Sadie Ozealer Kerr

Female17 March 1910–25 July 1983

Brief Life History of Sadie Ozealer

When Sadie Ozealer Kerr was born on 17 March 1910, in North Carolina, United States, her father, John Gibson Kerr, was 29 and her mother, Johnsie Beatrice Bell, was 22. She married Donald Earl Jordon on 15 August 1942, in Guilford, North Carolina, United States. She lived in Baltimore, Maryland, United States in 1947. She died on 25 July 1983, in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Greensboro, Guilford, North Carolina, United States.

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Family Time Line

Donald Earl Jordon
1902–1980
Sadie Ozealer Kerr
1910–1983
Marriage: 15 August 1942

Sources (19)

  • Ozealer Kerr in household of John E Kerr, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Sadie O Kerr, "North Carolina Birth Index, 1800-2000"
  • Sadie Kerr, "North Carolina, County Marriages, 1762-1979 "

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 August 1942Guilford, North Carolina, United States
  • Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1912 · The Girl Scouts

    Age 2

    Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

    1918 · Fort Bragg Established

    Age 8

    Named after Confederate General Braxton Bragg, Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina was established on September 4, 1918. It was used as one of three training camps used during WWI.

    1931

    Age 21

    The Star-Spangled Banner is adopted as the national anthem.

    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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