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William Byers Kerr 1859–1930 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1859

Birth Location: Collingwood,Victoria

Death Date: 10 Jan 1930

Death Location: Kew, Victoria, Australia

Father: Robert Snr

Mother: Mary Byers

Spouse(s): Mary Trinkaus

Children(s): Elsie Kerr, John Kerr, Robert Kerr, Albert Kerr, Elsie Kerr, Dolly Kerr, Elma Kerr, William Kerr

In 1859, William Byers Kerr entered the world in Collingwood,Victoria, born to Robert Walton Kerr Snr And Mary Kerr Nee Byers. William Byers Kerr married Mary Johanna Trinkaus, and had children including Albert Andy Kerr, Dolly Kerr, Elma Vera Kerr, Elsie Mary Byers Kerr, John William Byers Kerr, Robert Albert Kerr, William Kerr. William Byers Kerr passed away in 1930 in Kew, Victoria, Australia.

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Biography

  • In 1859, William Byers Kerr entered the world in Collingwood,Victoria, born to Robert Walton Kerr Snr And Mary Kerr Nee Byers.
  • William Byers Kerr married Mary Johanna Trinkaus, and had children including Albert Andy Kerr, Dolly Kerr, Elma Vera Kerr, Elsie Mary Byers Kerr, John William Byers Kerr, Robert Albert Kerr, William Kerr.
  • William Byers Kerr passed away in 1930 in Kew, Victoria, Australia.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

William Kerr's Ancestors

Self
William Kerr
1859–1930
Birth Place: Collingwood,Victoria
Parents
Robert Walton Kerr Snr
1822–1898
Leven, Fife
Mary (Kerr, nee) Byers
1825–1919
Leith, Edinburgh
Grandparents
John Kerr
1801–1874
Kilmory, Buteshire, Scotland
Margaret Corstorphine
1797–1883
Currie, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Great-Grandparents
Robert Kerr
1777–1851
Margaret Kerr
1781–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

William Kerr's Descendants

1.
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William (Byers) Kerr (1859–10 Jan 1930) m. Mary (Johanna) Trinkaus (abt 1860–1953)
  1. 1. Elsie (Mary Byers) Kerr 1906–1950
  2. 2. John (William Byers) Kerr 1896–1950 m. Lilian (Kerr, nee) Rooks 1903–1991
    1. 1. Elsie (May) Kerr 1925–
  3. 3. Robert (Albert) Kerr 1892–1943
  4. 4. Albert ((Andy)) Kerr 1906–1988
  5. 5. Elsie (Mary Byers) Kerr 1904–1906
  6. 6. Dolly Kerr 1902–1902
  7. 7. Elma (Vera) Kerr 1894–1991
  8. 8. William Kerr 1895–1895

William Kerr's Timeline

6 Records

1859
1859
Birth of William Byers Kerr in Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
1859
1859
Birth of William Byers Kerr in Collingwood, , Victoria, Australia
Collingwood, , Victoria, Australia
1859
1859
Birth of William Byers Kerr in Collingwood,Victoria
Collingwood,Victoria
1861
1861
Age 2
William Byers Kerr resided here in 30 Bath St, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
30 Bath St, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
1871
1871
Age 12
William Byers Kerr resided here in 6 Fox Lane, Leith South, Midlothian, Scotland
6 Fox Lane, Leith South, Midlothian, Scotland
1930
10 Jan 1930
Age 71
Death of William Byers Kerr in Kew, Victoria, Australia
Kew, Victoria, Australia

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1859
    Event Place: Collingwood, Victoria, Australia
    Record Source:
    [1] 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: South Leith; ED: 50; Page: 9; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_132
    [2] 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Leith South; ED: 51; Page: 10; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1871_169
    [3] Victoria, Australia, Birth Index, 1837-1917, The Victorian Registry of Births, Deaths, and Marriages; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Victoria, Australia, Birth Records

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1859
    Event Place: Collingwood, , Victoria, Australia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1859
    Event Place: Collingwood,Victoria

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1861
    Event Place: 30 Bath St, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1861 Scotland Census, Parish: South Leith; ED: 50; Page: 9; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_132

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1871
    Event Place: 6 Fox Lane, Leith South, Midlothian, Scotland
    Record Source: 1871 Scotland Census, Parish: Leith South; ED: 51; Page: 10; Line: 20; Roll: CSSCT1871_169

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Jan 1930
    Event Place: Kew, Victoria, Australia

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