Brief Life History of Margaret
When Margaret Kerr was born on 21 October 1849, in Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, John Kerr, was 26 and her mother, Jane Wilson, was 23. She married Andrew Steele on 18 September 1877, in Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom for about 30 years. She died on 9 August 1902, in Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 52.
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- Margreat Kerr in household of John Kerr, "Scotland Census, 1861"
- Margaret Kerr, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Margaret Kerr Steele in entry for John William Wilson Steele, "Scotland, Civil Registration, 1855-1875, 1881, 1891"
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1854 · Great North of Scotland Railway
Being one of the two smallest railways in 1923, the Great North of Scotland Railway carried its first passengers from Kittybrewster to Huntly in 1854. In the 1880s the railways were refurbished to give express services to the suburban parts in Aberdeen. There were junctions with the Highland Railway established to help connect Aberdeenshire, Banffshire and Moray counties. The railway started to deliver goods from the North Sean and from the whisky distilleries in Speyside. With the implementation of bus services and the purchase of the British Railway the Great North of Scotland Railway was discontinued.
1857 · Police (Scotland) Act 1857
The Police Act 1857 was an Act put into place by Parliament to establish a mandatory police force in every county of Scotland.
1868 · The Representation of the people (Scotland) Act 1868
The Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1868 was passed by Parliament and allowed for the creation of seven additional Scottish seats in the House of Commons. Along with the seats, Two University constituencies were created. These each returned one member to Parliament.
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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