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Personal data Jean Kerr 

Sources 1, 2

Household of Jean Kerr

She is married to Robert Ramsey.

Their notice of marriage was on July 24, 1818 in Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 6

Their notice of marriage was on July 25, 1818 in Beith, Ayrshire, Scotland.Source 6

They got married on August 10, 1818 at Dunlop, Ayrshire, Scotland, she was 20 years old.Source 6


Child(ren):

  1. Alexander Ramsay  ± 1821-????
  2. Bryce K Ramsey  1829-????
  3. Robert Ramsey  1832-????
  4. William Ramsey  1836-????
  5. John Ramsey  1841-????
  6. Janet Ramsey  ± 1826-????


Notes about Jean Kerr

1. From the book "FAMILY RECORDS" Compiled by Robert Reid 1912.

Janet Ker (page 187), married Alexander Ramsay, Beith.
Issue-
(1) Robert Ramsay, farmer, Beith, married 10th August, 1818, Jean Kerr, daughter of Bryce Ker, Oldmill, Dunlop
(previously of Kersland Mill, and said to be of Sidehouse Kers), she was born 27th June, 1798, and died 15th
April, 1859. Issue-

(a) Alexander, born 7th December, 1819, married Martha Leighton. Issue -
(A) Robert, died Calgary.

(2) William Ramsay was agent for Clydesdale Bank, Beith. He died 2nd October, 1868, aged 62 years, married Isabella
Wilson, daughter of Robert Wilson, merchant, Beith. Issue -

(a) Isabella Wardrop, married John Morrison, surgeon, Beith. Issue-
(A)William Ramsay Morrison.
(b) Janet Ker, married Dr. Galloway, Gateshead, Newcastle. Issue-
(A) John.
(B) Isobel.
(C) Theo.
(c) Jean Agnes, married Rev. Henry Hutchison; Sydney, N.S.W., and has family.

(3) Agnes Ramsay, married 5th March, 1814, to Robert Love, merchant in Beith, and had family.

(4) Jean Ramsay, died 4th February, 1864, unmarried, aged 69.

(5) Janet Ramsay, married John Muir, tanner, Beith, and died 26th March, 1867, aged 65 years; John Muir died 21st
October, 1879, aged 83 years.

2. https://www.genealogy.com/forum/regional/countries/topics/scotland/ayrshire/345/
Chris, Thank you for taking the trouble to reply. I have since found out that Whang Street was the original name of what is now called Eglinton Street. I was lucky enough to be in Beith last Saturday and was hoping to view the house where my relatives lived however it is now a newsagent and sweetie shop apparently converted from two houses. Oh well thats progress for you. I did however pop into the library whilst I was there and the librarian was really helpful and they have copies of the inscriptions from the old cemetry where I was able to find a little more information, so all was not lost.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Jean Kerr

Jean Kerr
1798-1859

1818

Robert Ramsey
1797-< 1859

Alexander Ramsay
± 1821-????
Bryce K Ramsey
1829-????
Robert Ramsey
1832-????
William Ramsey
1836-????
John Ramsey
1841-????
Janet Ramsey
± 1826-????

