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Kerr Family History & Genealogy

32,206 biographies and 87 photos with the Kerr last name. Discover the family history, nationality, origin and common names of Kerr family members.

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Name Origin

Topographic name for someone who lived by a patch of wet ground overgrown with brushwood, northern Middle English kerr (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’.

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Scottish, English

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Early Kerrs

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Christopher T Kerr was born on December 11, 198.. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Christopher T Kerr .
William Kerr of Australia was born in 1784 to Whitney Kerr. William Kerr died at age 94 years old in 1878.
Ralph Kerr of Australia was born in 1788 to William John Kerr and Margaret Kerr. He had siblings John Archibald Kerr, Edith Alice Kerr, and James William Kerr. Ralph Kerr died at age 87 years old in 1875.
Mary (Kerr) Anketell of Monaghan, MN Ireland was born on October 28, 1789. She was married to Roger Anketell, and had children William Anketell and John Anketell. Mary Anketell died at age 46 years old on July 1, 1836 in Monaghan.
James Kerr of Australia was born in 1793 to John Kerr. James Kerr died at age 74 years old in 1867.
Anne Kerr of Ballarat Australia was born in 1793 to Delap William Kerr and Mary Kerr. Anne Kerr died at age 96 years old in 1889 in Ballarat.
Matthew Kerr of Australia was born in 1793 to James Kerr. Matthew Kerr died at age 69 years old in 1862.
Jane Margaret (Kerr) Anketell of Ireland was born in 1793. She was married to Thomas Anketell, and had a child William Anketell. Jane Anketell died at age 46 years old on July 25, 1840.
Margaret Kerr of Ballarat Australia was born in 1794 to Haswell James Kerr and Betsy Buchanan Kerr. Margaret Kerr died at age 90 years old in 1884 in Ballarat.
Mary Kerr of Australia was born in 1794 to Watson Robert Kerr and Mary Kerr. Mary Kerr died at age 80 years old in 1874.
Jane Kerr of Australia was born in 1795 to Coburton Richa Kerr. Jane Kerr died at age 78 years old in 1873.
Moses Kerr of Australia was born in 1796 to Mary Goode Kerr and John Kerr. He had siblings Margaret Kerr, John Kerr, Margaret Kerr, William Kerr, Albert Daniel Kerr, Robert Kerr, Meredith Kerr, Mary Kerr, Isabella Kerr, Margaret Kerr, Robert Kerr, Meredtih Kerr, Archibald Kerr, Robert Kerr, John Kerr, Annie Daly Kerr, Patrick Kerr, and William Kerr. Moses Kerr died at age 66 years old in 1862.

