Annie (Runciman) Kerr (1873 - 1932)

Born 29 Dec 1873 in Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of John Kerr — married 15 Feb 1901 in Kelvin District, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Died 15 Aug 1932 at age 58 in Passburg, MacLeod Co., Alberta, Canada

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Alan Runciman [send private message]

Biography

This biography was initially auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. Corrections & additions are in progress by Arthur Alan Runciman, Jr, a grand nephew of Annie. As a result some sections & statements may be duplicated or disjointed. These will be corrected in due course. There is so much known of Annie's life in Canada to which I cannot do justice; Annie's descendants are invited to add biographical history to the section 'Life in Alberta' (or under any other existing or new heading). If support is required please contact me here.

Name

Name:

Annie^[1] Runciman.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 29 DEC 1873^[2]

Place: at 17 Dover Street, Anderston, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. ^[3][4][5][6]

Marriage

Marriage:

Date: 15 FEB 1901

Place: Kelvin District, Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland^[7][8][9]

Husband: John Kerr

Wife: Anne Runciman

Child: John Kerr

Child: James Runciman Kerr

Child: Mary Thomson Kerr

Immigration

Immigration:

Date: 1904

Place: Canada

Note: I recollect reading or being told Jack & his brother John went out to Canada in 1903 to see whether they could establish themselves, and satisfied they wanted to make their future there, wife Annie followed a year later. (Detail to be confirmed by Canada-based family descendants.)

On her death, the Lethbridge Herald stated that she & her husband emigrated in 1908. This is considered incorrect as there are several informed references to 1903 (eg Canadian censuses). ^[10][11]

Censuses:

Date: 1881 (as a child, with her parents & siblings)

Place: Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: RUNCIMAN: James 40 basket merchant emp 1 m 1 g b Glasgow; wife Mary 29 b Edinburgh; Children: Alexander 9, Anne 7, both scholars b Glasgow; James 5, William 3, Jeanie 1^[12]

Date: 1891 (as a student teacher, living with her parents & siblings)

Place: Glasgow Barony, , Lanarkshire, Scotland

Note: RUNCIMAN: James 50; Mary 38; Children: Annie 17 pupil teacher; James 15 electrical instrument maker; William 13, Jeanie 11, Charles J 9 scholars; (all b Glasgow); Daniel 4 b Partick, LKS; Mary 6 mths b Glasgow^[13]

Date: 1901 (taken in Scotland just a few weeks after Annie’s marriage)

Place: Par. of Whitburn, Dist of Fauldhouse, West Lothian, Scotland

Note: KERR: John 27 Coal - Miner - Hewer b Dalmellington, AYR; wife Annie 27 b Glasgow^[14]

Date: 1911

Place: Passburg, MacLeod Co., Alberta, Canada

Note: KERR: John 37 merchant; wife Annie 37 both b Dec 1873 SCT, emig 1903; Children: James 6 b Feb 1905 SAS, John 3 b Oct 1907, ALB; Partner William 32 merchant, b Dec 1873 SCT emig 1903^[15]

Date: 1916

Place: Bellevue, MacLeod Co., Alberta, Canada

Note: KERR: John 42 merchant gen'l store, wife Annie 42 both b SCT, emig 1903; Children: James 11 b SAS; John 8, Mary 3 both b ALB; Brother William 37 merchant gen'l store unm b SCT emig 1903^[16]

Life in Alberta

There is a full and interesting story told elsewhere of Annie’s pioneering life in Alberta which hopefully the Kerr family will provide in due course to this WikiTree narrative.

Death

Death:

Date: 15 AUG 1932

Place: Passburg, MacLeod Co., Alberta, Canada

Note: " after a lengthy illness"^[17][18][19]

Burial

Burial:

Place: Blairmore, Alberta, Canada^[20]

Ancestors of Interest

By family story handed down over several generations, but not yet proven by paper trail, Annie is understood to be descended from John Potter, a Scottish Covenanter captured in Ayrshire following the 1680 Battle of Airdsmoss and taken to Edinburgh to be hanged

and

William Runciman of Crail, who drowned in 1765 at an early age in a fishing tragedy,

plus

some facts and comments about the early Runciman ancestors are summarised in The Early Generations.

There are also 3 other Runciman 'lineages' which thanks to DNA testing are now discovered to be branches of the same lineage with a Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) in the 1600s, most likely in East Lothian or the Scottish Borders. Lorna Henderson manages a Runciman One Name Study which gives a good insight to our Crail Line's relationship to the other DNA-related lines - as well as the non-related lines.

Associated Ancestral Topics

Runciman Lineage 1b-The Early Generations As the name implies this Profile covers the latest research known of the earliest ancestors on Annie's 'Crail' Line.

Crail Fishing Disaster Annie is a descendant of William of Crail who drowned with 7 others in the 1765 Crail Fishing Disaster. A 250th anniversary commemoration for the drownings was held in Crail on 16 May 2015. This profile records the known research.

Scotland and Beyond In 2004 a history of the William Runciman of Crail line was published. The latest research & continuing updates are now published on the web rather than in print. As Scotland and Beyond has been out of print for some time Jen Jelley & Diane Middleton, compilers & publishers of the 2004 book, kindly agreed to make their publication available in PDF format. This Profile contains the link.

The Runciman Cradle Tour provides the reader interested in seeing some of Annie’s early ancestral locations with a suggested itinerary and their association to the family.

