Kerr

(submitted by Pat McLean)

Andrew Kerr (c. 1793–1871) was born in Scotland. He married Ellen Whillens in 1814 in Scotland. Andrew and Ellen were amongst the first settlers in Val Cartier, Quebec, having arrived as early as 1821 with the Scottish settlers brought out by John Neilson. In 1823 Andrew was granted land in St. Gabriel Twp. on the Rivière-aux-Pins.

Andrew and Ellen raised a family of seven. After Ellen died in 1861, Andrew and his three sons, Andrew (1828–1901), John (1831–1895), and Robert (1837–1870), and two of his daughters, Ellen (1824–1903, m. William Watt) and Jean (1833–1912, m. Paul LaValley) and their families came to Warwick Twp. They settled at Wisbeach on Lot 26, Con. 3 SER.

Andrew Kerr, son of Andrew and Ellen, had married Rachel McPherson in 1859 in Val Cartier. Their three children were: Rachel (1861–1901) who married William Bartley; Andrew Alfred (1864–1950) who married Agnes J. Atchison and Helen Elizabeth (1869–1944) who married William McLean of Warwick Twp.

John Kerr, son of Andrew and Ellen, had also married in Val Cartier. His wife was Margaret Wilson. They had eight children.

Andrew and Ellen Kerr’s third son, Robert, married Margaret Chambers (1838–1917) in Warwick Twp. in 1863. Their children were Thomas (1865–1940) and William (1869–1936). Robert and Margaret lived on his father’s farm at Wisbeach, Lot 26, Con. 3 SER. After Robert died, Margaret married a neighbour widower, John Reycraft, in 1874.

Andrew and Ellen Kerr’s daughter Ellen had married William Watt in Val Cartier, Quebec. Their sons were James Watt (1843–1911) and David Watt (1847–1939). David became a business man in Watford, owning the Golden Lion Clothing Store, and also served as bookkeeper for Peter Dodd’s Store. David married Elizabeth (Aitken) Bastedo, a widow. Ellen and William Watt divorced and she then married John Lamb of Warwick Twp.

Andrew and Ellen Kerr’s daughter Jean married Paul LaValley. One of their daughters, Mary Elizabeth, married William Fuller of Warwick Twp.

Andrew Kerr Sr. eventually returned to Val Cartier where he lived with his daughters, Catherine (m. James McBain) and Margaret (m. James McCartney).

Chapter 24 of 25 - Kerr Family

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