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Minnie Minnie (Kerr) Kerr of Carlton Australia is the mother of Graeme Kerr. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Minnie Kerr Kerr.
Jane (Kerr) Kerr of Fitzroy Australia is the mother of Arthur Kerr. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Jane Kerr Kerr.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Kevin Kerr.
Jane (Kerr) Cross of Traralgon, Latrobe City County, VIC Australia was born in 1840 in Glasgow, Glasgow City County, Scotland United Kingdom. She was married to William Littlewood Cross in 1864, and had children Marion Maud Cross, Emily Annie (Cross), Elizabeth "Lizzie" Cross, William Kerr Cross, Charles Cross, Arthur Littlewood Cross, Alfred Henry Cross, and Frederick Cross. Jane Cross died at age 48 years old on August 25, 1889 in Traralgon, Latrobe City County, VIC Australia.
Mary Elizabeth (Valentine) Kerr was born on the 4th of July, 1929 in New York City to John B. Valentine and Lola Albizu. Both of her parents were born in Puerto Rico. Mary had siblings Ralph and William. Mary was a veteran of the United States Army who served some time in the Korean Conflict Mary E. Valentine, age 26, married Thomas Vernon Kerr (1930 - 2007), age 26, on June 12th, 1956 in San Francisco, California. She died in Toldeo, Ohio at 67 years of age and is buried in Lake Township Cemetery Wallbridge, Wood County, Ohio.
Elizabeth (Kerr) Featherby of Parkville, VIC Australia was born on October 14, 1868 in Hamilton, Southern Grampians Shire County, and died at age 89 years old in 1957 in Parkville.
Elizabeth (Kerr) Paul of Bendigo Australia was born in 1869. She was married to Gustav Herman Paul in 1892, and had children William Rudolph Paul, Rudolph Paul, Alma Victoria (Paul) Haisman, Alfreda Elizabeth Paul, Adelaide Teresa (Paul) Rees, Edwin Otto Paul, Gustav Herman Paul, Olga Meriea Paul, and Mervyn Ridel Paul. Elizabeth Paul died at age 85 years old in January 1955 in St Kilda, Port Phillip City County, VIC, and was buried at Fryerstown Cemetery in Fryerstown, Mount Alexander Shire County.
Elizabeth (Kerr) Paul of Box Hill Australia, was married to Herman Paul, and has a child Adelaide Teresa Rees. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth Kerr Paul.
Essie (Kerr) Peters of Wendouree, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born on June 5, 1896 in Learmonth. She was married to William James Peters in 1919, and had children Robert Archibald James Peters and Catherine Isabella Ellen Peters. Essie Peters died at age 67 years old on October 9, 1963 in Wendouree.
Isabella (Kerr) Briant of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born in 1867 in Ararat, Ararat Rural City County, and died at age 39 years old on November 16, 1907 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County.
April Tiffany Kerr of Blue Jay, San Bernardino County, California was born on August 6, 1974, and died at age 36 years old on August 15, 2010.
Annie Sophia (Kerr) Calaby of Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born in 1869, and died at age 73 years old on September 19, 1943 in Ballarat.
George Pearl Kerr of Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio was born on July 7, 1873, and died at age 105 years old in May 1979.
Elijah G Kerr of Brazil, Clay County, IN was born on July 25, 1927, and died at age 68 years old on August 6, 1995.
Colin Ivan Kerr of Alex Australia was born in 1911 in Alexandra, and died at age 52 years old in 1963 in Alex.
Peter Kerr of Alexandra Australia, was married to Louisa Charlotte Emma Koihler in 1899, and has children Cynthia Louisa Kerr, James George Kerr, and Colin Ivan Kerr. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Peter Kerr.
Jane Margaret (Kerr) Anketell of Ireland was born in 1793. She was married to Thomas Anketell, and had a child William Anketell. Jane Anketell died at age 46 years old on July 25, 1840.
Mary (Kerr) Anketell of Monaghan, MN Ireland was born on October 28, 1789. She was married to Roger Anketell, and had children William Anketell and John Anketell. Mary Anketell died at age 46 years old on July 1, 1836 in Monaghan.
Lizzie (Smith) Kerr of Camberwell Australia was born in 1858 in Ballarat, City of Ballarat County, VIC, and died at age 80 years old on April 27, 1939 in Camberwell. Lizzie Kerr was buried at Box Hill Cemetery 395 Middleborough Rd, in Box Hill, Whitehorse City County.
Charles Kerr of Camberwell Australia was born in 1858 in Emerald Hl to Charles Kerr and Elizabeth Hughes Kerr. He had siblings Josephine Kerr, Charlotte Titheridge Kerr, Jane Phillips Kerr, Joseph Alexander Kerr, Frances Hughes Kerr, Elizabeth Maddoc Kerr, Alf Stephen Kerr, and Joseph Alex Kerr. He married Lizzie (Smith) Kerr, and died at age 85 years old on June 24, 1944 in Camberwell. Charles Kerr was buried at Box Hill Cemetery 395 Middleborough Rd, in Box Hill, Whitehorse City County, VIC.

