Barbara Anne Kerr

Barbara married Joseph Henry Dobson [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Oliver Kerr
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-65644
• Residence: 1981, 331 Bleams Rd., New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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KERR, William Oliver - On Sunday, April 5, 1981, at his residence, Mr. Oliver Kerr of 331 Bleams Rd. W., New Hamburg, aged 67 years.

He was a member of St. George's Anglican Church, New Hamburg and a former member of the New Hamburg Lion's Club.

Lovingly remembered by his wife, the former Lucille Eidt, whom he married September 1, 1938; two daughters, Barbara (Mrs. Henry Dobson) of Plattsville and Judith (Mrs. Douglas Bowlby) of New Hamburg. A son Steven predeceased him in 1977. Also survived by five grandchildren: Monique, Mignon and Dane Dobson and Susan and Christina Bowlby and one brother, Robert of Sarnia. He was predeceased by his parents, the late Alfred Kerr and the former Sarah May Hewitt and a sister, Annie, in infancy.

Friends called at the Mark Jutzi Funeral Home, New Hamburg Chapel until noon on Wednesday, April 8, when removal was made to St. George's Church for a service at 1:30 pm with Rev. Harry Janke officiating. Interment in St. James Anglican Church Cemetery, RR 1, New Hamburg (Huron Road).

New Hamburg Independent Apr 15 1981 pg 22

William married Doris Lucille "Lucille" Eidt 1 Sep 1938. Doris (daughter of Herbert Edwin Eidt and Idella May Thaler) was born 1917; died 1998; was buried , Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Doris Lucille "Lucille" Kerr
• Name: Lucille Eidt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-62838
• Residence: 1981, 331 Bleams Rd., New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

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• Elected Office: Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; councillor - Wilmot Township
• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203214121
• Residence: Wilmot Township - Concession 2 Lot 28, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78588
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer Son
• Occupation: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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S.-W. Wilmot : By Mrs. Clarence Diamond (Chronicle Correspondent)

Alfred E. Kerr Obituary.

Mr. Alfred E. Kerr, who was a well known Wilmot Township farmer and a member of that township's municipal council until his retirement last December, passed away at his home on the Huron road on Monday night. Mr. Kerr had been in failing health For the past two and a half years and because of it had to relinquish his duties on the council after serving for over twenty years but his death came very unexpectedly. The deceased gentleman was 73 years of age, and a son of the late William and Hannah Illingworth and was born on the farm where he lived his entire life. Besides taking an active interest for so many years in municipal affairs he was also an ardent church worker and was a member of St. James' Anglican Church, Huron Road. His wife, the former May Hewitt, to whom he was married 48 years ago, survives as well as two sons, Oliver Kerr at home and Robert, Sarnia.

Three brothers also survive, William, Lumsden, Sask., Arthur, St. Pauls, Ont. and Walter, on the homestead. One daughter, Annie, predeceased him in 1923 and a brother, James in 1930.

Funeral services were held from his late residence and St. James Anglican Church on Thursday afternoon with interment being in the adjoining cemetery. Rev. W. A. Jones, rector of St. George's Church, New Hamburg, had Charge of these services.

Waterloo Chronicle, 3 Jul 1953, p. 7

Alfred — Sarah May Hewitt. Sarah was born 1 Apr 1880, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; died 1958; was buried , Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Sarah May Kerr
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-202816
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79778
• Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farm Laborer
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

Herbert — Idella May Thaler. Idella (daughter of Moses Thaler and Mary Steinacker) was born 16 Aug 1893, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1984; was buried , Oetzel Evangelical Cemetery, Ratzburg, North Easthope Twp, Perth Co., Ontario. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Idella May Eidt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-238921

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• Interesting: pioneer, farmer, politics
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78585
• Immigration: 1842, , Canada
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Laborer
• Residence: 1861, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; farmer
• Marriage Contract: Jun 1870, , Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Occupation: 1881, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer

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WILLIAM KERR.

