Ancestry of
John Kinzie

Committed 1st Chicago Murder

John Kinzie

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John McKenzie 
  • Mother:
  • Anne -----   
  • Birth Date:
  • 3 Dec 1763 
  • Birth Location:
  • Québec City, Québec, Canada 
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  • Death Date:
  • 6 Jan 1828 
  • Death Location:
  • Chicago, Cook, Illinois 
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  • John Kinzie was a fur trader and early Chicago settler. He purchased the house and lands once owned by Jean Baptiste Point du Sable.

    John Kinzie committed Chicago's first murder when he killed Jean La Lime in 1812.

• Marriages for John Kinzie

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  • Spouse:
  • Margaret McKinzie

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  • Spouse:
  • Eleanor Lytle McKillip
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1800

• Sources for John Kinzie

  • ¹ Wikipedia, "John Kinzie", (accessed 05/13/2015).