When George Mercer Kerr was born on 8 April 1841, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Kerr, was 34 and his mother, Isabella Mercer, was 33. He married Jane Affleck on 16 April 1863, in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 8 July 1904, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 63, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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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.
Possible Related NamesSalt Lake City Chapter (Ancestry.com): Born 26 June 1842; entered Salt Lake Valley on 4 October 1863: Jane Affleck Kerr Born 26 June 1842 at Newcastle-on Tyne, England. Entered Salt Lake Valley 4 Octo …
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