The Sale of Rentonhall

The debts accumulated by Kenneth McKenzie’s father on their family estate in East-Lothian, Scotland forced the younger McKenzie to put the farm up for sale in 1848.  It finally sold in 1851, allowing Kenneth to pay off the money-owed with little in reserve.

Rentonhall notice of sale as it appeared in Alan's Monthly Advertiser, East Lothian and Berwickshire on May 9th, 1851, and another advertising the sale of farm goods. Courtesy BC Archives MS-2431 24/15.