Harrower Family Tree » Mary Kerr (1817-1884)

Personal data Mary Kerr 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Household of Mary Kerr

She is married to David Rankin.

They got married on August 25, 1840 at Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, Scotland, she was 23 years old.Source 9


Child(ren):

  1. John Rankin  1841-????
  2. Margaret Rankin  1842-???? 
  3. Jeanie Rankin  1845-1895 
  4. Robert Kerr Rankin  1848-1903 
  5. Mary Kerr Rankin  ± 1850-1934 
  6. David Rankin  1853-1856
  7. Agnes Rankin  1858-???? 
  9. Bryce Kerr Rankin  1856-1856


Notes about Mary Kerr

1. The Kerr family can be traced back to 1205 but has not yet been proven by myself.

2. See file "All in One Tree of Mary Kerr" and also James Gilmour named as Agnes Gilmour's Father in James Patterson's book, "History of County of Ayr Vol 1 (1847), page 426-427"
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Kerr

Bryce Ker
1730-± 1810
Agnes Gilmour
1729-????
Hugh Workman
1739-????
Margaret Ramsay
1743-1836
Robert Ker
1760-1838
Margaret Workman
1776-< 1864

Mary Kerr
1817-1884

1840

David Rankin
1810-1891

John Rankin
1841-????
Margaret Rankin
1842-????
Jeanie Rankin
1845-1895
Robert Kerr Rankin
1848-1903
Mary Kerr Rankin
± 1850-1934
David Rankin
1853-1856
Agnes Rankin
1858-????
Janet Kerr 'Jessie' Rankin
1860-1932
Bryce Kerr Rankin
1856-1856

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    1. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Rankin Parish: Kilmarnock; ED: 26; Page: 7; Line: 1; Roll: CSSCT1861_86 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Record for David Rankin
      Name: David Rankin
      Age: 50
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Mary K Rankin
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
      Registration Number: 597
      Registration district: Kilmarnock
      Civil Parish: Kilmarnock
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Wardneuck
      Occupation: Farmer of 80 Acres employing 5 Labourers
      ED: 26
      Household schedule number: 26
      Line: 1
      Roll: CSSCT1861_86
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 50
      Mary K Rankin 43
      Margaret Rankin 18
      Jean Rankin 16
      Robert K Rankin 12
      Mary Rankin 11
      Agness Rankin 2
      Janet K Rankin 3 Mo
      James Johnstone 16 Agr Labr
      Anne Robertson 20 domestic servant
    2. 1851 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1851 RANKIN, DAVID (Census 597/ 26/ 3) Parish: Kilmarnock 1851 Scotland Census [scotlandspeople.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      1851 RANKIN, DAVID (Census 597/ 26/ 3)
      1851 Census Wardneuk Farm, Kilmarnock
      Name: David Rankin
      Age: 40
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Ayrshire, Kilmarnock
      Civil Parish: Kilmarnock
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Wardneuk Farm
      Occupation: Farmer of 20 Acres employing 4 labourers
      Parish Number: 597
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 40 Head b. Kilmarnock
      Mary Kerr 32 Wife b. Dalry
      John Rankin 9 Son b. Kilmarnock
      Margret Rankin 7 Dau. b. Kilmarnock
      Jean Rankin 5 Dau. b. Kilmarnock
      Robert Rankin 3 Son b. Kilmarnock
      Mary Rankin 1 Dau. b. Kilmarnock
    3. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Rankin Parish: Loudoun; ED: 7; Page: 12; Line: 9; Roll: CSSCT1881_192 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online
      Record for David Rankin
      Name: David Rankin
      Age: 70
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Mary K Rankin
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
      Registration Number: 603
      Registration district: Loudoun
      Civil Parish: Loudoun
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Crawlaw Farm
      Occupation: Farmer of 104½ acres all arable, employing 1 Man 3 Girls & 1 Boy
      ED: 7
      Household schedule number: 53
      Line: 9
      Roll: CSSCT
      1881_192
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 70 Head
      Mary K Rankin 64 Wife
      Jeanie Rankin 36 Daughter
      Robert K Rankin 33 Son
      Agnes Rankin 22 Daughter
      Jessie K Rankin 20 Daughter
      Minnie Rankin 14 Grandaughter
      Alexander Rankin 12 Grandson
      Joseph Macmillan 15 Servant
    4. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Rankin Parish: Galston; ED: 6; Page: 10; Line: 2; Roll: CSSCT1871_110 1871 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      Record for David Rankin
      Name: David Rankin
      Age: 60
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Mary Rankin
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
      Registration Number: 593
      Registration district:Galston
      Civil Parish: Galston
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Goatfoot Farm
      Occupation: Farmer 160 acres arable employing 3 Men and 3 women
      ED: 6
      Household schedule number: 39
      Line: 2
      Roll: CSSCT1871_110
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 60
      Mary Rankin 53
      Robert Rankin 23
      Mary Rankin 28
      Agnes Rankin 11
      Jessie D Rankin 10
      Andrew Loot 45
      James Bryan 17
      Agnes Mester 21
    5. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Kerr Parish: Kilmarnock; ED: 6A; Page: 6; Line: 1135; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online.
      Record for Margaret Kerr
      Name: Margaret Kerr
      Age: 60
      Estimated birth year: abt 1781
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Ayrshire, Scotland
      Civil Parish: Kilmarnock
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Wardneuk
      Parish Number: 597
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 30
      Mary Kerr 20
      John Rankin 4 Days
      Jean Galt 70
      Margaret Kerr 60
      Katherin Sillars 25
      Janet Thorburn 25
      James Brown 20
      Thomas Grey 12
    6. 1871 Scotland Census Scotlands people, 1871 RANKIN, DAVID (Census 593/ 6/ 9) Parish: Galston 1871 Scotland Census [Scotlandspeople.com] The 1871 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 2/3 April 1871. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
      1871 RANKIN, DAVID (Census 593/ 6/ 9)
      Name: David Rankin
      Age: 60
      Estimated birth year: abt 1811
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Mary Rankin
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Kilmarnock, Ayrshire
      Registration Number: 593
      Registration district:Galston
      Civil Parish: Galston
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Goatfoot Farm
      Occupation: Farmer 160 acres arable employing 3 Men and 3 women
      ED: 6
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Rankin 60
      Mary Rankin 53
      Robert Rankin 23
      Mary Rankin 28
      Agnes Rankin 11
      Jessie D Rankin 10
      Andrew Loot 45
      James Bryan 17
      Agnes Mester 21
    7. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1817 KERR, MARY (Old Parish Registers Births 587/ 20 161 Dalry)
      1817 KERR, MARY (Old Parish Registers Births 587/ 20 161 Dalry)
      Rob't Kerr in Kersland had a lawful daughter called Mary
      Born 28th Jan'y Baptised 23d.Feby 1817
    8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1884 KERR, MARY (Statutory registers Deaths 603/ 60)
      1884 KERR, MARY (Statutory registers Deaths 603/ 60)
      Deaths in the Parish of Loudoun in the County of Ayr 1884.
      Mary Rankin.
      (Married to David Rankin, Farmer)
      1884 August Ninth
      2h.0m. A.M.
      Crawlaw Farm, Galston, Parish of Loudoun.
      F. 66 Years.
      Parents: Robert Kerr
      Farmer (deceased)
      Margaret Kerr M.S. Workman (deceased)
      COD: Chronic Laryngitis,
      2 Months.
      As Cert. by William Law or Low
      MBCM Edin.
      Inf. R(obert) K(err). Rankin,
      Son
      (Present)
      Registered
      1884 August 11th at Newmilns
      Andrew Cameron.
      Registrar
    9. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1840 RANKIN, DAVID MARY KERR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 596/ 20 135 Kilbirnie)
      25/08/1840 RANKIN, DAVID MARY KERR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 596/ 20 135 Kilbirnie)
      Bookings and Marriages 1840
      Booked Aug't 8? Married Aug't 25
      David Rankin in the parish of Kilmarnock and Mary Kerr in this parish