Popular Kerr Biographies

Mary E (Kerr) Reutinger of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, CA was born on February 3, 1939, and died at age 60 years old on March 14, 1999.
Mary Mary (Elizabeth) Kerr Reutinger of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California United States, was in a relationship with Wayne F Reutinger, and has children Eric Joseph Reutinger, Eric Josph Reutinger, Christina Reutinger Mendoza, Amanda Maryann (Reutinger) Navarro, and Adam Reutinger. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Mary Reutinger.
Minnie Maye (Pitzer) Kerr
Minnie Maye Maye (Pitzer) Kerr was born on December 28, 1904. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Minnie Maye (Pitzer) Kerr.
Robert "Bob" Louis Kerr
Robert Louis Kerr was born on May 13, 1929. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Robert "Bob" Louis Kerr.
Richard Earl Kerr
Richard Earl Kerr was born on December 28, 1931. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Richard Earl Kerr.
Charles Kerr of Camberwell Australia was born in 1858 in Emerald Hl to Charles Kerr and Elizabeth Hughes Kerr. He had siblings Josephine Kerr, Charlotte Titheridge Kerr, Jane Phillips Kerr, Joseph Alexander Kerr, Frances Hughes Kerr, Elizabeth Maddoc Kerr, Alf Stephen Kerr, and Joseph Alex Kerr. He married Lizzie (Smith) Kerr, and died at age 85 years old on June 24, 1944 in Camberwell. Charles Kerr was buried at Box Hill Cemetery 395 Middleborough Rd, in Box Hill, Whitehorse City County, VIC.
Callie L Brockman
Callie L (Kerr) Brockman of Columbia, Adair County, KY was born on October 22, 1891, and died at age 97 years old on February 28, 1989.
The Hamilton Spectator, 24th September 1878. I am sorry to hear that Dr. Kerr, who married Miss Hillas, and is now gone to Sydney in quest of health, is about to go home to Scotland, and relinquish his practice here, his health being, as it is said, irremediably gone beyond recall of any voice in the faculty.
Gerry Kerr
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Mary Annie (Kerr) Cunningham
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Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr, CBE Born Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer 30 September 1921 Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland Died 16 October 2007 (aged 86) Botesdale, Suffolk, England Resting place Alfold Cemetery near Guildford Occupation Actress Years active 1940–1986 Spouse(s) Tony Bartley (m. 1945; div. 1959) Peter Viertel (m. 1960) Children 2 Melanie and Francesca. Relatives Lex Shrapnel (grandson) Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer CBE (/kɑːr/; 30 September 1921 – 16 October 2007), known professionally as Deborah Kerr, was a Scottish film, theatre, and television actress. During her career, she won a Golden Globe Award for her performance as Anna Leonowens in the musical film The King and I (1956) and a Sarah Siddons Award for her performance as Laura Reynolds in the play Tea and Sympathy (a role she originated on Broadway). She was also a three-time winner of the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress. Kerr was nominated six times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, more than any other actress without ever winning. In 1994, however, having already received honorary awards from the Cannes Film Festival and BAFTA, she received an Academy Honorary Award with a citation recognizing her as "an artist of impeccable grace and beauty, a dedicated actress whose motion picture career has always stood for perfection, discipline and elegance". As well as The King and I (1956), her films include An Affair to Remember, From Here to Eternity, Quo Vadis, The Innocents, Black Narcissus, Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison, King Solomon's Mines, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Sundowners, and Separate Tables. Deborah Jane Kerr-Trimmer was born in Glasgow, the only daughter of Kathleen Rose (née Smale) and Capt. Arthur Charles Kerr-Trimmer, a World War I veteran who lost a leg at the Battle of the Somme and later became a naval architect and civil engineer; She spent the first three years of her life in the nearby town of Helensburgh, where her parents lived with Deborah's grandparents in a house on West King Street. Kerr had a younger brother, Edmund ("Teddy"), who became a journalist. He was killed in a road rage incident in 2004. Kerr was educated at the independent Northumberland House School, Henleaze in Bristol, and at Rossholme School, Weston-super-Mare. Kerr originally trained as a ballet dancer, first appearing on stage at Sadler's Wells in 1938. After changing careers, she soon found success as an actress. Her first acting teacher was her aunt, Phyllis Smale, who ran the Hicks-Smale Drama School in Bristol. She adopted the name Deborah Kerr on becoming a film actress ("Kerr" was a family name going back to the maternal grandmother of her grandfather Arthur Kerr-Trimmer). Kerr's first stage appearance was at Weston-super-Mare in 1937, as "Harlequin" in the mime play Harlequin and Columbine. She then went to the Sadler's Wells ballet school and in 1938 made her début in the corps de ballet in Prometheus. After various walk-on parts in Shakespeare productions at the Open-Air Theatre in Regent's Park, London, she joined the Oxford Playhouse repertory company in 1940, playing, inter alia, "Margaret" in Dear Brutus and "Patty Moss" in The Two Bouquets. Kerr returned to the London stage 29 years later, in many productions including the old-fashioned, The Day After the Fair (Lyric, 1972), a Peter Ustinov comedy, Overheard (Haymarket, 1981) and a revival of Emlyn Williams's The Corn is Green. After her first London success in 1943, she toured England and Scotland in Heartbreak House. Near the end of the Second World War, she also toured Holland, France, and Belgium for ENSA as "Mrs Manningham" in Angel Street, and Britain (with Stewart Granger) in Gaslight. Having established herself as a film actress in the meantime, she made her Broadway debut in 1953, appearing in Robert Anderson's Tea and Sympathy, for which she received a Tony Award