KERR of Moffat

[johns.wells]

John Tough, one my relatives, used to visit his great-grandfather who owned Myrtle Bank in Moffat.  According to John, his great -grandfather put in roads.  His great-grandfather had a brother George who married a McKay...another brother, Alexander was my great-grandfather.

Sharon

hi Sharon I'm writing on behalf of my wife to find out about her great grand father john tough who lived in myrtle bank prior to moving to england, his son Percival tough is my wifes grandfather and her mother is nee tough her great grandfather donated a park to the people of moffat any info would be appreciated,my wife jeanette also has a cousin called john tough from darlington england.
                                                                                                      thanks john.

[clazey]

I can send you his email if you would like to talk to him.  He is there in Northern England...freezing according to him!  The connection to John...his great grandfather and my great grandfather were brothers...I come down from Alexander who first emigrated to South AFrica, back to England and eventually to Rochester, NY USA.

You can email me at (*) and will send it along.

Sharon

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[Jamjar]

Not Moffat, but more Kerr folk - buried Lochmaben old cemetery.

"To the memory of Thomas Kerr in Esbie who died January 26th, 1764 aged 75
years. Also Jannet Sandert his spouse who died May 4th 1767 aged 75 years.
Also Thomas, Robert and Elizabeth, Thomas and James all children to George
Kerr joiner in Rosebank. Also George son of the above who died 20th
December, 1808 aged 72 years. Also Christina Burgess his spouse who died at
Lochmaben 19th December, 1819 aged 77 years. Also William Kerr son of John
Kerr who died --- 1817 aged 12 years, and Jean Kerr his daughter who died
10th March 1833 aged 16 years. Also Helen Bell spouse to the said John Kerr
who died 13 January, 1833 aged 50 or 56 years. Also Jean and Christina their
daughters - Jean died at Lockerby March 1837 aged 14 years and Christina
died at Ohio, America August 1835 aged 21 years. George Bell their son also
died in America aged 31 years."

[clazey]

I noticed the Jardine...my grandmother was a Jardine before she married George Spry.  Her family tree is pretty complete through the PEI Canada website...her line goes to an Andrew Corrie Jardine.  After Andrew things get a bit murky. But the place where they settled was Prince Edward Island in Canada. My grandmother died 4 years ago March...she was 97...made sure all of us were quite aware of the Jardine line...my father's name, now 83, is Malcolm Jardine Spry...born in Canada but living in South Carolina.

Sharon

[Jamjar]

A useful resource for Kerr and others.

http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~leighann/index.html

[MAINEYUSA]

Thankyou for the inscriptions and the link.  Maybe some day we will get all these Kerr's linked together.

Brenda

[sallytay]

Hi,
I am Robert Moffat Kerrs great great granddaughter. Marion Jane Kerr had a sister called Agnes Sophia. Their mother died in 1879. Agnes and Marion were both very young when she died (Possibly childbirth of Marion...unsure at this time). Robert remarried a Catherine Kershaw and had 4 more children. He and his brother John were soliciters in Halifax. Robert died in 1905 aged 55 years. His death cert reason was weak heart. John Milton Kerr was convicted of fraud in 1910 and was in prison on the 1911 census.
Agnes Sophia married Ernest Ellis and lived in Bridlington.
I would love to know more about Marion and Archibald. Where was Archibald from?

[Jamjar]

Who is Archibald? 

Jamjar

[sallytay]

Archibald Barclay Bolt. "Shetland" had a post regarding Marion and Archibald. I don't know what happened after they married. Marions sister Agnes Sophia was my great grandmother, so I,m keen to know if Marion had any Kerr descendants.