Born in Wentworth, Wentworth, Ontario, Canada
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Henry Kerr
and Ruth Maria (Thoms) Kerr
Wife of
Samuel John McChesney
— married
20 Jun 1905 in Nipissing District, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 93
in Timmins, Cochrane, Ontario, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 17 Oct 2021
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Biography
Winford was born in 1885. She was the daughter of John Kerr and Ruth Thoms. [1] She married Samuel John McChesney in 1905. [2] She passed away in 1979.[3]
Research Note
Her grandmother Margaret died in 1902 and is buried in a McChesney grave in the Pioneer Cemetery in New Liskeard. Is there an earlier connection with McChesneys before the Kerrs moved to New Liskeard?
Sources
- ↑
Library and Archives Canada. Census of Canada, 1891. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Name: Winnie Kerr Gender: Female Marital Status: Single Age: 5 Birth Year: abt 1886 Birth Place: Ontario Residence Date: 1891 Residence Place: Ward 6, Hamilton City, Ontario, Canada Relation to Head: Daughter Religion: Methodist French Canadian: No Father's Name: John Kerr Father's Birth Place: Ontario Mother's Name: Orpha Kerr Mother's Birth Place: Ontario Division Number: 4 Household Members Age Relationship John Kerr 35 Head Orpha Kerr 33 Wife Benson Kerr 7 Son Winnie Kerr 5 Daughter Meta Kerr 2 Daughter Sarah Hood 21 Domestic - ↑
Ontario, Canada, Select Marriages. Archives of Ontario, Toronto. Name: Winnie Kerr Age: 19 Birth Year: abt 1886 Birth Place: Mountsburg Marriage Date: 20 Jun 1905 Marriage Place: Nipissing District, Nipissing, Ontario, Canada Father: Jno Henry Kerr Mother: Orpha Rovell Kerr Spouse: Samuel J McChesney - ↑
Find-a-Grave website. Name: Winnie McChesney Birth Date: 1885 Death Date: 1979 Cemetery: Timmins Memorial Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place: Timmins, Cochrane District, Ontario, Canada Has Bio?: N URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/226338107/winnie-mcchesney
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Winnie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Winnie:
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Jan (Briggs) Briggs-McGowan 
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member jbmcg
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~0.78%
~6.25%
Geof Smith :
23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A910306 [compare], Ancestry member linknsmith
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Living DNA, GEDmatch MJ5868069 [compare]
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Cody Mills :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch AD7252010 [compare], Ancestry member Codymills_24
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