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  1. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Ramsey Parish: Beith; ED: 1; Page: 3; Line: 13; Roll: CSSCT1851_129; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.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.
    Record for Robert Ramsey
    Name: Robert Ramsey
    Age: 52
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1799
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Jean K Ramsey
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Beith, Ayrshire
    Parish Number: 581
    Civil Parish: Beith
    Town: Beith
    County: Ayrshire
    Address: Whang Street
    Occupation: Tanner (employing 28 Men) Currier (employing 20 Men) Farmer (of 40 Acres Employing 4 Labourers)
    ED: 1
    Page: 3
    Household Schedule Number: 10
    Line: 13
    Roll: CSSCT1851_129
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Robert Ramsey 52
    Jean K Ramsey 51
    Bryce K Ramsey 22
    Robert Ramsey 19
    William Ramsey 15
    John Ramsey 10
    Janet Rankin 25 Servant
    Janet King 11 Visitor
  2. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Robert Ramsey Parish: Beith; ED: 1; Page: 15; Line: 1043; 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 Robert Ramsey
    Name: Robert Ramsey
    Age: 44
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1797
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Ayrshire, Scotland
    Civil parish: Beith
    County: Ayrshire
    Address: Whang
    Occupation: Merchant
    Parish Number: 581
    Household Members Age
    Robert Ramsey 44
    Jean Ramsey 40
    Alexander Ramsey 20
    Janet Ramsey 15
    Bryce Ramsey 13
    Robert Ramsey 10
    William Ramsey 5
    John Ramsey 7 Months
    Martha Lightning 20 Servant
  3. FAMILY RECORDS Compiled by Robert Reid 1912, Robert Ramsay Family Records In 1900 compiled the “Family Records ” of the Dunlops of Dunlop, Loanhead, Hapland, and Borland; the Boyds of Kilmarnock and Bonshaw; the Reids of Stacklawhill, Bonshaw, Muirhead, Knowhead, Balgray, and Borland ; the Fergusons of Auchintiber, Fulwood, Oldhall, Fairliecrevoch, and Borland, and cadets; the Kers of Kersland, Triorne, Auchingree, Gatend, and cadets; the Gilmours of Grange, Brownhills, Nethergrie, and cadets: the compilation being dedicated to Angela Georgina Bartlett, Baroness Burdett-Coutts, and Sir Andrew Lusk, Bart., they being the oldest then living members of the connection. The edition was limited to one hundred copies, all subscribed for. As the 1900 edition is out of print, and I have been repeatedly requested by members of the connection and others interested in such works to issue another edition, and to include the genealogies of other families connected with those Whose genealogies were given in the 1900 issue, I consented to do so; and now include the genealogies of such families as the Longmuirs, Grays, Maxwells, Rankins, Cunninghames, Fairries, Blairs, Neils and Ralstons, and cadets of same, to all of whom I am indebted for information freely given concemiug their respective families. The bulk of the information now given has been collected from such reliable sources as—the Ofiice of Public Records; Sasines; the Advocate’s Library; the General Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths; The Signet Library at Edinburgh; the Commissary Ofiices, Glasgow; Paterson's History of Ayrshire and its Families; Robertson’s Ayrshire Families; Dobies Pont’s Cunningham; Dunlop’s Memorabilia of the Dunlops ; and from family papers and title deeds, which have been kindly placed at my disposal, with permission to make extracts therefrom for publication; and with the invaluable assistance of the late John Gemmill, K.C., of Ottowa, Canada, John Graham Dunlop, Esq., of Gairbraid, I.C.S., and Alexander Ferguson Reid, Esq., of Bonshaw, F.C.S. The compiler will esteem it a favour if subscribers, or others, who may happen to notice errors of any description in connection with their own, or other family data, will kindly advise him of the same, as in a work of this description it is almost impossible to compileso much data entirely free from errors. ROBERT REID, EAST BALGRAY. CALDWELL, IRVINE, 1912.
    Robert Ramsay, farmer, Beith, married 11th August, 1818, Jean Kerr, daughter of Bryce Ker, Oldmill, Dunlop
    (previously of Kersland Mill, and said to be of Sidehouse Kers), she was born 27th June, 1798, and died 15th
  4. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1798 KERR, JEAN, (Old Parish Registers Births 591/ 10 379) Dunlop Not downloaded
    1798 KERR, JEAN, BRYCE KERR/JANET KING F 01/07/1798 591/ 10 379 Dunlop
  5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1859 KERR, JEAN (Statutory registers Deaths 581/ 36)
    1859 KERR, JEAN (Statutory registers Deaths 581/ 36)
    Deaths in the Parish of Beith in the County of Ayr 1859.
    Ramsey, Jean
    Widow of a Leather Merchant
    Widow
    1859 April Fifteenth 5h. 50m A.M.
    Whang Street, Beith F. 60 years
    Parents: Bryce Kerr, Farmer & Miller, Deceased
    Janet Kerr, Maiden name King, Deceased
    COD: Appoplexy 6 Days
    As Certified by Thos. Miller
    Surgeon
    Who saw deceased 14th April 1859
    Burial Place: Parish Churchyard of Beith
    As certified by John Cochrane, Sexton
    Inf. Alexander Ramsey, Son (Present)
    Registered
    1859 April 21st Beith
    William Duff
    Registrar
  6. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Banns and Marriages, 1818 RAMSAY, ROBERT JEAN KERR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 591/ 20 244 Dunlop) 1818 RAMSAY, ROBERT JEAN KERR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 581/ 10 394 Beith)
    1818 RAMSAY, ROBERT JEAN KERR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 591/ 20 244 Dunlop)
    1818 RAMSAY, ROBERT JEAN KERR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 581/ 10 394 Beith)

