Ann Jane Terry Carr

Brief Life History of Ann Jane Terry

Ann Jane Terry Carr was born in 1822, in Ireland as the daughter of Carr and Mrs Carr. She married Abraham Huff in 1835, in Canada. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Kent, Ontario, Canada in 1861 and Euphemia Township, Lambton, Ontario, Canada for about 20 years. She died on 22 February 1897, in Lambton, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 75.

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Family Time Line

Abraham Huff
1815–1877
Ann Jane Terry Carr
1822–1897
Marriage: 1835
Joseph P Huff
1835–
Elizabeth Ann Huff
1843–1917
David H Huff
1843–
William James Huff
1848–1916
John Edward Huff
1848–
Mary Elenor Huff
1852–1942
Sarah Jane Huff
1855–1932
Lucy Theresa Huff
1856–1859

Sources (21)

  • Ann I Huff, "Ontario Census, 1861"
  • Death Record for Ann Jane Huff 1897
  • Sarah Jane Huff in entry for Sarah Jane Grant, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"

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World Events (8)

1823

Simon Bolivar led an army from Venezuela and Colombia into Peru to help fight the Spanish.

1824

Antonio Jose de Sucre defeated the Spanish at Ayacucho. Peru becomes the last colony in Latin America to gain its independence.

1845

The Irish Potato Famine. Many Irish emigrate to America. Irish population drops from 8 million to 6 million due to death from starvation or emigration.

Name Meaning

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Ó Carra ‘descendant of Carra’, a personal name from the adjective corr ‘pointed’, explained as meaning ‘spear’. As an Ulster surname, Carr was often confused with Scottish Kerr .

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chathair, a Donegal name meaning ‘son of Giolla Cathair’ or ‘the servant (i.e. devotee) of Saint Cathar’. Cathar was a priest and bishop, otherwise unknown.

Irish: in Galway, a shortened Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Chéire, see Keary .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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