Jennie Mae (Smith) Kerr (1889 - 1971)

Born 20 Nov 1889 in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States

Wife of Henry Brown — married 15 Jun 1909 (to before 1916) in Hamilton, Ohio, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1971 at age 81 in Bedford City, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Jennie (Smith) Kerr is a part of US Black heritage.

Jennie (Smith) Kerr was a Kentuckian.

Jennie was born in 1889 in Lexington, KY. She passed away in 1971. ^{[1] [2]}

1900 Census In the 1900 census Jennie (age 11) was the daughter of John and Sue Smith in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States. Her father was a laborer and her mother was a washerwoman. ^[3]

First Marriage

Jennie (age 21), daughter of John Smith & Susie Thomas, married Henry Brown (age 24) on 15 June 1909 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.^[4]

1910 Census In the 1910 census Jennie (age 20) and Henry Brown were the married roomers of Joe M Smith in Cleveland Ward 12, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. They did not at this point have any children. ^[5]

It is possible that her husband died in 1911. However more research on his is needed. Henry was mentioned on a memorial in Milheim Cemetery, Millheim, Summit County, Ohio, United States with a death date of 25 January 1911.^[6]

Second Marriage and Children

In Jennie's obituary it states that she and George Kerr celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1966. It can be assumed that she married George Kerr in 1916, most likely in Ohio, where she was already living.

No record of Jennie or George Kerr is found (to date) in the 1920 Census.

1930 Census In the 1930 census Jennie (age 40) was the wife of George N Kerr in Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio, United States. She was working as a cook for a private family. ^[7]

1940 Census In the 1940 census Jenny (age 51) was the wife of George Kerr in Twinsburg, Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio, United States.^[8]

Death and Burial

Jennie's obituary ran in the The Akron Beacon Journal on 23 October 1971 in Akron, Ohio.^[1]

Twinsburg — Service for Mrs. Jennie Mae Kerr, 81, of 8726 Hadden Rd., will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Mount Olive Baptist Church. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery.

Mrs. Kerr died Thursday in Bedford Municipal Hospital after a long illness. Born in Lexington, KY., she had lived in the Twinsburg area for 41 years.

A member of the Mount Olive baptist church, she was active in the church’s Pastor’s Aid Society, Missionary Society and Chairman of the Woman’s Day Committee. She was also a member of the Twinsburg Golden Agers Club.

Mrs. Kerr and her husband George celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in 1966.

Besides her husband she leaves two sons, Charles, of Cleveland, and Army Maj. William, of Colorado Springs; a daughter, Mrs. Mary Sanders, a member of the Twinsburg Board of Education; a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Martemus, Cleveland; 11 grand children and two great-grandchildren.

Friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m. Sunday at the Boyd Funeral home, Cleveland.

Jennie's memorial is in Crown Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Twinsburg, Summit County, Ohio, United States with a death date of 21 October 1971. She is buried next to her husband George Henry Kerr.^[9]

Research Notes

• Fact: Residence (1935) Same Place
• Fact: Residence (1940) Twinsburg City, Twinsburg Township, Summit, Ohio, United States
• Fact: Obituary (24 Oct 1971) Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1971 Newspaper: "Newspapers.com"
   The Akron Beacon Journal (Akron, Ohio) Sat, Oct 23, 1971, page 7
   Newspapers Clip: 123857100 (accessed 1 May 2023)
2. ↑ Personal recollection of events witnessed by L. Kerr as remembered 28 Jul 2020.
3. ↑ 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 15; FHL microfilm: 1240519; Record number: 4628;
   FamilySearch Record: M94M-TVP (accessed 2 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DHC9-ZLY Image number 00104
   Jennie Smith (11), single daughter, in household of John Smith (36) in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States. Born in Kentucky.
4. ↑ Marriage: "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
   citing FHL microfilm: 365176; Record number: 76;
   FamilySearch Record: X8QK-V4W (accessed 2 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 9392-91QD-P Image number 00225
   Jennie Smith (21) marriage to Henry Brown (24) on 15 Jun 1909 in Hamilton, Ohio, United States.
5. ↑ 1910 Census: "United States Census, 1910"
   citing enumeration district (ED) ED 200, sheet 9B, family 224, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1170; FHL microfilm 1,375,183.
   FamilySearch Record: MLD5-LNR (accessed 2 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GRK7-9NFG Image number 00347
   Jennie Brown (20), married roomer, in household of Joe M Smith (24) in Cleveland Ward 12, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States. Born in Kentucky.
6. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #37372739 (accessed 2 May 2023)
   Memorial page for Henry M Brown (21 Mar 1885-25 Jan 1911), citing Milheim Cemetery, Millheim, Summit County, Ohio, USA (plot: Row 5); Maintained by Dirt Hero Paula (contributor 46917490).
7. ↑ 1930 Census: "United States Census, 1930"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: T626; Line: 5;
   FamilySearch Record: X4ZZ-RWS (accessed 1 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9R83-S3N
   Jennie Kerr (40), wife, in household of George N Kerr (41) in Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio, United States. Born in Kentucky.
8. ↑ 1940 Census: "United States Census, 1940"
   citing enumeration district (ED) 77-84, sheet 4B, line 45, family 76, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3154.
   FamilySearch Record: KWGS-BLS (accessed 1 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 3QSQ-G9M1-732G
   Jenny Kerr (51), wife, in household of George Kerr (51) in Twinsburg, Twinsburg, Summit, Ohio, United States. Born in Kentucky.
9. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #169672599 (accessed 1 May 2023)
   Memorial page for Jennie Mae Smith Kerr (20 Nov 1889-21 Oct 1971), citing Crown Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum, Twinsburg, Summit County, Ohio, USA; Maintained by Kristen (contributor 47408569).

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 05 July 2020, 17:18), entry for Jennie Smith(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LK2K-Y56); contributed by various users.