nomination. Kerr repeated her role along with her stage partner John Kerr (no relation) in Vincente Minnelli's film adaptation of the drama. In 1955, Kerr won the Sarah Siddons Award for her performance in Chicago during a national tour of the play. After her Broadway début in 1953, she toured the United States with Tea and Sympathy. In 1975, she returned to Broadway, creating the role of Nancy in Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning play Seascape. I do it because it's exactly like dressing up for the grown-ups. I don't mean to belittle acting but I'm like a child when I'm out there performing—shocking the grownups, enchanting them, making them laugh or cry. It's an unbelievable terror, a kind of masochistic madness. The older you get, the easier it should be but it isn't it? Kerr's first film role was in the British production Contraband in 1940, but her scenes were edited out. With her next two British films—Major Barbara and Love on the Dole (both 1941)—her screen future seemed assured and her performance, said James Agate of Love on the Dole, "is not within a mile of Wendy Hiller's in the theatre, but it is a charming piece of work by a very pretty and promising beginner, so pretty and so promising that there is the usual yapping about a new star". She went on to make Hatter's Castle (1942), in which she starred opposite Robert Newton and James Mason, and then played a Norwegian resistance fighter in The Day Will Dawn (1942). She was an immediate hit with the public: British exhibitors voted her the most popular local female star at the box office. In 1943, she played three women in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. During the filming, according to Powell's autobiography, Powell and she became lovers: "I realized that Deborah was both the ideal and the flesh-and-blood woman whom I had been searching for".Kerr made clear that her surname should be pronounced the same as "car". To avoid confusion over the pronunciation, Louis B. Mayer of MGM billed her as "Kerr rhymes with Star!" Although the British Army refused to co-operate with the producers—and Winston Churchill thought the film would ruin wartime morale—Colonel Blimp confounded critics when it proved to be an artistic and commercial success. Powell hoped to reunite Kerr and lead actor Roger Livesey in his next film, A Canterbury Tale (1944), but her agent had sold her contract to MGM. According to Powell, his affair with Kerr ended when she made it clear to him that she would accept an offer to go to Hollywood if one were made. Her role as a troubled nun in the Powell and Pressburger production of Black Narcissus in 1947 did indeed bring her to the attention of Hollywood producers. The film was a hit in the US, as well as the UK, and Kerr won the New York Film Critics' Award as Actress of the Year. British exhibitors voted her the eighth-most popular local star at the box office. Soon she received the first of her Academy Award nominations for Edward, My Son, a 1949 drama set in England that co-starred Spencer Tracy. In Hollywood, Kerr's British accent and manner led to a succession of roles portraying refined, reserved, and "proper" English ladies. Kerr, nevertheless, used any opportunity to discard her cool exterior. She starred in the 1950 adventure film King Solomon's Mines, shot on location in Africa with Stewart Granger and Richard Carlson. This was immediately followed by her appearance in the religious epic Quo Vadis? (1951), shot at Cinecittà in Rome, in which she played the indomitable Lygia, a first-century Christian. She then played Princess Flavia in a remake of The Prisoner of Zenda (1952). In 1953, Kerr "showed her theatrical mettle" as Portia in Joseph Mankiewicz's Julius Caesar. She then departed from typecasting with a performance that brought out her sensuality, as "Karen Holmes", the embittered military wife in Fred Zinnemann's From Here to Eternity (1953), for which she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress. The American Film Institute acknowledged the iconic status of the scene from that film in which Burt Lancaster and she romped illicitly and passionately amidst crashing waves on a Hawaiian beach. The organization ranked it 20th in its list of the 100 most romantic films of all time.
Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Julia (Kerr) Buker.
Valerie Kerr was born to Edmund Thomas Kerr and Evelyn Eva Mary (Stone) Kerr, and has siblings Allan George Kerr, Graham Kerr, and Deborah Kerr. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Valerie Kerr.
George S Kerr
George S Kerr was born on November 18, 1891 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan USA, and died at age 27 years old on March 11, 1919 in France. George Kerr was buried at Woodmere Cemetery in Detroit. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George S Kerr.
George Kerr of Richmond Australia, was married to Margaret Anderson Kerr, and has a child Esther Watson. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember George Kerr.
Myrtle Ann (Gurrie) Kerr of Mount Clear, City of Ballarat County, VIC Australia was born on September 16, 1903 in Ceres, Greater Geelong City County to Emily Jane (Lloyd) Gurrie and John James Gurrie. She had siblings Ida Jane Gurrie, Eric John Michael Gurrie, Roy Edward Gurrie, Clarence Frederick Gurrie, Dorothy Emily Gurrie, Gladys Eileen Gurrie, and Alma Kathleen Gurrie. Myrtle Kerr married Roy Francis Kerr in 1934, and died at age 77 years old on April 2, 1981 in Mount Clear, City of Ballarat County.
Esther (Kerr) Watson was born in 1851, and died at age 78 years old in 1929. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Esther (Kerr) Pout Watson.
Charles Kerr of Yass, NSW Australia was born on June 10, 1888. Charles Kerr was married to Lilian Danson, and has a child Charles Kerr.
Deborah Kerr was born to Edmund Thomas Kerr and Evelyn Eva Mary (Stone) Kerr, and has siblings Allan George Kerr, Valerie Kerr, and Graham Kerr. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Deborah Kerr.
William Kerr died on February 15, 1955. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember William Kerr.

