In previous posts<\/a>,\u00a0I wrote about my great grandmother\u00a0Mae Arla (King) McKenzie<\/a>\u00a0and the letters she wrote to her daughter Cora.<\/p>\n\t

As in everything, timing and context are important when analyzing the lives of our ancestors. To catch up on the life of Mae and her family thus far, take a moment to read my previous\u00a0blog posts<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I have also included a timeline of the events in Mae’s life, in the left sidebar or at the bottom of the screen if you are using a mobile device.<\/p>\n\t

This next letter was written on March 11th, 1943, 11 months after the last letter I shared, which was written on March 29th, 1942.<\/a> It was written by Donna McKenzie<\/a> to her older sister Cora<\/a>.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tLetter written on March 11, 1943 from Donna McKenzie to her older sister Cora McKenzie – Pg. 1\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\tLetter written on March 11, 1943 from Donna McKenzie to her older sister Cora McKenzie – Pg. 2\n\t

In the first part of this letter, Donna speaks about how wonderful it was to get a letter from her sister Cora.<\/p>\n\n

I suppose you have already heard that dad is home again, got a job but didn’t keep it.<\/p>—Donna McKenzie<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\t

In my blog post Thriller Thursday: The Tragic Death of Orlie Charles McKenzie<\/a> I wrote about my great grandfather Orlie<\/a> and his troubled life.<\/p>\n\t