    Historical events

    Birthday January 28, 1817

    • The temperature on January 28, 1817 was about 4.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south east. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1817: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 19 » An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
      • February 8 » Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
      • July 19 » Unsuccessful in his attempt to conquer the Kingdom of Hawaii for the Russian-American Company, Georg Anton Schäffer is forced to admit defeat and leave Kauai.
      • October 16 » Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.
      • October 17 » The tomb of Pharaoh Seti I is discovered.
      • December 10 » Mississippi becomes the 20th U.S. state.

    Christening day February 23, 1817

    • The temperature on February 23, 1817 was about 8.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: regen winderig. 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 1817: Source: Wikipedia
      • January 19 » An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
      • February 8 » Las Heras crosses the Andes with an army to join San Martín and liberate Chile from Spain.
      • February 12 » An Argentine/Chilean patriotic army, after crossing the Andes, defeats Spanish troops at the Battle of Chacabuco.
      • July 4 » In Rome, New York, construction on the Erie Canal begins.
      • October 16 » Simón Bolívar sentences Manuel Piar to death for challenging the racial-caste in Venezuela.
      • October 17 » The tomb of Pharaoh Seti I is discovered.

    Day of marriage August 25, 1840

    • The temperature on August 25, 1840 was about 17.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
    •  This page is only available in Dutch.
      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 1840: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
      • February 10 » Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom marries Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
      • February 11 » Gaetano Donizetti's opera La fille du régiment receives its first performance in Paris, France.
      • May 7 » The Great Natchez Tornado strikes Natchez, Mississippi killing 317 people. It is the second deadliest tornado in United States history.
      • May 22 » The penal transportation of British convicts to the New South Wales colony is abolished.
      • June 20 » Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.
      • July 23 » The Province of Canada is created by the Act of Union.

    Day of death August 9, 1884

    • The temperature on August 9, 1884 was about 27.0 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 43%. 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 April 23, 1884 to April 21, 1888 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1884: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • March 27 » A mob in Cincinnati, Ohio, attacks members of a jury which had returned a verdict of manslaughter in what was seen as a clear case of murder; over the next few days the mob would riot and eventually destroy the courthouse.
      • May 1 » Moses Fleetwood Walker becomes the first black person to play in a professional baseball game in the United States.
      • May 1 » The Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Unions demands the eight-hour work day in the United States.
      • June 16 » The first purpose-built roller coaster, LaMarcus Adna Thompson's "Switchback Railway", opens in New York's Coney Island amusement park.
      • July 3 » Dow Jones & Company publishes its first stock average.
      • December 10 » Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is published.
    

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