Adam Kerr
Bef 1824 - 1903 (~ 78 years)-
Name Adam Kerr Born Bef 9 May 1824 [1] Christened 9 May 1824 Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland 
[2] Gender Male Died 6 Jan 1903 Warrion, Victoria, Australia [3] Buried 9 Jan 1903 Cundare Cemetery, Cundare, Victoria, Australia [3] Person ID I347 Lois Willis Last Modified 27 Jul 2009
Father Ralph Kerr, b. 11 Nov 1787, Ayton, Berwickshire, Scotland , d. 2 Jun 1875, Eurambeen, Victoria, Australia (Age 87 years) Mother Margaret Haswell, b. 1794, Berwickshire, Scotland , d. 29 Dec 1884, Emu Hotel, Armstrong Street, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 90 years) Married 24 May 1816 Hutton, Berwickshire, Scotland Family ID F83 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Eleanor Brown, b. 1835, d. 1892, Beaufort, Victoria, Australia (Age 57 years) Married 1859 Rothbury, Northumberland, England [4] Children + 1. William Edward Kerr, b. 1860, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , d. 1927, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia (Age 67 years)2. Mary Kerr, b. 1861, Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia , d. 1883, Beaufort, Victoria, Australia (Age 22 years)3. Jessie Kerr, b. 1863, Dowling Forest, Victoria, Australia , d. 1863, Victoria, Australia (Age 0 years)+ 4. Eleanor Kerr, b. 1865, Beaufort, Victoria, Australia , d. 27 Jul 1904, Beaufort, Victoria, Australia (Age 39 years)5. Ralph Kerr, b. 1870, Stockyard Hill, Victoria, Australia , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 21 Jan 2010 Family ID F136 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Event Map 
Christened - 9 May 1824 - Mordington, Berwickshire, Scotland 
Married - 1859 - Rothbury, Northumberland, England 
Died - 6 Jan 1903 - Warrion, Victoria, Australia 
Buried - 9 Jan 1903 - Cundare Cemetery, Cundare, Victoria, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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Notes - The 1841 Scotland Census shows Adam was in the household of Ralph Kerr in Foulden Newton, Berwickshire. He was age 17, born in County.
Adam came to Australia with his wife Eleanor on the "Commodore Perry". It sailed from Liverpool on 28th May and arrived in Melbourne on 25 August 1859. Adam was a farm servant from Northumberland. He was Presbyterian. He could read and write, and was aged 34. Adam and Eleanor came on the same ship as his parents and siblings.
He was a labourer. He died of cancer of face, exhaustion and syncope, 6 weeks. His parents were Ralph Kerr, farmer, and Margaret Haswell. The informant was Ralph Kerr, brother, Warrion. The undertaker was R E Bevan. The minister was William Agnew, Presbyterian Minister. The witnesses at his burial were Charles Sclett and Hugh Reid. He was born in Berwickshire, Scotland, and had lived in Victoria for 42 years.
- The 1841 Scotland Census shows Adam was in the household of Ralph Kerr in Foulden Newton, Berwickshire. He was age 17, born in County.
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Sources - [S2322] Year of birth calculated from age at time of death.
- [S1340] OPR Index Births & Christenings (1553-1854), GROS Data 752/00 0002 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2535] Adam Kerr death certificate.
- [S2957] England & Wales, FreeBDM Marriage Index: 1837-1983, March quarter Volume 10b page 421 (Reliability: 3).
- [S2322] Year of birth calculated from age at time of death.