Robert Kerr

M, b. circa 1796, d. 7 September 1834
FatherJames Kerr b. Dec 1754, d. 6 Jun 1830
MotherElizabeth Brown b. Mar 1767, d. 14 Apr 1840
Relationship3rd great-granduncle of Pamela Joyce Wood
     Robert Kerr was born circa 1796 at Cornwallis, Kings Co, Nova Scotia. He was the son of James Kerr and Elizabeth Brown. Robert Kerr married Jane Kelt on 4 October 1826 at Wallace, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia. Robert Kerr died on 7 September 1834 at Wallace, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia. He was buried at Wallace, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia; Wallace Old Methodist Cemetery.
     Robert Kerr settled in Wallace, Cumberland County, Nova Scotia and worked in a partnership with his younger brother, Joseph, in Amherst, in the operation of a sawmill, a gristmill and a carding mill on the Wallace River. He was also known as a merchant.
Robert Kerr died from drowning after he fell from a bridge crossing the Wallace River in "his 38th year".

Family

Jane Kelt b. c 1800, d. a 1871
Children
Last Edited24 Jun 1992