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From: "Carol Truesdell" <>
Subject: Re: [Montreal-Irish] KERR and HENDERSON .. Families in ARGENTEUIL COUNTY, Quebec Province !!!
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 17:07:21 -0400
References: <000801c0e6d1$3fc36fe0$90888018@ne.mediaone.net>


There is a monument in the Lachute Protestant Cemetery (which is very near
Gore), Quebec with the following:

In memory of Amos Oliver KERR born November 26, 1883 died February 7, 1962,
his wife AnniePearl THOMPSON born December 21, 1887 died May 15, 1984. In
memory of Samuel KERR born June26, 1857 died September 21, 1911 his wife
Lena Jane GRAHAM born on the high seas April 24, 1862 - August 29, 1952.
Leslie S. KERR born August29, 1915 died November 14, 1972. Curtis Oliver,
son of Amos and Pearl KERR died may 8, 1936 aged 18 years. Edna L.E. KERR
1912-1970 wife of Thos. BLACK 1908-1982

There was also a resort in the Gore, Kerr's Farm where many spent wonderful
vacations....

Carol
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From: "bbffrrpp" <>
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Subject: [Montreal-Irish] KERR and HENDERSON .. Families in ARGENTEUIL
COUNTY, Quebec Province !!!


> Good morning, I just found your List, while telling someone about the
> British Home Children List .. and how to locate it.
>
> When young, we were close with "Grampy and Grammy Kerr," but we lost them
in
> the 1960's. This was in Greater Boston, MA. After many years of
> knowing very little about George Kerr's ancestry, we have just discovered
> that we have "distant Kerr cousins" all over Quebec Province, etc.
>
> All we found out initially was that a Patrick Kerr arrived in Canada
around
> 1820 from Ireland, and he had a son born to him while living in North
Gore,
> Quebec Province. Robert Kerr, married an Eliza(beth) HENDERSON, also
> born in North Gore. Their son, William Kerr, migrated to Boston, MA,
and
> married a woman from Scotland, Elizabeth Hannah.
>
> Unexplainably, and out of the sky blue, about half-dozen KERR descendants
> contacted me this month, so I have labeled it "National Find Kerr Families
> Month." Not only have I found out that we have lots of Kerr cousins,
but
> it seems like Patrick Kerr did not come over alone; he had siblings with
> him.
>
> Before anyone starts to disagree with me, I have already researched the
> subject, and I know that the Township of North Gore (or Gore) is
> interchangeable with the Township of Lakefield, and they are just north of
> Lachute in Argenteuil County in Quebec Province. .. I have found out
> that there is a Town of North Gower in Ontario, just west of Ottawa, and
> there is a Richmond near there. But, I have also found out that there
is
> a Richmond, Quebec, which is over near Sherbrooke. The KERR families
near
> there appear to be from Scotland. But, so far there seems to be Kerr
> families in all of these areas.
>
> I'd like to hear from other people researching the KERR and HENDERSON
> families of Quebec Province ... who came over from Britain between 1800
and
> 1840.
>
> Betty (near Lowell, MA)
>
>
>
>
>
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