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Ancestors (and descendant) of George Kerr

Henry Kerr
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John Burrell
1801-1861
Janet Aitken
1810-1847

George Kerr
1878-1961


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    1. Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees / Ancestry.com
    2. 1881 British Census, UK Goverment
      Name: George Kerr Age: 2 Estimated birth year: abt 1879 Relationship: Son Father`s Name: Joseph Kerr Mother`s Name: Janet Kerr Gender: Male Where born: Edinburgh, Midlothian Registration Number: 685/1 Registration district: St George Civil parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts County: Midlothian Address: 9 William St ED: 49 Household schedule number: 18 Line: 19 Roll: cssct1881_281
    3. Canada, Ocean Arrivals (Form 30A), 1919-1924, Ancestry.com
      Birth date: abt 1879
      Birth place: Edinburgh, Scotland
      Arrival date: 18 May 1923
      Arrival place: Quebec, Canada
      Departure date: 1923
      Departure place: Glasgow, Scotland
      / Ancestry.ca
    4. 1901 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com
      Birth date: abt 1879
      Birth place: Edinburgh
      Residence date: 1901
      Residence place: Edinburgh St Cuthbert, Midlothian, Scotland
      / Ancestry.com
    5. 1881 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com
      Birth date: abt 1879
      Birth place: Edinburgh, Midlothian
      Residence date: 1881
      Residence place: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland
      / Ancestry.com
    6. 1891 Scotland Census, Ancestry.com
      Birth date: abt 1879
      Birth place: Edinburgh
      Residence date: 1891
      Residence place: Edinburgh St Cuthberts, Midlothian, Scotland
      / Ancestry.com

    Historical events

    Birthday April 22, 1878

    • The temperature on April 22, 1878 was about 12.0 °C. There was 5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 5 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 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)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from November 3, 1877 to August 20, 1879 the cabinet Kappeijne van de Coppello, with Mr. J. Kappeijne van de Coppello (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1878: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 18 » John Tunstall is murdered by outlaw Jesse Evans, sparking the Lincoln County War in Lincoln County, New Mexico.
      • February 21 » The first telephone directory is issued in New Haven, Connecticut.
      • February 22 » In Utica, New York, Frank Woolworth opens the first of many of five-and-dime Woolworth stores.
      • June 15 » Eadweard Muybridge takes a series of photographs to prove that all four feet of a horse leave the ground when it runs; the study becomes the basis of motion pictures.
      • July 1 » Canada joins the Universal Postal Union.
      • December 31 » Karl Benz, working in Mannheim, Germany, filed for a patent on his first reliable two-stroke gas engine, and he was granted the patent in 1879.

    Day of death December 6, 1961

    • The temperature on December 6, 1961 was between 0.6 °C and 6.3 °C and averaged 3.5 °C. There was 9.8 mm of rain during 2.3 hours. There was 5.0 hours of sunshine (63%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1961: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 11.6 million citizens.
      • January 9 » British authorities announce they have uncovered the Soviet Portland Spy Ring in London.
      • January 11 » Throgs Neck Bridge over the East River, linking New York City's boroughs of The Bronx and Queens, opens to road traffic.
      • April 16 » In a nationally broadcast speech, Cuban leader Fidel Castro declares that he is a Marxist–Leninist and that Cuba is going to adopt Communism.
      • May 9 » FCC Chairman Newton N. Minow gives his Wasteland Speech.
      • June 23 » The Antarctic Treaty System, which sets aside Antarctica as a scientific preserve and limits military activity on the continent, its islands and ice shelves, comes into force.
      • October 17 » Directed by their chief Maurice Papon, Paris police massacre scores of Algerian protesters.
    

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