Margaret Amelia (Hill) Kerr (1879 - 1957)

Born 23 Oct 1879 in Moose Brook, Hants Co., Nova Scotia

Ancestors

Wife of John Reuben Kerr — married 27 Dec 1900 in Cheverie, Hants, Canada

Descendants

Died 27 Mar 1957 at age 77 in Payzant Memorial Hospital, Windsor, Hants County, Nova Scotia

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Biography

Biography

Margaret "Maggie" Amelia Hill was born October 23, 1879 in Tennycape , Hants County, Nova Scotia to Matthew Hill and Margaret Godfrey.

At the age of 22 in Cheverie, Hants County and by Presbyterian Lisence, Maggie married Reuben Kerr who was a Sailor from Cheverie, Hants County, Nova Scotia. Witnesses to the wedding included Seth Dill, A McCulloch with the Reverend William Forbes officiating the ceremony.

The 1901 Walton Census finds them living in Walton, Hants County with Thomas Lingard, a widowed Farmer. The Lingards and Hills were relatives.

Maggie's husband eventually took on farming and they raised their family in Cheverie.

Her husband died in 1940.

Margaret died at the age of 77 years 6 months 3 days on March 27, 1957 at the Payzant Memorial Hospital in Windsor, Hants County. Informant for death registration was Mrs. Mae Giles of Kempt, her daughter.

She was buried in Bramber, Nova Scotia.

Sources

• NSHVS

Marriage Registration Year 1900 Book 1824 Page 41 #109.

Death Registration Year 1957 Page 2368.

Margaret was the Informant on Death Registration Year 1948 Page 6778 Maria Jane Laffin her sister.

• Nova Scotia Census Reports

1901 Walton Census Maggie A. Kerr age 21 Marr [1]

Margaret was born in 1879. She passed away in 1957.

Sources

• 1921 Dominion Bureau of Stistics (Census) Cheverie, Hants County, Nova Scotia, Canad, page 3

Family evaluted: John Kerr age 44 Margaret Kerr age 41 May age 17, Stanley age 15, Hattie age 13, Elva age 11, Archibald age 8, Maud age 5 and Madge age 1. John is a chevrier (goat herd)