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  Kerr Family Chronicles - Christopher E. Brennen
Mary Kerr died at the age of 60 and was buried in the Clonfeacle Parish graveyard on Jun.13, 1895.
Anthony Kerr was a farmer in the townland of Mullycarnan, parish of Clonfeacle.
This James Andrew Kerr was married in the Church at Derrygortreavy on Jun.22, 1894, to Annie Ford, 26, a spinster from Mullycarnan, the daughter of deceased farmer Robert Ford.
www.dankat.com /kerr/apdx2a.htm   (3684 words)

  
 Empresario Green DeWitt & Major James Kerr
James Kerr arrived with his wife, three children and fl servants, among whom were Shade, Jack and Annis, at the mouth of the Brazos River in Feb 1825.
Kerr was severely suspicious and critical of land speculators as exampled in a letter to Chambers in Jul 1835 in which he suggested that several critics of the the Mexican government were motivated by it.
As late as Jan 1836, Major Kerr made it clear in a letter of that date that independence to him meant the independence of Texas as a state of the Republic of Mexico under the Constitution of 1824 and that the fight was in its defense and against its subversion by the Centralista dictatorship.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/dewitt&kerr2.htm   (5214 words)

  
 A Texas Family by James Kerr Crain
On one occasion just as the Reverend James Kerr's small congregation was emerging from a Sunday morning service a group of whooping boys came rushing by with one of their number astride an astonished and cavorting cow, The scandalized preacher recognized the equally horrified rider as his son James.
Kerr named it Gonzales in honor of the Governor of Coahuila to which state the province of Texas was attached, Deaf Smith, a famous scout who was later to be sent by General Sam Houston to burn the bridge over Vinces Bayou before the battle of San Jacinto, was a member of the Kerr party.
James Kerr resolved this confusion by establishing one "vara" alone as the proper standard and the vara be established is still the legal vara where that unit of measure appears in deeds and other documents.
www.tamu.edu /ccbn/dewitt/kerrcrain.htm   (10827 words)

  
 Beers: Kerr p. 1437   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
JOSIAH KERR was born May 2, 1839, in Washington county, Penn. He is of Scotch descent, James Kerr, the earliest pioneer of the family name, being a son of James Kerr, a native and lifelong resident of Scotland.
James Kerr, father of subject, was the second son by his father's first marriage, and was born December 16, 1815, on the home farm in this county, where he grew to manhood.
Kerr was an active politician; he was justice of the peace three years, served several times as judge of elections, and also held the offices of supervisor, auditor and school director.
www.chartiers.com /beers-project/articles/kerr-1437.html   (482 words)

  
 The History of Kerrville   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kerr was born in Kentucky on September 21, 1790, but soon moved with his father Rev James Kerr to Missouri.
Kerr was a young soldier who fought in the War of 1812 and became a Lieutenant serving under Captain Nathan Boone.
Kerr was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives and in 1824 became a senator by defeating the incumbent, his father-in-law, Major Caldwell.
www.kerrvilletexascvb.com /historyindex.htm   (3625 words)

  
 Handbook of Texas Online:   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kerr County is drained by the Guadalupe River and its tributaries and covers 1,107 square miles of undulating to hilly land with elevations that range from 1,500 to 2,000 feet above sea level.
Kerr County is in a region that has been the site of human habitation for thousands of years.
By the 1920s Kerr County had developed a reputation as one of the healthiest locations in the country, a reputation that led to significant developments in county health care and demographics.
www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/view/KK/hck6.html   (2119 words)

  
 Kerr Family Chronicles - Christopher E. Brennen
Elizabeth Florence Kerr was born about 1885 and, at the time of the 1901 Census, was listed as a ``tailor's machinist'' living with her parents in Castlecaulfield.
Kerr, the eldest son of Thomas's first marriage, became a solicitor (lawyer) and died in Dublin in the 1980s.
Margaret Kerr was born about 1892 and was living with her parents in the townland of Crubinagh at the time of the 1901 Census.
www.dankat.com /kerr/chap2.htm   (2420 words)

  
 James Kerr Boyd ~ (1) Margaret Gray (2) Mrs. John Venning
James Kerr Boyd ~ (1) Margaret Gray (2) Mrs.
James Kerr Boyd, an employee of the Union Switch and Signal Company, Swissvale, Pennsylvania, was born February 7, 1855, in Edgewood, Pennsylvania, a son of Thomas Boyd.
James K. Boyd is now residing at 7930 Tioga Street, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
clanboyd.info /state/pennsylvania/famhist/jameskerr/index.htm   (523 words)

  
 James L. Kerr of Davis Polk & Wardwell   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Kerr is counsel in Davis Polk and Wardwell’s Litigation Department.
He is a member of the bar of the United States Supreme Court and of several federal district and appellate courts, and appeared before the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal.
Kerr graduated from Yale College in 1964 and, after serving in the U.S. Navy, received his J.D. in 1972 from the University of Pennsylvania, where he was a member of the law review.
www.dpw.com /lawyers/bio/jkerr.htm   (186 words)

