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Personal data Janet Kerr 

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

Household of Janet Kerr

She is married to David Arthur.

They got married on December 25, 1855 at Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland, she was 34 years old.Source 2


Child(ren):

  1. Margaret Arthur  ± 1857-????
  2. Robert Kerr Arthur  ± 1854-????
  3. Bryce Kerr Arthur  1861-????


Notes about Janet Kerr

1. http://www.happyhaggis.co.uk/ayrshire-dalryold.htm
has the following information-------
0821 In memory of Bryce Kerr of Auchengree who died 24th July 1867 in the 60th year of his age, and of his only son, Robert Kerr who died 9th September 1874 aged 9 years and his [sister] (Robert Kerr and Margaret Workmans daughter) Janet Kerr, wife of David Arthur who died at Auchengree 18th July 1887 in her 68th year.
The above Janet Kerr, married to David Arthur was Robert Kerr and Margaret Workmans daughter. She died on 18 July 1887

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Janet Kerr

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

Janet Kerr
1821-1887

1855

David Arthur
± 1821-????

Margaret Arthur
± 1857-????
Robert Kerr Arthur
± 1854-????
Bryce Kerr Arthur
1861-????

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    1. 1851 Scotland Census Scotlands People, 1851 KERR, MARGARET (Census 587/ 5/ 11) Parish: Dalry 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.
      Name: Margaret Kerr
      Age: 74
      Estimated birth year: abt 1777
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Ardrossan, Aryshire
      Parish Number: 587
      Civil Parish: Dalry
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Auchengree
      Occupation: Annuitant
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Margaret Kerr 74 Head
      Bryce Kerr 44 Son
      Jane Kerr 41 Daughter
      Janet Kerr 28 Daughter
      Robert K Douglas 11 Nephew
      Margaret Douglas 9 Nephew
      John Douglas 5 Nephew
      Mary Jane Douglas 3 Niece
      David Arthur 30 Servant
      Esther Smillie 24 Servant
    2. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1855 Record for David Arthur & Janet Kerr Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
      Record for David Arthur & Janet Kerr
      Name: Janet Kerr
      Gender: Female
      Marriage Date: 25 Dec 1855
      Marriage Place: Dalry, Ayr, Scotland
      Spouse: David Arthur
      FHL Film Number: 6035516
      / Ancestry.com
    3. 1881 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Arthur Parish: Dalry; ED: 14; Page: 21; Line: 10; Roll: cssct1881_183 1881 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] [Scotlandspeople.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 Arthur
      Name: David Arthur
      Age: 69
      Estimated birth year: abt 1812
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Janet Arthur
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Ireland
      Registration Number: 587
      Registration district: Dalry
      Civil Parish: Dalry
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Meikle Auchengree Farm
      Occupation: Farmer (150 Acres of Wh: 145 Arable employing One Girl)
      ED: 14
      Household schedule number: 86
      Line: 10
      Roll: CSSCT1881_183
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Arthur 69
      Janet Arthur 60
      Robert K Arthur 27
      Bryce K Arthur 19
      Kate Russell 22
    4. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Arthur Parish: Dalry; ED: 14; Page: 11; Line: 18; Roll: CSSCT1861_84 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 Arthur
      Name: David Arthur
      Age: 40
      Estimated birth year: abt 1821
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Jenat Arthur
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Ireland
      Registration Number: 587
      Registration district: Dalry
      Civil Parish: Dalry
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Auchengree
      Occupation: Farm Labourer
      ED: 14
      Household schedule number: 48
      Line: 18
      Roll: CSSCT1861_84
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Arthur 40
      Jenat Arthur 40
