Birrell family tree » Joseph Mitchell Kerr (1831-1902)

Personal data Joseph Mitchell Kerr 

Sources 1, 2Sources 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
  • He was born on May 12, 1831 in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland.Sources 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland.Source 6
    • in the year 1871: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1881: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 3
    • in the year 1891: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 7
    • in the year 1901: Edinburgh St Cuthbert, Midlothian, Scotland.Source 4
  • He died on December 13, 1902 in 9 William Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Buried Dalry C'y, he was 71 years old.Source 10
  • A child of Henry Kerr

Household of Joseph Mitchell Kerr

(1) He is married to Margaret Watt.

They got married on October 29, 1854 at Edinburgh Parish,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, he was 23 years old.Source 8


(2) He is married to Janet Jessie Burrell.

They got married on January 8, 1867 at 17 William Street, Edinburgh, he was 35 years old.Source 8


Child(ren):

  1. Hugh Kerr  1868-1902
  2. Agnes Aitken Kerr  1870-1871
  3. John Aitken Kerr  1872-1937 
  4. William Kerr  1874-1956 
  5. Agnes Aitken Kerr  1876-1952
  6. George Kerr  1878-1961
  7. Margaret Munro Kerr  1882-1976 


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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joseph Mitchell Kerr

Joseph Mitchell Kerr
1831-1902

(1) 1854

Margaret Watt
1831-1865

(2) 1867

Janet Jessie Burrell
1838-1928

Hugh Kerr
1868-1902
Agnes Aitken Kerr
1870-1871
John Aitken Kerr
1872-1937
William Kerr
1874-1956
Agnes Aitken Kerr
1876-1952
George Kerr
1878-1961
Margaret Munro Kerr
1882-1976

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Sources

  1. 1881 Scottish Census, Gov. of Scotland
    Name: Joseph Kerr Age: 49 Estimated birth year: abt 1832 Relationship: Head Spouse`s name : Janet Kerr Gender: Male Where born: Inverness, Invernessshire Registration Number: 685/1 Registration district: St George Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts County: Midlothian Address: 9 William St Occupation: Master Plumber And Brassfounder Employing 11 Men 8 Apprentices ED: 49 Household schedule number: 18 Line: 11 Roll: cssct1881_281
  2. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees / Ancestry.com
  3. 1881 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com
    Birth date: abt 1832
    Birth place: Inverness, Invernessshire
    Residence date: 1881
    Residence place: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland
    / Ancestry.com
  4. 1901 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com
    Birth date: abt 1832
    Birth place: Aviemore, Rossshire
    Residence date: 1901
    Residence place: Edinburgh St Cuthbert, Midlothian, Scotland
    / Ancestry.com
  5. 1871 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com
    Birth date: abt 1832
    Birth place: Alvers, Rossshire
    Residence date: 1871
    Residence place: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland
    / Ancestry.com
  6. 1851 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com
    Birth date: abt 1832
    Birth place: Aviemore, invernesshs
    Residence date: 1851
    Residence place: Balquhidder, Perthshire, Scotland
    / Ancestry.com
  7. 1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com
    Birth date: abt 1832
    Birth place: Abbeymore, Invernessshire
    Residence date: 1891
    Residence place: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland
    / Ancestry.com
  8. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  9. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, Ancestry.com / Ancestry.com
  10. Burrell Family Tree, Various

Historical events

Birthday May 12, 1831

  • The temperature on May 12, 1831 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: helder. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1831: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • April 12 » Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse.
    • June 1 » James Clark Ross becomes the first European at the North Magnetic Pole.
    • August 8 » Four hundred Shawnee people agree to relinquish their lands in Ohio in exchange for land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Wapakoneta.
    • October 9 » Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first head of state of independent Greece, is assassinated.
    • November 5 » Nat Turner, American slave leader, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to death in Virginia.
    • December 5 » Former U.S. President John Quincy Adams takes his seat in the House of Representatives.

Day of marriage January 8, 1867

  • The temperature on January 8, 1867 was about 9.6 °C. There was 0.8 mm of rain. The air pressure was 23 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 90%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • In the year 1867: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • February 28 » Seventy years of Holy See–United States relations are ended by a Congressional ban on federal funding of diplomatic envoys to the Vatican and are not restored until January 10, 1984.
    • March 1 » Nebraska becomes the 37th U.S. state; Lancaster, Nebraska is renamed Lincoln and becomes the state capital.
    • March 2 » The U.S. Congress passes the first Reconstruction Act.
    • May 3 » The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to Vancouver Island.
    • June 19 » Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
    • July 1 » The British North America Act takes effect as the Province of Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia join into confederation to create the modern nation of Canada. Sir John A. Macdonald is sworn in as the first Prime Minister of Canada. This date is commemorated annually in Canada as Canada Day, a national holiday.

Day of death December 13, 1902

  • The temperature on December 13, 1902 was between -6.0 °C and 3.6 °C and averaged 0.1 °C. There was 0.3 hours of sunshine (4%). Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 1, 1901 to August 16, 1905 the cabinet Kuijper, with Dr. A. Kuijper (AR) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1902: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 5.2 million citizens.
    • March 7 » Second Boer War: Boers, led by Koos de la Rey, inflict the biggest defeat upon the British since the beginning of the war, at Tweebosch.
    • April 18 » The 7.5 Mw  Guatemala earthquake shakes Guatemala with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), killing between 800–2,000.
    • May 20 » Cuba gains independence from the United States. Tomás Estrada Palma becomes the country's first President.
    • August 22 » Cadillac Motor Company is founded.
    • August 22 » Theodore Roosevelt becomes the first President of the United States to make a public appearance in an automobile.
    • December 14 » The Commercial Pacific Cable Company lays the first Pacific telegraph cable, from San Francisco to Honolulu.


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