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Re: Kerr etc

Posted: 16 Jan 2011 1:10AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Kerr
This is an old thread so I hope this still finds you. I too am descended from Hugh Kerr, Urinbeg, through his son James. I visited Lochranza just last year, but couldn't get any further back, as church records were burned in a fire. Just wondering if you'd like to compare notes!

Re: arran clearances

Posted: 15 Oct 2011 12:00AM GMT
Classification: Query
My great grandfather,John from Kilmarnock,married Catherine Hamilton of Arran and emigrated to Inverness, Quebec in 1856. They stayed there until about 1880 and were forced to pack up and move south, to Lawrence, Mass. My late Aunt, Catherine Wood, John's grandaughter, bemoaned "that terrible farm", indicating that the going was rough and probably not suited to a weaver from the mainland. Many of the Inverness families moved to the Lawrence-Lowell area as there was a substantial Scottish community there probably due to the mills. Dugald McKenzie's offspring were living in the30s and 40s in my hometown of St. Albans, Vt. A visit to Inverness several years ago yielded only the Scottish burial grounds in the center of the village where English is no longer spoken. What was originally (1829) meant to be a new settlement in Ontario ended in failure in Quebec.

Re: Kerr etc

Posted: 5 Sep 2013 5:10PM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Kerr
I don't know if you are still looking, but I am also descended from the same Hugh Kerr. If you are still researching or have found more information I'd be happy to exchange/share what I have.

C Kerr
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