There is probably not a farmer in Western Wilmot more familiarly known than the subject of this sketch. He was born in Fermanagh, Ireland, in 1836 and came with his parents to this country in 1842. At Montreal the family met with a sad misfortune in the death of the father who became ill of Lake fever while on the voyage across the Atlantic and died in a Hospital of that city. The mother with her three children Rebecca, Robert and William, the latter then about six years of age, came in to Toronto where they lived about a year. The mother was again married to the late William Collum, who came to Wilmot with the family in the Winter of 1842. They settled on the corner lot No. 24, 2nd Con. block A two miles east of William's present home. This farm was made memorable in the neighborhood by the untimely death of its former owner, Robert Puddicombe, who was killed by a falling tree many years ago.

William Kerr, the subject of this sketch, was married in 1870 to Hannah Elizabeth daughter of William IIlingsworth. She was born on lot 28 first Concession, of Scotch parentage, in 1840. Her father who was one of the popular and conspicuous figures of this Township in its early days, died on June 16, 1891, at the advanced age of 84 years 10 months and 19 days. He came to this country in 1825. Mr. Kerr's mother is still living in New Hamburg yet hale and hearty at the advanced age of eighty-two years. Mrs. Kerr's father assisted in cutting the first logs for the old building, now used by the C. P. R. for a station in the town of Guelph, and it may be of interest to state that he was present at the cutting of the first tree on the present site of that town.

Mr. and Mrs. Kerr have been blessed with five sons, namely; William II, the eldest is at present in Manitoba; Robert J. is a prominent machine agent at New Hamburg; Alfred Edward, Arthur Louis and Walter are at home.

The father has been honorably recognized by his neighbors and friends. He was for five years a member of the Township council, ten years a director of the North Blenheim Fire Insurance Company, Treasurer and Salesman of the German Union Cheese Company and has been about twenty years a member of the Board of Directors of the Wilmot Township Agricultural Society. It is scarcely probable that one will find another farmer in Wilmot Township who has had more honors thrust upon him in the same number of years than has Mr. Kerr, and owing to them requiring so much of his attention necessary on his farm he has declined furthur municipal honors.

The Kerr farm, part of lots Nos. 28, and 29, on south side of Huron Road, two hundred acres in area, was part of a 600 acre tract purchased from the Canada Company by the late Henry Puddicombe early in the thirties. It was purchased by the late William Collum, Mr. Kerr's step-father, on April 9, 1861, at the rate of $20,000 for four hundred acres. Two hundred acres of this tract was transferred to the subject of this sketch and his brother Robert in 1868. But few improvements had been made on the premises prior to Mr. and Mrs. Kerr taking charge and it therefore can be surmised that they have experienced their share of hardships ere they accomplished the task of completing the comfortable suroundings they now enjoy. The home is a lovely one, and one of its pecular features, but most admirable, is the numerous maples. For two sides of the farm are fringed by these beautiful native trees while on each side of the long lane they are in luxuriant profusion. The largest orchard the writer has yet met with on any farm in Ontario is here to be found. It contains something like four hundred thrifty young apple trees all of choice standard fruit.

A fine brick residence, large bank barn and all necessary outbuildings were erected after Mr. and Mrs. Kerr took possession. Here they live in their declining years deservedly enjoying the fruitful results of their earlier years of toil and frugality, surrounded by their stalwart progeny. They are members of the English church and it can be truthfully said that no citizens in the township are held in higher esteem.

Waterloo County Chronicle, 2 Nov 1899, p. 6

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Kerr, Wm. - Was born in Fermanagh, County Cavan, Ireland, in 1836, and came to Canada in 1841 at the age of five with his mother, afterwards Mrs. Wm. Collum, with whom he remained until he located on the farm on which he died and which was part of the Collum holdings. In 1870 he was married to Miss Hannah Illingworth. Six children were born to them, five sons and one daughter, Annie, who died at the age of nine. The sons are; Wm. H., in Lumsden, Sask., Robert James, in Berlin, Alfred, on the homestead, Arthur, Brussels, and Walter, with his mother. Mr. Kerr was one of St. James' oldest and most generous supporters and was several times Warden. He died in 1907 aged 71.

Church of England, An Historical Sketch of the Parish of Wilmot 1828-1913, Diocese of Huron, Ontario, New Hamburg, Canada by Charles James Fox, Sep 1913

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Died In Wilmot, on Tuesday morning, April 23rd, 1907, William Kerr Aged: 70 years, 9 months and 1 day. Funeral will leave his late residence, Huron Road, on Friday, the 26th inst., at 2 o'clock p.m., for St. James' Cemetery.

