Sarah Jane Kerr (1840 - 1933)

Born 14 May 1840 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 17 May 1933 at age 93 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Name: Sarah Jane Kerr. Given Name: Sarah Jane. Surname: Kerr. ^[1]

Born 14 MAY 1840. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Map: Latitude: N39.929762. Longitude: W75.162322. Note: #N0991. ^{[1] [2]}

Baptism: St Paul's Episcopal Church. 5 JAN 1843. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Map: Latitude: N39.929762. Longitude: W75.162322. ^[3]

Died Senility caused by epithelium forehead. 17 MAY 1933. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. Map: Latitude: N39.929762. Longitude: W75.162322. ^[2]

Buried Widowed at death. 20 MAY 1933. Monnt Holly, Mount Holly , Burlington County, New Jersey, United States of America. ^[2]

Note: #N0990.

Research Notes

Note N0990 7/26/2021 See a Samuel Horner on the same page as Sarah Ann Kerr for baptism. They must have gone to the same church. Samuel Horner, aged 5 months, 17 days, Wm and Nancy Horner, Oct 16, 1842 (baptism)

Note N0991 7/26/2021 The bible says Sarah Jane Kerr, daughter of Jane Kerr was born May 14, 1840. Her death certificate says she was born in the year 1842 but she couldn't have because of the birth of her brother Joseph C Walker Kerr who was born Feb 10, 1842. This means that both Joseph and Jane were conceived out of wedlock and Jane being both conceived and born out of wedlock.

I hope this gets filled out one day. This individual was the only sibling to have issue. In the 1900 US Census, she is listed as Sallie Johnston living in Philadelphia; 3 children, 2 of which were living in 1900; years married was 34 in 1900. In 1920, she is living in Philadelphia again called Sallie. In the 1930 US Census, she was living with Bertha H Wilson, daughter in Philadelphia.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Source: #S6403 Kerr, Sarah Jane (1842-1933) 14 MAY 1842
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Source: #S0168 Johnston, Sarah Jane Kerr (1842-1933) 14 MAY 1933
3. ↑ Source: #S0196 Baptism: Kerr, Sarah Jane (1842-1933) 14 MAY 1842

• Source: S0168 Pennsylvania, U.S. Death Certificates 1906-Current ancestry.com Publication: Pennsylvania, USA 23 JUL 2021 Time: 09:09:18
• Source: S0196 Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S. Church and Town Records 1669-2013 ancestry.com Publication: Pennsylvania and New Jersey 25 JUL 2021 Time: 12:34:09
• Source: S6403 Bible: Simpson, Mary Polly Pritchett (aka The Simpson List) Simpson, Mary Polly Pritchett Publication: 1789-1858 Note: #N0336 26 JUL 2021 Time: 08:00:44

Note N0336 The following names are written in the front and back of the Bible:

Henry Simpson.

Jane Simpson.

Bible contained receipts of quarterly tithes with Mary Pritchett Simpson's (1789-1858) name on them.

There is a listing of family members (hand written) that was tucked inside this Bible; a separate printed list of Family data was contained in the wooden box owned by William B Jenkins Jr. The bible must have been passed down from Mary Pritchett Simpson to the oldest daughter (Jane Simpson Kerr) and then to Josephine Simpson Jenkins. Josephine was the youngest and died last. This is the reason it contains some of the Kerr grandchildren birth dates. Jane Simpson Kerr died shortly after the last two entries in the bible.