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Record #3902
Name :
: Margaret Jane KERR (1889 - 1987)
  aka : Maggie Kerr


Father
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Mother
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BMD and other details
Date of Birth
: 2 May 1889

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Date of Death
: 28 Aug 1987
Abode (1) : Place of BirthIreland, Ballystrudder, Islandmagee
Abode (2) : Place of Death / BurialCanada, Langley
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: 15 Jun 1901
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Tunisian

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Barnardos
NotesParents: Martha Haveron married John Kerr at the First IM Presbyterian Church, on May 21, 1886. Maggie's mother died in childbirth with her sister, Mary, and the girls were eventually removed from their father, John Kerr.

In 1901, Maggie Kerr, 11 years of age, was shown as a boarder with Samuel and Phoebe Parker and family at Pulloxhill Village, Bedfordshire, England. (Source: 1901 Census of England, Class: RG13; Piece: 1502; Folio: 72; Page: 27.)

In 1901, Maggie Kerr, 12 (and her sister Mary Kerr, 9), arrived in Quebec, Canada, along with a group of 105 Barnardo children en route to Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

Maggie was placed in Blakeney, Ontario, Canada on June 19, 1901, and stayed with W. L. Snedden a farmer. Maggie then stayed in the care of his parents when he went to the northwest territories in April, 1902.

Margaret moved to Alameda, Saskatchewan, Canada, and married another Barnardo home child, William Preston Davis, raising her family there. They then moved to Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, where they retired.

Maggie Jane Kerr Davis died August 28, 1987, in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. Her husband, William Preston Davis, died June 20, 1971, in Abbotsford, British Columbia. 
ContributorsCreated : 2008-07-20 00:41:27 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-04 21:08:43 /

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IDNameDOBPlace of birthArrivals & ShipsDest.AgencyFamily links
3040 ABBOTT, James1893IRL,    , Carlew May 1906 : Tunisian CAN Smyly Homes of Dublin  
3059 ABBOTT, James1896IRL, MEA, Trim May 1911 : Corsican CAN Labourers & Domestics  
3008 ABBOTT, Thomas1865IRL,     Sep 1876 : Waldensian CAN Unknown  
3112 ACHESON, Rachel1893IRL,    , Ringwash Jun 1911 : Lake Manitoba CAN Labourers & Domestics  
3114 ACHSON, Elizabeth1864IRL,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
3115 ACHSON, Sarah1865IRL,     Jun 1874 : Sarmatian CAN Agricultural Labour Union  
3143 ACKROYD, Mabel Emma1904IRL,     Jun 1915 : Carthaginian CAN Middlemore  
22143 AIKIN, David1892IRL, ANT, Belfast Mar 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
14545 ALLAN-VALLIS, Agnes1916IRL,    , Glasgow Jun 1930 : Duchess of York CAN Crusade of Rescue  
4995 ALLEN, Kathleen1916IRL, ANT, Belfast Sep 1930 : Duchess of Bedford CAN Barnardos  
22107 ALTRIDGE, George1917IRL,     Apr 1932 : Duchess of Richmond CAN Unknown  
7974 ANDREWS, John William1914IRL, ANT, Carrickfergus Apr 1930 : Letitia CAN British Immigration and Colonisation Association  
7702 ANTHONY, John1887IRL,     May 1900 : Numidian CAN Catholic Emigration Society  
4303 ANTISELL, Palmer Evans1897IRL,    , Dublin May 1911 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes suemccall  
4304 ANTISELL, Thomas Christopher Monsell1895IRL,    , Dublin May 1911 : Tunisian CAN MacPherson Homes suemccall  
8191 BAILEY, William 1912IRL,    , Whitehead Sep 1928 : Antonia CAN National Childrens Home  
8193 BALL, John A1913IRL, ANT, Belfast Sep 1928 : Antonia CAN National Childrens Home  
11419 BANNON, Bartholomew1910IRL,     Aug 1924 : Montcalm CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
11420 BANNON, John Joseph1911IRL,     Aug 1924 : Montcalm CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
11468 BARRETT, William Joseph1910IRL,    , Dublin Sep 1923 : Montcalm CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4736 BARZARKIE, Mary Catharine1869IRL, COR Apr 1880 : Sardinian CAN Liverpool Sheltering Home  
5846 BEATTIE, Richard1891IRL,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
5845 BEATTIE, Walter1894IRL,     Jul 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
10495 BELL, Nelson1907IRL, ANT, Belfast Oct 1920 : Scandinavian CAN Barnardos  
3808 BEST, Olive Margaret1900IRL, ANT, Belfast May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
3811 BEST, Samuel James1897IRL, ANT, Belfast May 1908 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
9286 BEST, William1895IRL,     Jul 1904 : Southwark CAN Barnardos  
12561 BETHELL, Bertram 1899IRL,     Apr 1911 : Corsican CAN Unknown Catholic Group  
12562 BETHELL, Francis1898IRL,     Jun 1909 : Tunisian CAN Catholic Emigration Association  
4449 BLACK, Christopher (Christie)1897IRL,    , Dublin Aug 1909 : Tunisian CAN Smyly Homes of Dublin  
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