Mary
Kerr
formerly Herbertson
Born in Cranshaws, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Abel Kerr
— married
12 May 1852 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Mother of
Robert Kerr, John Herbertson Kerr, Barbara Laurie (Kerr) Edie, Elizabeth Ellen (Kerr) Stirling, Abel Kerr, Mary Ann Herbertson Kerr and Herbert Waters Kerr
Died
at age 85
in Milton, Clutha, Otago, New Zealand
Profile last modified
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Biography
Mary Herbertson was born on 29 March 1829 in Cranshaws, Berwickshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, daughter of John HERBERTSON and Barbara Laura Lowrie.
Mary (23) married Abel Kerr (25) (born in 1826 in Edgerhurst, Roxburghshire, Scotland) on 12 May 1852 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire. [1][2]
Abel, Mary and children migrated to New Zealand on the Jura arriving at Port Chalmers on 23 September 1858. [3]
Mary died on 12 January 1915 in Milton, Clutha, Otago, New Zealand, aged 85. [4].[5]
Sources
- ↑
Marriage:
"Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages"
National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 792; Ref: 70/483; Frame: 2284
ScotlandsPeople (accessed 3 April 2024)
Abel Kerr marriage to Mary Herbertson on or after 12 May 1852 in Jedburgh, Roxburghshire, Scotland. - ↑
Marriage:
"Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Banns and Marriages"
National Records of Scotland, Parish Number: 806; Ref: 20/104
ScotlandsPeople (accessed 3 April 2024)
Abel Kerr marriage to Mary Herbertson on or after 12 May 1852 in Southdean and Abbotrule, Roxburghshire, Scotland. - ↑ https://www.yesteryears.co.nz/shipping/passlists/jura.html Yesteryears Jura passenger list
- ↑ New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs : Births, Deaths and Marriages Online (digital index) Death Registration: Mary Kerr - Age: 85Y, Reference 1915/2349
- ↑
1915 Newspaper:
"Papers Past, National Library of New Zealand"
Otago Daily Times, Issue 16281, 14 January 1915, Page 4
Papers Past Article (accessed 3 April 2024)
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