Janet Wilson Kerr (1861)

Born 5 Nov 1861 in Chippenham, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Janet Wilson Kerr was born November 5, 1861 at Causeway, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England. She is the daughter of Alexander Kerr and Catherine Wilson.^[1]

In 1871 she was living with her parents and siblings in Chippenham.^[2]

In 1881 Janette Kerr, aged 20 and born in Chippenham, was recorded as one of three draper's assistants in the Abbotsbury, Dorset household of John Poynter, master draper and grocer, and his sister Elizabeth.^[3]

Janet's father died in January 1891 and by April of that year she was living with her mother in Croydon, now part of Greater London, and still employed as a draper's assistant.^[4]

By 1901, mother and daughter resided in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire where both were "living on own means."^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth Certificate of Janet Wilson Kerr (1861), General Register Office, England. Issued 10 September 2004. Personal copy in the files of Marilyn M. Astle.
2. ↑ 1871 Census of England, Chippenham, Wiltshire, ED 9, Piece 1899, Folio 22, Page 36, household 170, Alexander Kerr household; digital image, Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
3. ↑ 1881 Census of England, Abbotsbury, Dorset, ED 2, Piece 2109, Folio 22, Page 14, Schedule 86, John Poynter household; digital image, Ancestry. https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
4. ↑ 1891 Census of England, Croydon, Croydon, ED 45, Piece 593, Folio 124, Page 127, Family 124, Catherine Kerr household; digital image, MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/
5. ↑ 1901 Census of England, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, ED 30, Piece 2463, Folio 30, Page 111, Family 30, Catherine Kerr household; digital image, MyHeritage https://www.myheritage.com/