      Margaret Arthur 4
    5. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Margaret Kerr Parish: Dalry; ED: 5; Page: 11; Line: 6; Roll: CSSCT1851_130; 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 Margaret Kerr
      Name: Margaret Kerr
      Age: 74
      Estimated birth year: abt 1777
      Relationship: Head
      Gender: Female
      Where born: Ardrossan, Aryshire
      Parish Number: 587
      Civil Parish: Dalry
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Auchengree
      Occupation: Annuitant
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      Margaret Kerr 74 Head
      Bryce Kerr 44 Son
      Jane Kerr 41 Daughter
      Janet Kerr 28 Daughter
      Robert K Douglas 11 Nephew
      Margaret Douglas 9 Nephew
      John Douglas 5 Nephew
      Mary Jane Douglas 3 Niece
      David Arthur 30 Servant
      Esther Smillie 24 Servant
    6. 1871 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for David Arthur Parish: Dalry; ED: 14; Page: 15; Line: 10; Roll: CSSCT1871_108 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 Arthur
      Name: David Arthur
      Age: 51
      Estimated birth year: abt 1820
      Relationship: Head
      Spouse's name: Jenat Arthur
      Gender: Male
      Where born: Ireland
      Registration Number: 587
      Registration district:Dalry
      Civil Parish: Dalry
      County: Ayrshire
      Address: Davidshill Farm
      Occupation: Farmer of 69 acres, 56 arable
      ED: 14
      Household schedule number: 55
      Line: 10
      Roll: CSSCT1871_108
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      David Arthur 51 Head Ireland
      Jenat Arthur 50 Wife Dalry, Ayrshire
      Robert Kerr Arthur 17 Son Dalry, Ayrshire
      Margaret Arthur 14 Daughter Dalry, Ayrshire
      Bryce Kerr Arthur 9 Son Dalry, Ayrshire
      Mary Merkle 18 Servant
    7. Scotlands People - Old Parish Registers of Births and Baptisms, 1821 KERR, JANET (Old Parish Registers Births 587/ 30 11 Dalry)
      12/08/1821 KERR, JANET (Old Parish Registers Births 587/ 30 11 Dalry)
      Births and Baptisms 1821.
      Robt. Kerr Kersland had a lawful daughter called Janet born the 12th of August 1821
    8. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1887 KERR, JANET (Statutory registers Deaths 587/ 91)
      1887 KERR, JANET (Statutory registers Deaths 587/ 91)
      Deaths in the Parish of Dalry in the County of Ayr 1887.
      Janet Arthur
      (Married to David Arhur, Farmer)
      1887 July, Eighteenth, 12 h. Midnight
      Auchengree, Dalry. F. 68 Years.
      Parents: Robert Kerr. Farmer. (deceased)
      Margaret Kerr. M.S, Workman (deceased)
      COD: Congestion of Lungs
      as cert. by
      Mathew S Anderson
      Inf. David Arthur, Widower (present)
      Registered
      1887 July 19th, Dalry
      John Ramsay
      Assist. Registrar
      AC
    9. Newspaper Article, 1887 Record for Janet Kerr or Arthur Irvine Times - Friday 22 July 1887
      Irvine Times - Friday 22 July 1887
      Deaths -
      At Auchengree, Dalry, Ayrshire, on the 18th inst., Janet Kerr, wife of David Arthur, and youngest daughter of the late Robert Kerr, Esq., of Auchengree, in her 69th year. - American papers please copy.
    10. Web Site Information, 1867 Bryce Kerr http://www.happyhaggis.co.uk/ayrshire-dalryold.htm
      0821 In memory of Bryce Kerr of Auchengree who died 25th July 1867 in the 60th year of his age and of his only son Robert Kerr who died 9th September 1874 aged 9 years and his daughter (SISTER) Janet Kerr wife of David Arthur who died at Auchengree 18th July 1887 in her 68th year.

      Janet Kerr here is Bryce Kerrs Sister

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    Birthday August 12, 1821

    • The temperature on August 12, 1821 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    Day of marriage December 25, 1855

    • The temperature on December 25, 1855 was about 3.8 °C. The air pressure was 8 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 93%. 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).
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    Day of death July 18, 1887

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