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OCR: YOUTH Alexander Mackenzie was born January 28 1822 in Perthshire Scotland the third of ten sons Forced to leave school to support his family after his father died, Mackenzie was working full- -time asa stone-cutter and mason by the age of13 but continued his educai tion by reading after work Like many Britons aad Scots, he emigrated to Canada in 1842 leaving behind depression in Great Britain to search for prosperit in Canada BIOGRAPHY of4 this education