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Charles Edward KERR  ‎(I10019)‎
Given Names: Charles Edward
Surname: KERR

Gender: MaleMale
      
Birth: circa 1813 Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Death: 13 December 1903 ‎(Age 90)‎
Personal Facts and Details
Birth circa 1813 Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Marriage Janet McCall AFFLECK - 10 June 1842 ‎(Age 29)‎ Saint Cuthberts Parish Church, Edinburgh, Scotland
Biographical Notes

Hide Details Note: What caused Charles Kerr to emigrate to South Australia is not known with certainty as several versions have been given by various branches of the family. He travelled by the "Joseph Rowan", 935 tons, Captain McKie, as a cabin ‎(first class)‎ passenger and arrived on 16 Jun 1854 having left Liverpool on 21 Mar 1854 when Georgina was only 9 months old. He was appointed Master of Ardtornish School on 19 Jan 1857. This school had been made possible by a government grant in March 1847 in the Modbury district about 6 miles north east of Adelaide. The Presbyterian Church donated 20 pounds. Official returns state that the school conducted by Charles Kerr was "a very useful school conducted by an energetic master in a good and well furnished building.

Charles wife, Janet, joined him in 1856. With her 5 children she left Liverpool by the "Phoenix" 907 tons, Captain William Moppett on 20 Oct 1855 bound for Sydney. Page 2 of the passenger list has No. 16 Jane Kerr, aged 35 ‎(error for Janet)‎, George Kerr. 11 - Eliza ‎(Elizabeth 9 - Archie. 5 - Mary 4 and Georgina aged 1 year. The latter was aged 2. The "Phoenix" reached Melbourne on her way to Sydney on 19 Jan 1856 and from there Janet conducted her brood aboard the "White Swan" Captain Lamond and reached Port Adelaide on 27 Jan 1856. Notice in the Adelaide "Observer" of 2 Feb 1856.

How many years the family were at Ardtornish has not been ascertained but Charles was still a school teacher "of Waterloo" in 1880 by the Directory but late of Waterloo in 1890.‎
Biographical Notes Janet McCall AFFLECK -

Note: Charles and Janet Affleck retired from Waterloo where Charles was still "teacher" to Bakewell Road, Evandale, near Adelaide. ‎(He was possibly farming though aged in his 70's)‎
Death 13 December 1903 ‎(Age 90)‎
Burial Payneham Cemetery, Payneham, South Australia, Australia
Last Change 25 November 2007 - 13:38
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Immediate Family  (F2362)
Janet McCall AFFLECK
1823 - 1893
George Black KERR
1843 - 1890
Elizabeth Weir KERR
1845 - 1924
Archibald KERR
1848 - 1923
Mary Black KERR
1851 - 1941
Georgeanna Alexandrina Dodds KERR
1853 - 1931
Christina McCall KERR
1857 - 1940
John Black KERR
1858 - 1890
Ann KERR
1861 -
Charles Edward KERR
1863 - 1943
Janet KERR
1864 - 1950
Marion Mitchell KERR
1864 - 1889
Alice Dodds KERR
1869 - 1870


Notes
Biographical Notes What caused Charles Kerr to emigrate to South Australia is not known with certainty as several versions have been given by various branches of the family. He travelled by the "Joseph Rowan", 935 tons, Captain McKie, as a cabin ‎(first class)‎ passenger and arrived on 16 Jun 1854 having left Liverpool on 21 Mar 1854 when Georgina was only 9 months old. He was appointed Master of Ardtornish School on 19 Jan 1857. This school had been made possible by a government grant in March 1847 in the Modbury district about 6 miles north east of Adelaide. The Presbyterian Church donated 20 pounds. Official returns state that the school conducted by Charles Kerr was "a very useful school conducted by an energetic master in a good and well furnished building.

Charles wife, Janet, joined him in 1856. With her 5 children she left Liverpool by the "Phoenix" 907 tons, Captain William Moppett on 20 Oct 1855 bound for Sydney. Page 2 of the passenger list has No. 16 Jane Kerr, aged 35 ‎(error for Janet)‎, George Kerr. 11 - Eliza ‎(Elizabeth 9 - Archie. 5 - Mary 4 and Georgina aged 1 year. The latter was aged 2. The "Phoenix" reached Melbourne on her way to Sydney on 19 Jan 1856 and from there Janet conducted her brood aboard the "White Swan" Captain Lamond and reached Port Adelaide on 27 Jan 1856. Notice in the Adelaide "Observer" of 2 Feb 1856.