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In Memoriam In Loving Memory of William Kerr who departed this life on Tuesday Morning, April Twenty-third, Nineteen hundred and seven, In his Seventy-first year, at Maple Grove Farm, Huron Road, Wilmot Peaceful be thy silent slumber, Peaceful in thy grave so low; Thou no more wilt join our number, Thou no more our sorrows know. Yet again we hope to meet thee, When the day of life is fled; And in heaven with joy to greet thee Where no farewell tears are shed

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William married Hannah Elizabeth Illingworth 2 Jun 1870, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Hannah (daughter of William Illingworth and Ann Ferguson) was born 15 Mar 1840, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 3 Dec 1929, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Saint James Anglican Cemetery, Wilmot Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Hannah Elizabeth Kerr
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-78587
• Residence: 1852, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1870, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Marriage Contract: Jun 1870, , Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Church of England
• Residence: 1891, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican
• Occupation: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Income
• Residence: 1911, Haysville, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Anglican

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Mrs. William Kerr

Death removed a highly esteemed Wilmot Township resident in the person of Mrs. William Kerr, aged 89, who died at her residence, R. R. No. 1, New Hamburg, on Tuesday. The late Mrs. Kerr would have celebrated her 90th birthday in March. Her death followed a week's illness and a wide circle of friends regret her passing. She was a native of Ireland, having come to Canada from that country at the age of eight years. Before her marriage she was Miss Hannah Illingworth. Mrs. Kerr lived the greater part of, her life on her farm home near New Hamburg. She was a member of the St. James' Anglican Church and of the Women's Auxiliary of that church and was active in the parish. She was predeceased by her husband some twenty years. A family of four sons survive her, namely Alfred and Walter on the homestead, Arthur in New Hamburg and William of Lumsden, Sask. One son, James Kerr, died in Kitchener one year ago, and a daughter, Miss Annie Kerr, died when quite young. There are also nine grandchildren and two deceased grandchildren. The funeral will be held at 3 o'clock Friday afternoon with a service at St. James' Anglican Church on the Huron road. Interment will be made in St. James' Anglican cemetery.

Waterloo Chronicle, 5 Dec 1929, p. 3

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In Memoriam At Rest At Maple Grove Farm, Wilmot, on Tuesday, December 3rd, 1929, Hannah Elizabeth Illingworth Relict of the late William Kerr In her 90th year. Funeral Will take place from her late residence, on Friday, December 6th. Private service at the house, thence to St. James' Church for service at 2.30 o'clock.

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79776
• Residence: 1871, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lutheran
• Occupation: 1901, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Occupation: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

William — Emma Catherine Eidt. Emma (daughter of John Ludwig Eidt and Christine Doering) was born 15 Feb 1867, , Ontario, Canada; died 1 Oct 1927; was buried , Riverside Cemetery, New Hamburg, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Emma Catherine Eidt
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-79777
• Residence: 1911, Philipsburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-238919
• Occupation: 1883, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada; Farmer

Moses married Mary Steinacker 27 Mar 1883, New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Johann Adam "Adam" Steinacker and Maria Ann Schlarbaum) was born 29 Aug 1861, Tavistock, East Zorra Twp., Oxford County, Ontario, Canada; died 31 Oct 1939, Blenheim Twp., Oxford Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Mary Thaler
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-238920

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Mrs. Moses Thaler
(By Chronicle Correspondent)

PLATTSVILLE. - Mrs. Moses Thaler, 78, died Tuesday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Berwell Harrsion, 10th concession of Blenheim, 21/2 miles south of this village. She was a resident of this district for the greater part of her life. Mrs. Thaler was born in Tavistock on Aug. 29, 1861, a daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Adam Steinacher. Her husband predeceased her 15 years ago.

Surviving are a son, Harvey L. Thaler, of Princeton, three daughters, Mrs. W. Battler of Stratford, Mrs. Herbert Eidt of Baden, and Mrs. Berwell Harrison, one sister, Miss A. Steinacher of Kitchener, and 11 grandchildren.

Private funeral Services will be held at the home of her daughter on Friday at 2 p.m., followed by a public service at the Ninth Concession church at 2.45 o'clock.

Waterloo Chronicle Nov 3 1939 pg 3