    1818 RAMSAY, ROBERT JEAN KERR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 591/ 20 244 Dunlop)
    Dunlop 24 July 1818
    Robert Ramsay in the Parish of Beith and Jean Kerr in this Parish gave in their names for proclamation of Banns in order to marriage and were married 10th August 1818 -----------------

    1818 RAMSAY, ROBERT JEAN KERR (Old Parish Registers Marriages 581/ 10 394 Beith)
    1818
    Robert Ramsay in this Parish and Jean Kerr in the Parish of Dunlop ........25th July

    https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/11254728?image=244&return_row=1

Historical events

Birthday June 27, 1798

  • The temperature on June 27, 1798 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. 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 1798: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 25 » United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take place.
    • June 5 » The Battle of New Ross: The attempt to spread the United Irish Rebellion into Munster is defeated.
    • July 7 » As a result of the XYZ Affair, the US Congress rescinds the Treaty of Alliance with France sparking the "Quasi-War".
    • August 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
    • August 31 » Irish Rebellion: Irish rebels, with French assistance, establish the short-lived Republic of Connacht.
    • September 5 » Conscription is made mandatory in France by the Jourdan law.

Christening day July 1, 1798

  • The temperature on July 1, 1798 was about 18.0 °C. There was 44 mm of rainWind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: betrokken regen. 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 1798: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 15 » The Roman Republic is proclaimed after Louis-Alexandre Berthier, a general of Napoleon, had invaded the city of Rome five days earlier.
    • May 25 » United Irishmen Rebellion: Battle of Carlow begins; executions of suspected rebels at Carnew and at Dunlavin Green take place.
    • July 14 » The Sedition Act becomes law in the United States making it a federal crime to write, publish, or utter false or malicious statements about the United States government.
    • August 1 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.
    • August 27 » Wolfe Tone's United Irish and French forces clash with the British Army in the Battle of Castlebar, part of the Irish Rebellion of 1798, resulting in the creation of the French puppet Republic of Connacht.
    • October 12 » Flemish and Luxembourgish peasants launch the rebellion against French rule known as the Peasants' War.

Day of marriage August 10, 1818

  • The temperature on August 10, 1818 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: half bewolkt. 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 1818: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 2 » The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
    • January 15 » A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
    • February 5 » Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte ascends to the thrones of Sweden and Norway.
    • April 5 » In the Battle of Maipú, Chile's independence movement, led by Bernardo O'Higgins and José de San Martín, win a decisive victory over Spain, leaving 2,000 Spaniards and 1,000 Chilean patriots dead.
    • April 16 » The United States Senate ratifies the Rush–Bagot Treaty, limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain.
    • September 7 » Carl III of Sweden–Norway is crowned king of Norway, in Trondheim.

Day of death April 15, 1859

  • The temperature on April 15, 1859 was about 6.2 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain. The air pressure was 64 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the west-northwest. The airpressure was 74 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 71%. 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).
  • From March 18, 1858 till February 23, 1860 the Netherlands had a cabinet Rochussen - Van Bosse with the prime ministers J.J. Rochussen (conservatief-liberaal) and Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal).
  • In the year 1859: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.3 million citizens.
    • February 4 » The Codex Sinaiticus is discovered in Egypt.
    • February 19 » Daniel E. Sickles, a New York Congressman, is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity.
    • May 4 » The Cornwall Railway opens across the Royal Albert Bridge linking Devon and Cornwall in England.
    • June 24 » Battle of Solferino (Battle of the Three Sovereigns): Sardinia and France defeat Austria in Solferino, northern Italy.
    • August 28 » The Carrington event is the strongest geomagnetic storm on record to strike the Earth. Electrical telegraph service is widely disrupted.
    • October 16 » John Brown leads a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia.


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