How many years the family were at Ardtornish has not been ascertained but Charles was still a school teacher "of Waterloo" in 1880 by the Directory but late of Waterloo in 1890.‎
Biographical Notes Charles and Janet Affleck retired from Waterloo where Charles was still "teacher" to Bakewell Road, Evandale, near Adelaide. ‎(He was possibly farming though aged in his 70's)‎
Biographical Notes Charles and Janet Affleck retired from Waterloo where Charles was still "teacher" to Bakewell Road, Evandale, near Adelaide. ‎(He was possibly farming though aged in his 70's)‎
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Close Relatives
Family with Janet McCall AFFLECK
Charles Edward KERR ‎(I10019)‎
Birth circa 1813 Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Death 13 December 1903 ‎(Age 90)‎
11 years
Wife
 
Janet McCall AFFLECK ‎(I10020)‎
Baptism 14 July 1823 Parish Church, Crawford, Lanarkshire, Scotland
Death 24 February 1893 ‎(Age 69)‎ Evandale, South Australia, Australia

Marriage: 10 June 1842 -- Saint Cuthberts Parish Church, Edinburgh, Scotland
9 months
#1
Son
George Black KERR ‎(I10023)‎
Birth 2 March 1843 30 19 Edinburgh, Scotland
Death 28 April 1890 ‎(Age 47)‎ Caltowie, South Australia, Australia
3 years
#2
Daughter
Elizabeth Weir KERR ‎(I9574)‎
Birth 7 December 1845 32 22 Edinburgh, Scotland
Death 20 December 1924 ‎(Age 79)‎ Grange, South Australia, Australia
3 years
#3
Son
Archibald KERR ‎(I9432)‎
Birth 10 November 1848 35 25 Newhaven, Edinburgh, Scotland
Death 6 August 1923 ‎(Age 74)‎ Mosman, New South Wales, Australia
2 years
#4
Daughter
Mary Black KERR ‎(I9174)‎
Birth 10 January 1851 38 27 Edinburgh, Scotland
Death 6 August 1941 ‎(Age 90)‎ Colonel Light Gardens, South Australia, Australia
2 years
#5
Daughter
Georgeanna Alexandrina Dodds KERR ‎(I9972)‎
Birth 15 June 1853 40 29 Midlothian, Scotland
Death 15 August 1931 ‎(Age 78)‎ Sydney Street, Willoughby, New South Wales, Australia
4 years
#6
Daughter
Christina McCall KERR ‎(I9173)‎
Birth 4 January 1857 44 33 Morphett Vale, South Australia, Australia
Death 13 April 1940 ‎(Age 83)‎
20 months
#7
Son
John Black KERR ‎(I9135)‎
Birth 5 September 1858 45 35 Ardtornish, Modbury, South Australia, Australia
Death 20 March 1890 ‎(Age 31)‎
3 years
#8
Daughter
Ann KERR ‎(I9134)‎
Birth 24 March 1861 48 37 Ardtornish, Modbury, South Australia, Australia
2 years
#9
Son
Charles Edward KERR ‎(I9133)‎
Birth 3 March 1863 50 39 Ardtornish, Modbury, South Australia, Australia
Death 21 July 1943 ‎(Age 80)‎
2 years
#10
Daughter
Janet KERR ‎(I9125)‎
Birth 19 December 1864 51 41 Ardtornish, Modbury, South Australia, Australia
Death 18 February 1950 ‎(Age 85)‎ Thornber Street, Unley Park, South Australia, Australia
#11
Daughter
Marion Mitchell KERR ‎(I9112)‎
Birth 19 December 1864 51 41 Ardtornish, Modbury, South Australia, Australia
Death 31 March 1889 ‎(Age 24)‎ Waterloo, South Australia, Australia
4 years
#12
Daughter
Alice Dodds KERR ‎(I9111)‎
Birth 22 March 1869 56 45 Ardtornish, Modbury, South Australia, Australia
Death April 1870 ‎(Age 12 months)‎ Ardtornish, Modbury, South Australia, Australia