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Edward B Kerr 1850–1915 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 16 JUL 1850

Birth Location: Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: 10 MAR 1915

Death Location: Faraday, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

Father: Thomas Kerr

Mother: Sarah Burnett

Spouse(s): Martha Gillon

Children(s): Edward Kerr, Mary Kerr, Richard Kerr, Minnie Kerr, Thomas Kerr, Sarah Kerr, Samuel Kerr

Edward B Kerr was born in 1850 in Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, the child of Thomas George Kerr And Sarah Burnett. Edward B Kerr married Martha Ann Gillon, and had children including Edward John Jack Kerr, Mary Eleanor Kerr, Minnie M Kerr, Richard Burnett Kerr, Samuel Harlan Kerr, Sarah Elizabeth Kerr, Thomas George Kerr. Edward B Kerr passed away in 1915 in Faraday, Hastings, Ontario, Canada.

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Biography

  • Edward B Kerr was born in 1850 in Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, the child of Thomas George Kerr And Sarah Burnett.
  • Edward B Kerr married Martha Ann Gillon, and had children including Edward John Jack Kerr, Mary Eleanor Kerr, Minnie M Kerr, Richard Burnett Kerr, Samuel Harlan Kerr, Sarah Elizabeth Kerr, Thomas George Kerr.
  • Edward B Kerr passed away in 1915 in Faraday, Hastings, Ontario, Canada.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Edward Kerr's Ancestors

Self
Edward Kerr
1850–1915
Birth Place: Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Parents
Thomas George Kerr
1815–1904
County Wicklow, Ireland
Sarah Burnett
1827–1903
North Crosby, Leeds, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Grandparents
Edward Kerr
1768–1839
Jedburgh, Scottish Borders, Scotland, United Kingdom
Susannah Kidd
1769–1854
Ireland
Great-Grandparents
George Kerr
1746–
Jane Carlisle
1748–1819
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Edward Kerr's Descendants

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Edward (B) Kerr (16 JUL 1850–10 MAR 1915) m. Martha (Ann) Gillon (9 JUN 1864–26 APR 1942)
  1. 1. Edward (John "Jack") Kerr 1894–1981 m. Julie (Marguerite) Jan 1905–1983
    1. 1. Edward (Henry) Kerr 1932–1988
    2. 2. Dawson (James) Kerr 1936–1998
    3. 3. Alice (Marguerite) Kerr 1931–1975
    4. 4. Joseph (Phillip) Kerr 1949–2013
    5. 5. George Kerr 1934–2023
    6. 6. Charles (Gordon) Kerr 1940–2021
  2. 2. Mary (Eleanor) Kerr 1888–1892
  3. 3. Richard (Burnett) Kerr 1891–1893
  4. 4. Minnie (M) Kerr 1905–
  5. 5. Thomas (George) Kerr 1884–1893
  6. 6. Sarah (Elizabeth) Kerr 1885–1917 m. Daniel (Richard) Bandy 1885–1948
  7. 7. Samuel (Harlan) Kerr 1896–1973 m. Beatrice (Isabella) Robbins 1904–1975 m. Marion (Christina) Sutherland 1896–1965

Edward Kerr's Timeline

2 Records

1850
16 JUL 1850
Birth of Edward B Kerr in Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada
1915
10 MAR 1915
Age 65
Death of Edward B Kerr in Faraday, Hastings, Ontario, Canada
Faraday, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 16 JUL 1850
    Event Place: Elizabethtown, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 MAR 1915
    Event Place: Faraday, Hastings, Ontario, Canada

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