Kerr Death Records & Life Expectancy

The average age of a Kerr family member is 71.0 years old according to our database of 21,279 people with the last name Kerr that have a birth and death date listed.

Life Expectancy

71.0 years

Oldest Kerrs

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Mart S Kerr of Lacey, Thurston County, WA was born on March 15, 1891, and died at age 107 years old on January 27, 1999.
107 years
Joseph Kerr of Bowling Green, Wood County, Ohio was born on August 21, 1866, and died at age 107 years old in September 1973.
107 years
Margaret L Kerr of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA was born on August 20, 1896, and died at age 105 years old on March 7, 2002.
105 years
Mary M Kerr of Pottstown, Montgomery County, PA was born on February 13, 1890, and died at age 106 years old on April 16, 1996.
106 years
George Pearl Kerr of Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio was born on July 7, 1873, and died at age 105 years old in May 1979.
105 years
Margaret Kerr of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA was born on July 13, 1904, and died at age 105 years old on March 7, 2010.
105 years
Margaret Viola Kerr of Lincoln City, Lincoln County, Oregon was born on September 15, 1905, and died at age 105 years old on September 17, 2010.
105 years
Ida A Kerr of Villard, Pope County, MN was born on March 16, 1885, and died at age 105 years old on December 11, 1990.
105 years
Georgia M Kerr of Jackson, Jackson County, MI was born on April 11, 1896, and died at age 105 years old on April 17, 2001.
105 years
Mary Kerr of Kent, Portage County, Ohio was born on October 30, 1874, and died at age 104 years old in May 1979.
104 years
Diana R Kerr of Bronx, Bronx County, NY was born on November 4, 1886, and died at age 105 years old in November 1991.
104 years
Mary Kerr of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas was born on December 5, 1876, and died at age 104 years old in November 1981.
104 years
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I'm researching kerr's from Iowa.
i am researching James Kerr [middle name may have been William] born around 1929 to 1933 have been told think he was from Tenn. and they said he was in some part of the service. He married Christine McKnight born 1933 ok died 1967 cali. was suppose to have married Christine in dec. 1948 in tulsa county ok. They had children David,Daniel,Linda,Judy,and Paul. They were suppose to have divorced when Paul was little and Paul was born in 1957 died in Texas 2012. This is all i know about this man if anyone has any info i would greatly appericate it if you could share with me.
my name is john kerr i live in sunderland in england . grear great grandfather was james kerr who was born in st danes london around 1803 he married jane dixon and had a son called henry who was my great grandfather would like to know if there is any kerrs that may help to delve further into their history

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