John Kerr

1837 - 1918  (80 years)

• Name	John Kerr  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Born	17 Jun 1837	Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1851
  	Farmer's son
  Residence	1851	Bigholm, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland   [2]
  Immigration	1855	Scotland to Canada
  Residence	1861	Not with parents in Ayrshire, Scotland. Canadian census not consulted.
  Occupation	1871
  	Carpenter
  Residence	1871	Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Occupation	1881
  	Glr Car... Foreman (prob. "General Carpenter")
  Residence	1881	Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada
  Residence	1891	Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Occupation	1901
  	Coal Merchant
  Residence	1901	Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada
  Occupation	1911
  	Income
  Residence	Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada   [6]
  Residence	1911	15 Buffalo St., Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada
  Died	10 Feb 1918	Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Buried	Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Person ID	I8482	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Kerr,   b. 1813, Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1861  (Age > 49 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Janet Cochrane,   b. 1814, Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland ,   d. Aft 1861  (Age > 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F2337	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Marion McCallum,   b. 7 Dec 1829, Gorbals, Glasgow, Lanark, Scotland ,   d. Feb 1902, Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada  (Age 72 years)
  Married	5 Dec 1862	Hamilton, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
  Children	1. Margaret C. Kerr,   b. 17 Apr 1864, Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   2. Robert Kerr,   b. 15 Aug 1867, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ,   d. 1945, Lake Erie, Ontario, Canada  (Age 77 years)  [natural]   3. William Kerr,   b. 1869, Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 17 Mar 1902, Brantford, Brant, Ontario, Canada  (Age 33 years)  [natural]
  Last Modified	12 Feb 2025
  Family ID	F2336	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1911 John is widowed and living with his daughter Margaret. They are living on the same street as, and just a few houses from, John's son, Robert, and his family.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2386] Canada, Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S46] 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Parish: Beith; ED: 9; Page: 12; Line: 11; Roll: CSSCT1851_129; Year: 1851. [S89] 1871 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1871; Census Place: Brantford, Brant South, Ontario; Roll: C-9915; Page: 89. [S2778] Quebec, Canada, Vital and Church Records (Drouin Collection), 1621-1968, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). [S3] 1891 Census of Canada, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2008;). [S364] Ontario, Canada, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869.