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'Shotts to Yeppoon and beyond'
Souvenir Edition of the George Kerr Family History. This limited edition private publication was published to coincide with the Kerr Family Re-Union held in Rockhampton Qld on the 120th Anniversary of the three Kerr teenage sons of George leaving Glasgow for Queensland, and is available at a cost of AU$20.00 per copy (postage inclusive within Australia). All enquiries to e-mail link below
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Point of interest...
The original in UK
RE-UNION ROCKHAMPTON ---- QUEENSLAND JULY 20 2002
The re-union was an outstanding success with 270 plus relatives going to the get together and 176 sitting down to dinner in the evening.....see story and photographs
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or button to read excerpts from Shotts
to Yeppoon and Beyond
Click here or button for addendum
and new photographs related to the above book
Click here or button for tribute to Kerrs of Hillhouseridge Farm early 1950's
Click here or button for photograpahs of Eric Meacock's visit to Shotts SCT Oct.2011
Click
here to go to Del Walker's Family History Page (another of George
Kerr's descendants)
Glasgow 'Shire' Line barque "Selkirkshire",
in which the teenage Kerr Brothers, William, Robert & George jnr.,
after a journey of 105 days arrived on the 2nd November 1882 at
Rockhampton in Queensland.
GEORGE KERR 1830-1913
George Kerr born 1830 Shotts, Lanarkshire,
Scotland, son of William and Christina (nee Miller), one of 8 children, Grandson
of George and Jean(nee Graham).
First marriage to Janet Dick 22 June 1860 Shotts Scot.
children :-Janet, Christina, William, Robert, George, Marion, Mary and Alison.1 infant
male died before Janet died 19-6-1874
Second marriage to Margaret Wilson 23 Nov.1874 Shotts Scot.
children :- Isabella, Jessie born in Scotland and Agnes first child born in
Australia.2 males & 3 females infants died before Margaret died in
childbirth 27-5-1888.
Third marriage to Florence Evelyn Spanner 6 Nov.1890 Rockhampton Queensland.
children :- Fanny, Ethel, Florence, Muriel, Lindon Arthur, Mildred, Vera, Lesley Roy
and Marjory Alice. (1 male,James died).
George Kerr died at Redhill Yaamba Rd Rockhampton Qld 30 April 1913. He was
survived by his third wife and 19 of his 27 children. Florence Evelyn Kerr died
in Brisbane Qld 28 June 1951 aged 80 years.
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George & Janet Kerr (nee Dick) . c.1873 Shotts Scotland
ROBERT KERR 1866-1936 (CHILD 4)
Robert Kerr, an engine (winder) driver, may
learnt his trade at the Yeppoon Sugar Mill before moving to the Charters Towers
goldfields and in c.1896 to the Western Australian goldfields where he worked
for a time on the Great Boulder Lease before establishing a greengrocers
business in Boulder and living at 85 Moran Street. He later worked as a winder
driver at Princess Royal mine and possibly on mines in St. Ives and Norseman. In
1925 he established a family business in the name of his daughter Olive Kerr at
Salmon Gums (O.Kerr & Co). He built a shop, post office, garage, dining room
and family residence on lot 25 which remained in the family until sold when his
grandson Paddy Kerr moved his business to Esperance in March 1989.
Robert Kerr married Jane Willis on January 4th 1897 in St.Johns Mission Church Kalgoorlie
St.Johns Church Kalgoorlie 1897
| Kerr family Salmon Gums (c1937) William(Bill),Gordon(Sam),Robert(Bob), Henry(Harry),Jane(nee Willis) & Olive |
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Family S.Gums c1937 |
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