Civil Record of Marriage: 1st Kilrea Presbyterian Church; 4th Nov 1862; Henry Kerr; Full, Bachelor; Servant; Moneysallin; Henry Kerr; Labourer to Peggy Bell Gordon; Full; Spinster; Moneysallin; John Gordon; Weaver; James ?Wrath and George Gardiner.
Church Marriage Record Date of Marriage: 04-Nov-1862 Parish / District: FIRST KILREA County: Co. Derry Husband Wife Name: Henry Kerr Peggy Bell Gordon Address: Moneysallin Moneysallin Denomination: Presbyterian Presbyterian Occupation: SERVANT Age: Status: Bachelor (Previously unmarried) Spinster (Previously unmarried) Husband's Father Wife's Father Name: Henry Kerr John Gordon Address: Denomination: Occupation: LABOURER WEAVER Husband's Mother Wife's Mother Name: Address: Denomination: Occupation: Witness 1 Witness 2 Name: James Wrath George Gardener Address: Notes:
Given as 50 at death in 1900....but that would make him 13 years his wife's junior and we know her age at death was also given far too low (63 instead of 77), so he was probably born much earlier than this.
He died on April 20th, 1900.
Death Notes
Name HENRY KERR Year of Death 1900 Group Registration ID 3654538 SR District/Reg Area Coleraine Deceased Age at Death 50 Image Found dead in bed, there was an inquest but it determined he died of natural causes, probably heart disease.
Date of Birth from Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Old Age Pension/Census records - in fact she was probably born circa 1840, judging by the ages of her siblings.
She died at the age of 77 on January 4th, 1914.
Death Notes
Name MARGARET KERR Year of Death 1914 Group Registration ID 5356859 SR District/Reg Area Coleraine Deceased Age at Death 63 Image According to her death certificate, Margaret Bell Kerr died on 4th January 1914 in Kilrea, aged 63, a widow, the widow of a labourer, of cardio vascular disease, her son, Thomas Kerr, of Kilrea, being present at death. In fact, she was 77.
Civil Birth Record Name: Mary Kerr Date of Birth: 11-May-1871 Registration Date: Address: Drumlane Parish/District: KILREA Gender: Female County Co. Derry Denomination: Registrar District Father: Henry Kerr Mother: Margaret Isabella Gordon Occupation: Labourer Sponsor 1 / Informant 1: Margaret Isabella Kerr Sponsor 2 / Informant 2: Notes: MOTHER'S NAME MARGARET ISABELLA
Civil Birth Record Name: Mary Louisa Kerr Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1875 Registration Date: Address: Drumlane Parish/District: KILREA Gender: Female County Co. Derry Denomination: Registrar District Father: Henry Kerr Mother: Margaret Gordon Occupation: Labourer Sponsor 1 / Informant 1: Margaret Kerr Sponsor 2 / Informant 2: Notes: