John Manners Kerr
John Manners Kerr,
bapt 19 Oct 1836.
He is
listed as
Lieutenant
in Ceylon Rifles
at mar 1860.
His residence listed as
Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool.
He
mar 19 Apr 1860
to
Ellen Lawson [born 1839 or 1840, Nova Scotia, Canada, dau of Robert Lawson, merchant].
They mar
at St.Andrew's (Church of Scotland) church, Rodney St, Liverpool.
See
mar cert.
Her residence listed at mar as St.Michaels Hamlet, Toxteth Park (think Liverpool).
They are
listed
in 1871 census at 9 Ashburnham Road, Bedford, Bedfordshire
(see
map).
He is
Captain
in Army, on half pay.
[Burkes LG, 1886]
lists him as Captain in
27th Regiment,
and also served in
62nd Regiment
and Ceylon Rifles.
He is described in probate as
Major
in the
Army Pay Department,
late of Plymouth.
Death, 1887:
He died 30 Aug 1887, "Grand Hotel", Plymouth, Devon, age 50 or 52 yrs.
See probate granted 14 Oct 1887 to his widow Ellen.
She is listed as of 4 Honeywell Rd, Wandsworth Common, London.
She is listed
in 1901 census
as living with her son at Cathay House, Royal St, Sandown, Isle of Wight.
She is "living on own means".
John Manners Kerr and Ellen had issue:
- Arthur M. Kerr,
born 1861 or 1862,
Columbo, in
Ceylon.
[House Book of Arthur Augustus Gibbon]
refers
to "Arthur Kerr"
in 1878-1879.
He is listed in
1881 census
at 6 Golf Place, St Andrew's, Scotland.
He is lodger, Army Student.
His cousin
William John Kerr
was also in St Andrew's at this time.
Living with mother on Isle of Wight in 1901 census. He is "tutor", unmarried.
He is listed in
1911 census at
Elm Hurst, Elm School, Penrhyn Rd, Kingston Upon Thames, Surrey
(can't identify this school).
He is Boarder, Schoolmaster, unmarried.
He
died 1928, Bletchingley Infirmary, Surrey, age 67 years.
- Robert Kerr,
think Robert H. Kerr, born 1864, Ceylon.
At home in 1871 census.