  
 James Kerr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Born in the parish of Kilraughts, County Antrim, in 1847.
Kerr was licensed by the Northern Presbytery of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of Ireland, March 18, 1868, and was ordained minister in the Greenock congregation, Scotland, February 3, 1869.
James Kerr was one of the last of the Reformed Presbyterians to exhibit with some consistency those principles of the Second Reformation upon which the Reformed Presbyterian Church was maintained in separate existence.
www.covenanter.org /JKerr/jameskerr.htm   (263 words)

  
 Gallery on Greene Kerr
James P. Kerr was born in Buffalo, New York in Kerr’s mother quickly recognized that they had a prodigy on their hands.
It is in his portraiture that Kerr’s ability to capture engaging expressions that draw us in is manifest.
James Kerr displays his interest in the human form through figurative works, portraits and studies of human activity.
www.galleryongreene.com /kerr.htm   (263 words)

  
 James Kerr Cubbison - KS-Cyclopedia - 1912
James Kerr Cubbison, a distinguished member of the bar of Kansas, a citizen who has served in both branches of her legislature with honor and distinction, and as a public speaker of more than state-wide reputation, was born in Harrisville, Butler county, Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 1860, the son of J. and Mary (Kerr) Cubbison.
His ancestors, paternal and maternal, were early settlers in America and numbered among them are men who achieved distinction in the frontier life of those early days, in the French and Indian war, in the war of the Revolution and in the commercial era which followed.
Judge James Kerr, the maternal grandfather of the subject, was one of the pioneer iron founders of Pennsylvania, a member of her state senate and leader of the anti-Cameron forces.
skyways.lib.ks.us /genweb/archives/1912/c3/cubbison_james_kerr.html   (877 words)

  
 James Kerr Update   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Officer Chris Hollahan of the Frisco Police Department said that an intensive investigation shows that Kerr was probably not the victim of a vehicle-bicycle collision.
The truck Hollahan referred to is the vehicle that apparently ran over the cyclist in the dark early evening hours of Nov. 8 as he lay on Highway 289 a short distance north of Frisco near a small bridge.
Hollahan added that Kerr’s injuries were not consistent with those of a person struck by a vehicle while cycling.
touroftexas.com /events/jk_update.html   (266 words)

  
 Jamaica Gleaner - Tribute to Justice James Kerr - Thursday | March 3, 2005
His legacy with which I am quite familiar and which the whole country should not lose consciousness of is his chairmanship of the National Committee on Political Tribalism in 1996/1997 while Political Ombudsman.
Justice Kerr has made his transition at a significant moment in Jamaica's political history.
Justice Kerr sleeps, leaving a landmark report behind as part of his rich legacy.
www.jamaica-gleaner.com /gleaner/20050303/cleisure/cleisure2.html   (727 words)

  
 James Kerr-lawson ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, "The Swan and the Iris," facing pg.
Kerr received a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis, and is a self-taught fine artist.
Kerr says he has drawn on his knowledge of electronics, gained while working in a video arcade, for the installation, which also includes 1970s-style string 'paintings' an...
www.wwar.com /masters/k/kerr-lawson-james.html   (1876 words)

  
 Jim Kerr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James "Jim" Kerr (born in Glasgow, Scotland, on 9 July 1959) is the frontman, lead singer and lyricist of Scottish band Simple Minds.
He was married to Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, in 1984 (divorced, 1990).
He was subsequently married to actress Patsy Kensit in 1992 (divorced, 1996) with whom he had a son, James Kerr (born, 1993).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Kerr   (192 words)

  
 Amazon.frĀ : Fiction Against History: Scott As Storyteller: Livres en anglais: James Kerr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
de James Kerr "My subject is Walter Scott the storyteller, the romancer who forged illusions of the past from an admixture of literary form and historical record, and..." (plus)
Assuming Scott's keen awareness of the problems of historical representation, James Kerr reads the Waverley novels as a grand fictional project constructed around the relationship between the language of fiction and the historical reality.
It is in this interplay of fiction and history that Professor Kerr identifies the rich complexity of the Waverley novels.
www.amazon.fr /Fiction-Against-History-Scott-Storyteller/dp/0521364256   (357 words)

  
 James Kerr
Graveside services for James E. Kerr, 58, of Tyler, were held Oct. 14, at the Henry’s Chapel Cemetery, near Troup, with the Reverend Danny Carter officiating, under the direction of Cottle Funeral Home if Troup.
Kerr was preceded in death by a daughter, Mary Ann Kerr on March 20, 1990.
Survivors include his wife of 34 years, Mary Musslewhite Kerr of Tyler; a daughter, Jeannie Boswell of Tyler; his father, Luther Kerr of Frankston; a sister, Elizabeth Cavanaugh, of Alamogordo, New Mexico; and five grandchildren, Eric Boswell, Samuel Boswell, Henry Boswell, Jr., Mary ‘Rainbow’ Boswell, and ShaRonda Wade.
www.tricountyleader.com /news/2005/1020/Obits/019.html   (233 words)

