Mary Shaw (Kerr) Gibson (1872 - 1900)

Born 27 Jan 1872 in Kilmood, Newtownards, County Down, Ireland

Wife of William Gibson — married 22 Feb 1889 in Ballygowan, Killinchy, Newtownards, County Down, Ireland

Died 24 Dec 1900 at age 28 in Ballykiegle, Kilmood, Newtownards, County Down, Ireland

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Biography

Mary Shaw Kerr was born in Drumhirk on the 27 January 1872 to John Kerr and Mary Shaw. ^[1]

Mary married William Gibson on 22 Feb 1889 in the Ballygowan Presbyterian Church, Ballygowan, Killinchy, Newtownards, County Down, Ireland. ^[2]

Mary and William had five children.

She died at her home in Ballykeigle from acute pneumonia on the 24 December 1900. Her father-in-law, Thomas Gibson, was the informant for the death registration. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Irish Genealogy ie, https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/, Accessed 21 May 2022; Birth registration at Kilmood on the 27 January 1872 for Mary Kerr; father John Kerr of Drumkhirk, a farmer; mother Mary Kerr, formerly Shaw; Informant, Isabella Shaw of Drumhirk, present at the birth
2. ↑ Irish Genealogy ie, https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/, Accessed 21 May 2022; Marriage registration 22 February 1889 for William Gibson, full age, bachelor, a farmer, of Ballykeigle, father Thomas Gibson, a farmer; and Mary Shaw Kerr, age 18, spinster, of Drumhirk, father John Kerr, a farmer. The witnesses were John Kerr and Flora Thompson
3. ↑ Irish Genealogy ie, https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/, Accessed 21 May 2022; Death registration 24 December 1900 for Mary Gibson, age 28, married, a farmer's wife; cause of death acute pneumonia lasting 10 days, certified; informant Thomas Gibson of Ballykiegle, present at death