Similarily there is a Crail Trail for those who wish to visit where William of Crail spent his married/working life and eventually met his early death from drowning.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Filing Reference 644/08/0064 records her registered name is Annie.
2. ↑ https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Filing Reference 644/08/0064
3. ↑ https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ Filing Reference 644/08/0064 records her birth address as 17 Dover Street
4. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: Glasgow, SCT Lowlands: FHL Film 0203664 GRO Ref Volume 644-9 EnumDist 102 Page 10, hsehold of James & Mary THOMSON, extracted Dec 2005
5. ↑ Source: #S1597 Page: Birth 29 Dec 1873 Annie d/o James RUNCIMAN & Mary THOMSON, Anderston, Glasgow, LKS, from Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 batch C11931-1 film 6035516, extracted Jan 2012
6. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1911 Passburg, MacLeod, Alberta. Page 19, Family No: 221, hsehold of John & Annie KERR, extracted Jan 2012
7. ↑ Source: #S3234 Page: Kelvin, Glasgow - 644/09 0078 CONT 1901
8. ↑ Source: #S3222
9. ↑ Source: #S2970 Page: Marr. 1901 Annie RUNCIMAN & John KERR, Kelvin, Glasgow, LKS 644/09 #78, extracted from index Dec 2011
10. ↑ Source: #S3228
11. ↑ Source: #S3222
12. ↑ Source: #S210 Page: Glasgow, SCT Lowlands: FHL Film 0203664 GRO Ref Volume 644-9 EnumDist 102 Page 10, hsehold of James & Mary THOMSON, extracted Dec 2005
13. ↑ Source: #S212 Page: Kelvin, Glasgow Barony, LKS, Reg 644/9 ED 9 Pg 17 Sched 88, hsehold of James & Mary RUNCIMAN, extracted Jun 2007
14. ↑ Source: #S214 Page: Par. of Whitburn, Dist of Fauldhouse, WLN Reg. 673/2 ED 5 Sched 84, hsehold of John & Annie KERR, extracted Jan 2012
15. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1911 Passburg, MacLeod, Alberta. Page 19, Family No: 221, hsehold of John & Annie KERR, extracted Jan 2012
16. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1916 Alberta, Macleod, 09; Roll: T-21952; Page: 24; Family No: 265, hsehold of John & Annie KERR, extracted Jan 2012
17. ↑ Source: #S809 Page: 1916 Alberta, Macleod, 09; Roll: T-21952; Page: 24; Family No: 265, hsehold of John & Annie KERR, extracted Jan 2012
18. ↑ Source: #S3122 Page: Dth 15 Aug 1932 Annie KERR nee RUNCIMAN, Passburg, ALB, extracted Jan 2012
19. ↑ Source: #S2811 Page: Birth 7 Feb 1905 (Bienfait, N.W.T.) Dth 17 Aug 1990 (Blairmore) James Runciman s/o John KERR (d. 1939) & Annie RUNCIMAN (d. 1932), from Find A Grave Memorial# 79760586, extracted Jan 2012
20. ↑ Source: #S3122 Page: Bur. Annie KERR nee RUNCIMAN, Blairmore Union Cem., CAN, extracted Jan 2012

• Source: S1597 Title: FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS), Url: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/ Abbreviation: FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS)
• Source: S210 Title: 1881 Census for UK, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: UK, Record Info: via Family Search/LDS CDs Abbreviation: Census: 1881 UK via FamilySearch/LDS Publication: 1881 Repository: #R21
• Repository: R21 Name: LDS library Address: State: Utah Country: USA Note: films and cd roms
• Source: S214 Title: 1901 Census for Scotland, Record Type: Census transcripts, Location: Scotland, Record Info: via http://Ancestry.com Abbreviation: Census: 1901 SCT via Ancestry Publication: 1901 Repository: #R121
• Repository: R121 Name: Ancestry.com Address: Country: USA
• Source: S2811 Title: Find A Grave, Url: http://findagrave.com Abbreviation: Find A Grave
• Source: S2970 Title: Statutory Registers Index: SCT, Subject: Births deaths marriages index, Location: Scotland 1855+, Film Number: http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk Abbreviation: SCT: SR Index Note: (index searches)
• Source: S3122 Title: WeRelate Genealogy Wiki, Url: http://WeRelate.org Abbreviation: WeRelate
• Source: S3222 Title: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004) plus subsequent research by Alan RUNCIMAN, Ros RUNCIMAN, Lawrence FLETCHER, Lorna HENDERSON & many, many others, Compiler Address: UK, Australia and New Zealand Abbreviation: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004), plus subsequent research Author: Diane Middleton Jen Jelley Alan Runciman Ros Runciman Laurie Fletcher Lorna Henderson and many others Publication: Jul 2013 Note: imported on 2013/07/24 at 15:44:27.
• Source: S3223 Title: Birth Registration Abbreviation: Birth Registration
• Source: S3228 Title: Alan Runciman from family anecdote Abbreviation: Alan Runciman from family anecdote
• Source: S3234 Title: Marriage Registration Abbreviation: Marriage Registration
• Source: S56 Title: Scottish Birth, Marriage, Death entries (from 1855), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php Abbreviation: BDM: Scotlands People certs from 1855
• Source: S809 Title: CENSUS: CAN, Record Type: Census image, Location: Canada, Record Info: via Ancestry.com Abbreviation: CAN: Census via Ancestry Repository: #R121
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/117735038 : accessed 25 April 2020), memorial page for Annie Runciman Kerr (1873–15 Aug 1932), Find A Grave: Memorial #117735038, citing Old Blairmore Union Cemetery, Crowsnest Pass, Canmore Census Division, Alberta, Canada ; Maintained by Alison (contributor 46917968) .

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Alan Runciman for creating WikiTree profile Runciman-596 through the import of RUNCIMANAlansPaternal4WikiTreeAug2013.ged on Aug 29, 2013.