  
 Kerr Family Tree -Eastern Townships, Province of Quebec   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
JAMES KERR was born 1804 in Ireland, and died 1873 in Waterville, Compton Twnshp, PQ.
James Kerr's Civil War Service: Served Maine Enlisted D Co. 5th Inf Reg.
WILLIAM2 KERR (JAMES1) was born 1841 in Compton, PQ, and died 1924 in Compton, PQ.
www.luxegen.net /kerrFT.htm   (210 words)

  
 James Kerr Hi-Fi
Our final trip of the year was to visit the new location of James Kerr Hi-fi, a very old and long established Hi-Fi shop in Glasgow.
These we knew about from Alan James, but I felt the picture quality was superb, apart from being anamorphous which was down to the Cinemascope print.
The visit almost ends here, but I would like to thank the staff at James Kerr who are perhaps reading this to thank them for their patience and understanding from such a bunch of pernickety fusspots like ourselves.
www.westofscotlandhi-ficlub.co.uk /james_kerr_hi-fi.htm   (498 words)

  
 Amazon.com: "James Kerr": Key Phrase page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
However this interpretation was fiercely challenged by the School Medical Officer for Bradford, James Kerr, in 1897.
Kerr argued that `there is no evidence for England and Wales that school attendance is any considerable factor...
The purchaser this time was James Kerr, of Savannah, who expressed a great deal of indignation when told by Dimmock of the manner in which money had...
www.amazon.com /phrase/James-Kerr   (574 words)

  
 Kerr - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kerr is a surname, traditionally pronounced either 'care' or 'carr', and may refer to many people.
Robert Kerr (inventor), Canadian inventor who co-invented IMAX
Alief Kerr High School is a public magnet school in Houston, TX
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kerr   (255 words)

  
 StolenSoap: Online Humor Column » James Kerr
James Kerr is the artist and writer of the infamous college circuit and now-defunct comic strip, Shoot Me Now, which started its noble run in 1998.
His penchant for sci-fi, horror, pop culture, politics, and nonsensical naughtiness has been the cornerstone for his already extensive body of work.
In addition to bragging inappropriately at Waffle Houses about being a published author, Kerr is an Emmy and Telly Award-winning writer/performer/producer for several forgettable television and stage productions enjoyed by the same old Midwestern ladies who don't much care for Murphy's monkeyshine.
www.stolensoap.com /about/james   (159 words)

  
 City Art Gallery James Kerr jazz paintings abstract jazz oil paintings dance contemporary jazz beach paintings
He has developed a broad, colorist approach to painting, working in a direct manner, utilizing properties of light and pigment to establish form, along with space and color variation.
Kerr records contemporary life with jazz scenes, boating scenes as well as landscapes from his home state of Florida and its islands.
Kerr studied with the late Lazlo Szabo and Carl Illig.
www.city-art-gallery.com /jameskerr.htm   (92 words)

  
 James Kerr   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
James Kerr works as painter and as a commercial photographer of architecture, interiors, and landscapes.
His style is generally painterly rather than precise.
Whether you are a commercial buyer or private client do feel free to talk to me about your requirements.
www.warwickshireartists.co.uk /james_kerr.htm   (208 words)

  
 Memories from James Kerr - Tesomas Scout Camp
In January 2004 we received an email from Deborah Kerr.
Her father James Kerr served on Tesomas staff in 1935 and 1936.
Kerr's email to his daughter and Deborah's comments to us:
www.tesomas.com /memoriesfromjameskerr.html   (2290 words)

  
 John James Kerr
Family tree - Kerr - John James Kerr
She was from a very military family (that may be how they met).
Witnesses to the marriage of Mary Kerr and Arthur Augustus Gibbon 1861 included "Augusta Kerr" and "Frank Kerr".
humphrysfamilytree.com /Kerr/john.james.html   (402 words)

  
 Major James Kerr Chapter, NSDAR, Kerrville, TX
Major James Kerr Chapter, NSDAR, Kerrville, TX Major James Kerr, for whom Kerrville, Kerr County, and Major James Kerr Chapter were all named, served as a Lieutenant in the War of 1812 and as a Major in the Texas Revolution.
Though a Kentuckian by birth, he was serving in the Missouri Legislature when he became interested in the colonization of Texas and was made manager of the DeWitt Colony in 1825.
This was in recognition of the Major's valorous service to the Republic of Texas and his guiding influence in the growing young State.
www.texasdar.org /chapters/MajorJamesKerr   (139 words)

  
 CLAN-KERR ONLINE
In collaboration, consultation and conjunction, with Andrew James Kerr, Robert Kerr Baxter, and myself, Joanne N. Crack, we present to you:
Our main objective here is to bring together as many Kerr's and their families as humanly possible by requesting you to complete an individual family tree (below) and then in turn we will attempt to build the first ever world-wide
The music on this site is dedicated in loving memory of David Kerr, (age 5), his 15 classmates and teacher of Menteith View who died tragically approx.
members.tripod.com /~kerrhome1/kerrhome.htm   (277 words)

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