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Once again Lodger, thank you very much for providing me with that information. Yes, I am at a loss as to what happened to John Kerr, the father.  If only there was an 1831 census then I'd have a lot more answers! On the 1841 census for the son John Kerr at age 25, he is unmarried and living with his mother who is listed as Mary Braidwood. On the following census 1851, the two of them again are still together but on this census she is listed as Mary Kerr, Widow and then her death was in 1854. The son, John, then married in 1856 at the age of 40 to Christina Strain who was 20 years of age. I am assuming from the monumental inscription, that there were only 4 children for Mary but when you look at their birth years 1802, 1804, 1816 and 1819 it makes one think that there should have been more children between 1804 and 1816 but these records seem to be non existent unfortunately. As far as the father John Kerr goes, the only record I have of him is his marriage in 1801 to Mary Braidwood and his name listed on George and Thomas's birth registrations.  I think I may have reached the end of the line with this family, at least for the time being, I must admit its hard to let go but you can't find what doesn't exist. Lodger its been a pleasure to make your acquaintance 

Lodger,
Thank you so much for this information Not only have you found my Great Great Grandparents but also the final resting place of some of their children as well. There were actually 7 children in all and only 2 survived to adulthood, one of them being my Great Grandfather, William, who migrated to Australia and married my Great Grandmother Jessie Smellie in Sydney Australia back in 1889. 
I have a copy of the Cambusnethan Old Parish Churchyard Monumental Inscriptions booklet and none of this family is listed in it so wow! this is quite a discovery for me and it also ties in the Monumental Inscription (which is in the booklet) that John Kerr had erected for his brothers and mother Mary Braidwood. I have copies of the death registrations (from Scotlands People) for each of the children that you mentioned and there causes of death were shown as Suffocation of the lung, Fever and three of them from Scarlatina (scarlet fever maybe or would this have been Cholera as you suggested). So sad to think that you have 7 children and only 2 survived past the age of 11.  I have had many frustrations with researching my Scottish family ancestors, especially those from this area of Lanarkshire. Births, Deaths and marriages just seem non existant in records that I am able to view online from Australia so the information you have provided is invaluable to me. Once I start looking into the late 1700's I find I am no longer able to definitely confirm that the name I am looking at is actually the one that belongs on my family tree and I don't like to add a name to my tree unless I can see the definite link there.
It saddens me greatly to know that you have been treated poorly by someone on this forum when you obviously are trying to do your best to help them with their family tree, afterall we are all interested in the same objective which is to find out where we came from and what made us who we are and of course a love of history and research.  My apologies for waffling on...
You are the best 

Hi Lodger,

I am a newbee to RootsChat so please excuse me if I am not doing this correctly.

I see in your list of headstone pictures for Cambusnethan Churchyard Wishaw that there is a headstone listed for Kerr Braidwood. Is it possible to obtain a copy of the photo for this headstone and how do I go about obtaining this.