Background
Ethel O'Neil was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1880.
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Education
She also studied at the Virgil School of Music in New York.
Career
She was appointed director of music at Science Hill Female Academy in Shelbyville, Kentucky. In 1907, she went to Berlin to complete her music education and became engaged to the sculptor R. Tait McKenzie, who crossed on the same boat, the S.S. "Marquette", from Philadelphia. The couple moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Montreal when Tait McKenzie was appointed as the first professor of Physical Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
Ethel O'Neil McKenzie was involved in the cultural and civic life of the city. She arranged music recitals and lectured on music. A collection of her poetry, "Secret Snow", was published in 1932.
In 1930, the McKenzies bought the Mill of Kintail in Almonte, Ontario, Canada for their summer home, and supervised the mill's restoration. R. Tait McKenzie died in 1938 and Ethel McKenzie died in 1952. The Mill of Kintail is a conservation area and museum managed by the Mississippi Valley Conservation Authority and Lanark County, Ontario.
