Brief Life History of Jane
When Jane Kerr was born on 11 August 1806, in Muirkirk, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Kerr, was 36 and her mother, Helen Ramage, was 35. She married James Ritchie on 27 May 1832. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851 and Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 10 years. She died on 22 February 1891, in Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Calumet, Houghton, Michigan, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (25)
- Jane Ritchie in household of James Ritchie, "Scotland Census, 1861"
- Jean Kerr, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Jean Kerr Ritchie, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1802–1888 Male
1806–1891 Female
Children (7)
1833–1913 Male
1835– Female
1837– Male
1839–1868 Male
1842–1927 Male
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Parents and Siblings
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Siblings (6)
1798– Female
1799–1886 Male
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1803–1883 Male
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World Events (8)
1808
Age 2
1811 · The Tron Riot
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1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 24
Name Meaning
English and Scottish: topographic name for someone who lived by a marsh or swampy woodland, Middle English kerr ‘brushwood, wet ground’ (Old Norse kjarr). A legend grew up that the Kerrs were left-handed, on theory that the name is derived from Gaelic cearr ‘wrong-handed, left-handed’.
Irish: variant of Carr .
Americanized form of German Kehr or of some other similar (like-sounding) surname.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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