John Kerr

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• FindAGrave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195066520
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-275980P
• Occupation: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1852, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Occupation: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1861, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Free Church
• Occupation: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Farmer
• Residence: 1871, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; C. Presb.
• Residence: 1874, North Dumfries Concession 10 Lot 29, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada

Notes:

"The families of the following persons also came out together by the 'Sarah Mary Ann,' of Maryport**, England, in April 1831: George Landreth, James Bunyan, Thomas Adams, John Kerr, David Brown, Adam Kersell, Robert Cranston, James and Walter Deans, John, Thomas and William Henderson, John and William Veitch, Robert Laidlaw (father of James Laidlaw M.P.P.), Paisley Block; James Little and Robert Aitkin, Blue Lake, and James Davidson, Keg Lane, near Paris. With possibly one exception, all these families were from Roxburghshire, Scotland. Voyage - five weeks and four days.


Young, The Hon. James M. Reminiscences of the Early History of Galt and the Settlement of North Dumfries . Toronto: Hunter, Rose and Company, 1880; footnotes, pgs 60-61)

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Died, On Sabbath afternoon, the 26th inst., at 5 o'clock, John Kerr, Aged 79 years. You are respectfully requested to attend the Funeral to-morrow, Tuesday, the 28th inst., at 2 o'clock, p.m., from his late residence, Lot 29, 10th Con. , N. Dumfries, to the place of interment, Cedar Creek Burying Ground. North Dumfries, April 27th, 1874.

Funeral Card

John married Elizabeth Dodds 25 Apr 1819, Crailing, , Roxburgh, Scotland. Elizabeth was born 1795, , Scotland; died 23 Aug 1859, North Dumfries Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cedar Creek Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

1. William Kerr was born 1820, Eckford, , Roxburgh, Scotland; was christened 7 May 1820, Eckford, , Roxburgh, Scotland; died Yes, date unknown.
2. Jessie Kerr was born 3 Mar 1824, Eckford, , Roxburgh, Scotland; was christened 4 Apr 1824, Eckford, , Roxburgh, Scotland; died 16 Oct 1901, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Cedar Creek Cemetery, North Dumfries Township, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
3. Euphemia Kerr was born 18 May 1826, Eckford, , Roxburgh, Scotland; was christened 2 Jul 1826, Eckford, , Roxburgh, Scotland; died 3 Nov 1903, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Culross-Teeswater Cemetery, Teeswater, Culross Twp., Bruce Co., Ontario.
4. Thomas Kerr was born 17 Jul 1828, Eckford, , Roxburgh, Scotland; was christened 24 Aug 1828, Eckford, , Roxburgh, Scotland; died 23 Dec 1900, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada.
5. John Kerr was born 1848, , Ontario, Canada; died Yes, date unknown.