Margaret
Jane
"Maggie Jane"
Kerr
Born in Ballystrudder, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland
Ancestors 
Daughter of John Kerr
and Martha (Haveron) Kerr
Sister of
Mary Annie Kerr
Wife of
William Preston Davis
— married
3 Mar 1910 in Alameda, Saskatchewan
Descendants 
Died
at age 98
in Langley, British Columbia, Canada
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Aug 2013
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Margaret Kerr was a British Home Child and was one of many Children Transported to Canada.
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Biography
Maggie Jane was born in 1889 in Ballystrudder, Islandmagee, County Antrim, Ireland, the daughter of John Kerr, a labourer who was living in the Scotch Quarter, Carrickfergus, and Martha Haveron. Her birth was registered by Jane Haveron of Mullaghdoo, Islandmagee.[1]
Note
- Note: In 1891 Mary was born and 1899 the children were taken away by the 'state' because their father John Kerr was not able to take care of them. Both Margaret and Mary Kerr were in the 1901 census in England (Pulloxhill) then they were sent to Canada as home children.
- Name Maggie Jane Kerr
- Birth date 02 May 1889
- Birth place Ballystrudder, Island Magee N. Ireland
- Death date 28 Aug 1987 New
- Death place Langley, BC New
- Family Father: John Kerr
- Mother: Martha Haveron
- Spouse: William Preston Davis
- name: Margaret Kerr
- registration district: Larne
- event type: BIRTHS
- registration quarter and year: Apr - Jun 1893
- volume number: 1
- page number: 597
- digital folder number: 4193978
- 1886JohnMarthaHAVERONIslandmagee First PresbyterianJAMES-WILLIAM
- Margaret Jane Kerr
- 02 May 1889 - 28 Aug 1987
- Born: Ballystrudder, Island Magee N. Ireland
- Died: Langley, BC
- Family Photos9
- Margaret Jane's Family
- Parents + Add
- Martha Haveron 1867 - 1895
- John Kerr
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- William Preston Davis 1884 - 1971
- Marriage 1910 details
- Children (4) + Add
- Children with William Preston Davis:
- William John Davis 1910 - 1995
- Kathleen Davis 1912 - 1998
- Margaret Fern Davis 1919 - 1993
- Twins Davis 1925 - 1925
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- Data Changed:
- Date: 29 Oct 2012
- Time: 01:00:00
- Date: 29 Oct 2012
Prior to import, this record was last changed 01:00:00 29 Oct 2012.
Sources
- ↑ Ireland Civil Registration Birth Index https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1889/02478/1919871.pdf
- Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 16 October 2022), memorial page for Margaret Jane Kerr Davis (2 May 1889–28 Aug 1987), Find A Grave: Memorial #73416420, citing Alameda Cemetery, Alameda, Estevan Census Division, Saskatchewan, Canada; Maintained by Janice Davis (contributor 47554126) .
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Val Kerr for creating WikiTree profile Kerr-1988 through the import of Kerr4.ged on Aug 4, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Val and others.
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Janice Davis
Margaret was a homechild, sent to canada in 1901 by the British Government/Barnardo scheme. She was taken away from her father John Kerr after her mother Martha Haveron died. Both Maggie 12 and her younger sister Mary Annie 9 lived in Pulloxhill England until they were sent to Ontario Canada where they were promptly separated. When Maggie was allowed to leave, she went to work for a doctor in Alameda Saskatchewan where she met William Preston Davis who was also a home child and trained as a blacksmith.
posted 7 Jun 2016 by Janice Davis
[thank Janice]
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Margaret by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondrial DNA test-takers in the direct maternal line:
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GA Davis :
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Margaret Jane Kerr was my paternal grandmother. My father did his DNA on FTDNA.
Rejected matches › Margaret Anne (Kerr) McAuley (1887-) › Margaret T. (Carey) Dalton (abt.1889-) › Margaret Carr (1889-) › Marie Cyr (abt.1891-)
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