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Re: census look up please
« Reply #9 on: Thursday 31 January 08 16:15 GMT (UK) »
I used to live in Calgary where we had about 3 weeks of -35°C. I was married there but now live in France. We only had our first snow last night but we won't get a couple of metres..

When I lived in Canada I wasn't interested in Family History or my research would have been easier. It looks as if William John stayed in Ontario, doesn't it?
Sale, Jones, Clementson,  Whitecross, Westwick, Hodgson, Roberts, Williams, kerr, Currie, Elliott, Payne, Mager, Tittley, Morrison, Scott, Brown

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« Reply #10 on: Thursday 31 January 08 20:52 GMT (UK) »
Karen, that isn't my William John Kerr.

I've found a marriage for a William Kerr to Barbara Carswell in Scotland in 1894 , but it isn't the right Kerr. That Kerr was aleady living in Ontario and hadn't the right father.

So, it's back to the drawing board.

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« Reply #11 on: Thursday 31 January 08 21:12 GMT (UK) »
LOL, well that was too easy I guess  ;D

Do you know what James and William's parents names are?

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Gandley (but known as Stanley in Canada)- Ireland to Birmingham<br />Ball, Kempson & Franklin - Birmingham<br />Shorter - Surrey<br />Dyer - Devon<br />Dawkins - Co. Cork, Ireland<br />Heffernan - Ireland
Huck - Alsace, France
Reinhart - Baden, Germany
Bowman & Ellis - England
Etheridge - Gloucestershire

Who all came to Canada in a little row boat, clap clap, clap your hands!!

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« Reply #12 on: Thursday 31 January 08 21:21 GMT (UK) »
Here's the link to order the death certificate for James in BC.  You can download the certificate once you pay for it  :)

http://search.bcarchives.gov.bc.ca/sn-49DCBBC/gbsearch/Deaths
Gandley (but known as Stanley in Canada)- Ireland to Birmingham<br />Ball, Kempson & Franklin - Birmingham<br />Shorter - Surrey<br />Dyer - Devon<br />Dawkins - Co. Cork, Ireland<br />Heffernan - Ireland
Huck - Alsace, France
Reinhart - Baden, Germany
Bowman & Ellis - England
Etheridge - Gloucestershire

Who all came to Canada in a little row boat, clap clap, clap your hands!!


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« Reply #13 on: Thursday 31 January 08 21:25 GMT (UK) »
Their father was William Kerr born 1832 in Ireland and their mother was Mary Jane Currie born 1832, Ireland. The family moved up and down from Greenock  , Scotland to Birkenhead, Cheshire before finally settling in Lancashire.

I have William John Kerr on the 1891 census living with his parents but he isn't on the 1901 census in England.

He would have sailed from Liverpool to Canada.

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ps. Thanks for the link.
Sale, Jones, Clementson,  Whitecross, Westwick, Hodgson, Roberts, Williams, kerr, Currie, Elliott, Payne, Mager, Tittley, Morrison, Scott, Brown

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« Reply #14 on: Thursday 31 January 08 21:32 GMT (UK) »
Out of luck again. The death certs. and marriage certs. only start in 1872.
Sale, Jones, Clementson,  Whitecross, Westwick, Hodgson, Roberts, Williams, kerr, Currie, Elliott, Payne, Mager, Tittley, Morrison, Scott, Brown

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« Reply #15 on: Thursday 31 January 08 21:35 GMT (UK) »
I thought this was James' death.........

Vital Event Death Registration

   Name:     James Alexander Kerr

   Event Date:     1936 12 29 (Yr/Mo/Day)
   Age:            64
   Gender:         male
   Event Place:    Vancouver
                                   
   Reg. Number:    1936-09-521454
   B.C. Archives Microfilm Number:  B13158
   GSU Microfilm Number: 1953022

Gandley (but known as Stanley in Canada)- Ireland to Birmingham<br />Ball, Kempson & Franklin - Birmingham<br />Shorter - Surrey<br />Dyer - Devon<br />Dawkins - Co. Cork, Ireland<br />Heffernan - Ireland
Huck - Alsace, France
Reinhart - Baden, Germany
Bowman & Ellis - England
Etheridge - Gloucestershire

Who all came to Canada in a little row boat, clap clap, clap your hands!!

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« Reply #16 on: Thursday 31 January 08 22:18 GMT (UK) »
Karen, that certainly looks a poossibility but I've never seen James Alexander written anywhere. I have a photo of James taken in BC outside a log cabin holdind deer horns and a letter explaining how they built the cabins. It's dated 1931 and he's written "aged 60 at this time".
What do you think?

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Sale, Jones, Clementson,  Whitecross, Westwick, Hodgson, Roberts, Williams, kerr, Currie, Elliott, Payne, Mager, Tittley, Morrison, Scott, Brown

Lancashire, Wirral, C° Durham, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Berkshire

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« Reply #17 on: Thursday 31 January 08 22:22 GMT (UK) »
Karen, sorry to bother you again but is there a death in BC for a James Kerr in 1835?

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Sale, Jones, Clementson,  Whitecross, Westwick, Hodgson, Roberts, Williams, kerr, Currie, Elliott, Payne, Mager, Tittley, Morrison, Scott, Brown

Lancashire, Wirral, C° Durham, Shropshire, Worcestershire, Berkshire