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


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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
16459 KERR, Andrew Reid1897SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1910 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
4664 KERR, Bernard1940ENG,     Sep 1947 : Asturias AUS Catholic Episcopal Migration & Welfare Assoc.  
26936 KERR, Desmond  Aug 1939 : Strathnaver AUS Fairbridge Homes  
26512 KERR, George1892ENG,     Mar 1906 : Dominion CAN Barnardos  
16460 KERR, George Douglas1900SCT, LKS, Glasgow Apr 1911 : Hesperian CAN Quarriers  
25352 KERR, Katie1886SCT,     Jun 1897 : Sarmatian CAN Quarriers  
3902 KERR, Margaret Jane1889IRL,    , Ballystrudder, Islandmagee Jun 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
27341 KERR, Margaret Rose1938 Dec 1947 : Asturias AUS Catholic Episcopal Migration & Welfare Assoc.  
3903 KERR, Mary Anne1891IRL,    , Ballystrudder, Islandmagee Jun 1901 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos  
9411 KERR, William H1889ENG,     Oct 1900 : Tunisian CAN Barnardos