Ancestors and Family of Pam Wood Waugh and Randy Waugh

Carolyn Lavinia Gesner

F, b. 22 May 1809, d. 1 May 1890

Father

Mother

Carolyn Lavinia Gesner was born on 22 May 1809 at Cornwallis, Kings Co, Nova Scotia.¹ She was the daughter of Henry Gesner and Sarah Pineo. Carolyn Lavinia Gesner married Ebenezer Kerr, son of James Kerr and Elizabeth Brown, on 3 July 1827 at Cornwallis, Kings Co, Nova Scotia. Carolyn Lavinia Gesner died on 1 May 1890 at Port Greville, Cumberland Co, Nova Scotia, at age 80; "News has been received of the death of Mrs. Caroline Kerr at Port Greville, N.S. at an advanced age. The funeral was held Friday last. Mrs. Kerr was highly respected in Cumberland Co. She was the widow of a brother of David S. Kerr of St. John city and the last of the Gesner family of whom the late Dr. Gesner was a member."²

Family

Ebenezer Kerr b. c 1796, d. 15 Mar 1870

Children

James Kerr+ b. 7 Dec 1828
Anna Maria Kerr b. 2 Sep 1830
John Kerr b. 30 Apr 1832
Robert Kerr+ b. 12 Jun 1834, d. 16 Feb 1898
Ebenezer Kerr+ b. 31 Jan 1836, d. 29 Jun 1925
Harriet Elizabeth Kerr b. c 1839
Famicha Kerr b. 4 Feb 1839, d. 1 Sep 1921
Henry Gesner Kerr+ b. 2 Aug 1843, d. 25 Nov 1915
Lavinia Caroline Kerr b. 25 Jul 1845, d. 13 Sep 1913
Joseph Norman Bond Kerr b. 29 Jul 1846, d. 14 Dec 1846
Julia Charlotte Kerr+ b. 2 Oct 1847, d. 25 Mar 1926
Sarah Catherine Kerr b. 9 May 1849
Aleida Yates Kerr+ b. 5 Apr 1852, d. 18 Oct 1920

Last Edited

14 Apr 2015

Citations

[S1348] Nova Scotia, Kings Co, Cornwallis, Church of England 1718-1911, FHL INTL Film #.
[S811] Daniel F. Johnson, New Brunswick Vital Statistics from Newspapers, Provincial Archives of New Brunswick, Date : June 2, 1890, County : Saint John, Place : Saint John, Newspaper : The Evening Gazette. Death of Caroline Kerr.