Hello It's great to see the KERR name come up on the list. I have been trying for 20 years to find the parents of my Alexander Kerr (Carr) without success. My 2xgreat grandfather George Kerr was baptised at Monquhitter in 1826. He was the son of Alexander KERR and Mary SINCLAIR. Mary was the daughter of Alexander Sinclair and Elspet Robertson. She was born 1800 in Pitsligo. Alexander Kerr died in 1838 at Balthangie, Monquhitter. He had 2 other children, daughters Mary 1829 and Betty Whyte 1835. Regards Marilyn
Hi Howard Noticed your post about Carr (Kerr) and Cook (Cock) I have a Silvester Cock or Cook who married Lillias or Lily Carr in Aberdeen in 1812. Lily was the fifth daughter of John Carr b 1749 and Agnes Leiper b 1754 both at Banchory Devenick. I cannot find out much about Silvester (I haven't come across many of them in the North East!) except that he was a carpenter and lived in Holburn Street, Aberdeen. His son was also a carpenter and as this is a trade that seems to run in families I wandered if his father had been a carpenter or wright. Any carpenters in the your Cock link. I also have a Cook connection with Fordyce. one of my great great grandmothers was Margaret Cook born 1815 at Fordyce daughter of William Cook and Elizabeth Wood ( from Seatown, Portsoy) but this is a completely different line from my Carrs of Banchory Devenick. However if this sparks any interest from other Cooks or Carrs so much to the good George On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 8:01 AM, Marilyn & Michael Lacey < laceyml@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > Hello > It's great to see the KERR name come up on the list. I have been trying > for 20 years to find the parents of my Alexander Kerr (Carr) without > success. My 2xgreat grandfather George Kerr was baptised at Monquhitter in > 1826. He was the son of Alexander KERR and Mary SINCLAIR. Mary was the > daughter of Alexander Sinclair and Elspet Robertson. She was born 1800 in > Pitsligo. Alexander Kerr died in 1838 at Balthangie, Monquhitter. He had 2 > other children, daughters Mary 1829 and Betty Whyte 1835. > Regards > Marilyn > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > -- George Brander Torre de la Horadada España