduated from Yale with the class of 1935, taking an active interest in athletics and playing on the baseball team for three years. Immediately after his graduation he entered the naval aviation school at Pensacola Fla later being transferred to Norfolk. Besides Mr. and Mrs. Schrafft, Cadet Mackenzie is survived by his parents and ba a sister, Mrs. J. C. Whitehair of Shaker Heights, Ohio. ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Buczek" <john.buczek@comcast.net> To: <mamiddle@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 4:23 PM Subject: Re: [MAMiddle] Stewart A. McKenzie of Winchester MA > >From the town records of Reading Middlesex MA. I find the following > > STUART ARNOLD McKENZIE born 10/25/1912 Woburn MA. Choat Hospital to STUART > McKENZIE Salesman and GENEVIEVE H. DANFORTH of 6 Bancroft Ave. Reading MA. > > Source: 1912 Birth Register Reading MA. > > STUART McKENZIE AGE 25 Salesman of Wakefield MA son of JOHN McKENZIE and > MARY A. BUCKLEY and GENVIEVE HERBATINE DANFORTH age 21 of Reading MA > daughter of ALFRED DANFORTH and ALICE A. EATON were married 1/16/1908 in > Reading MA. > > Source: 1908 Marriage Register Reading MA. > > > In 1910 Stuart McKenzie age 28 employed as a Commercial Salesman with wife > Genevieve H. age 23 keeping house and daughter Janette age 3 mths are > living > in the home of Henry Cook and his wife Mary M.. They state they have been > married for 3 years and have had 1 child who is living. > > Source: 1910 census Reading Middlesex Massachusetts >