>Hi Betty: The late Shirley Kerr (aka Nan) was interested in the KERR/HENDERSON names and I have a girlfriend in Australia who is interested as wel Henderson Tartan is shown at: http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clans/henderson/tartan.html and also http://www.scotlandshop.net/designertartanclothing/hendersonmoderntartan.php Wonder if you could order a small length of it from Scotland? Lauraine > From: "Betty" <[email protected]> > Date: 2008/11/24 Mon AM 06:41:15 CST > To: <[email protected]> > Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Surnames from Scotland; people lived in Ireland > > Hello, > > Just a reminder that my ancestors in the Prov. of Quebec from 1820's on were > KERR and HENDERSON families - definitely names from Scotland. But they > were born and raised in County Sligo, Ireland. And, one of the books on > the "history of Argenteuil Co. and Prescott Co. ..." state that they were > "Irishmen." > > (For dozens of researchers, this is a "concrete-block wall." None of us > can find out who the parents were of the 9 people who left Sligo-Town and > came to Canada. (4 couples, one single lady). As each year of research > goes on, we are finding out that there were KERR and HENDERSON families in > the late 1700's in County Sligo, even in Sligo Town. But, we have no way > to connect our ancestors up to them. And, even "naming patterns" don't > help.) > > Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) > > List Administrator > > > FYI: > > In 2 weeks we will be attending a "cousins get-together" which is about the > ~20 KERR cousins / siblings I have. They all like to celebrate their KERR > heritage; even have a few patches of a KERR tartan pinned to their > clothes. And, several of my late uncles and aunts always INSISTED that > they were "Scots" and some of them attended the "Highland Games," etc. > Over the weekend I was trying to find a way on-line of finding some > "HENDERSON tartan" patches. I wanted to remind my siblings and cousins > that one of our ancestors was William HENDERSON, born 1780's in Ireland. > Unfortunately, it was his daughter who carried on the name for us. My > gr-gr-grandparents were supposedly cousins, Robert KERR and Elizabeth > HENDERSON, b1827 in Argenteuil County, and in 1880's they came down to > Boston, MA. > > Robert and Elizabeth are buried in Everett, MA, and the KERR name is > mentioned there. But, I've been reminded that my gr-grandparents, William > KERR and Elizabeth HANNAH, are buried in Malden, MA, in the HANNAH grave - > and the KERR name is not mentioned on the stone. My sister tells me it > cost a lot of money to add names to a stone, but someday I will find a way > to do that. And, I haven't seen the KERR stone in Everett, so I don't > know if the HENDERSON name is mentioned there. (~1905 burials) > > Hmmmm. Maybe that's what I'll do today. > >

Hi Lauraine, Where did Shirley KERR live? I had an e-mail from a KERR who lived in the same town as the long-standing KERR Farm in Lakefield or Lachute (Argenteuil). I wrote back and provided information, and she never wrote back a 2nd time. That was 4-5 years ago, and I don't remember her name. By the way, this year I have received e-mails from current neighbors of the KERR Farm. We corresponded several times during the summer and early fall. Back in Ireland, since no one knows about the families they left behind, we don't know if they had siblings or cousins who went off in different directions. (I saw a few of the sites where a HENDERSON tartan clothing item can be bought, but most were expensive items, and most sites were in Scotland. So, I would have to pay extra postage to get the item here in MA/US.) Thank you for your interest. And, thank you for all the ways you participate on this List. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 6:28 PM Subject: Re: [CAN-USA-MIG] Surnames from Scotland; people lived in Ireland > >>Hi Betty: > > The late Shirley Kerr (aka Nan) was interested in the KERR/HENDERSON names > and I have a girlfriend in Australia who is interested as wel > > Henderson Tartan is shown at: > > http://www.scotclans.com/scottish_clans/clans/henderson/tartan.html and > also > > http://www.scotlandshop.net/designertartanclothing/hendersonmoderntartan.php > > Wonder if you could order a small length of it from Scotland? > > Lauraine > >> From: "Betty" <[email protected]> >> Date: 2008/11/24 Mon AM 06:41:15 CST >> To: <[email protected]> >> Subject: [CAN-USA-MIG] Surnames from Scotland; people lived in Ireland >> >> Hello, >> >> Just a reminder that my ancestors in the Prov. of Quebec from 1820's on >> were >> KERR and HENDERSON families - definitely names from Scotland. But they >> were born and raised in County Sligo, Ireland. And, one of the books >> on >> the "history of Argenteuil Co. and Prescott Co. ..." state that they were >> "Irishmen." >> >> (For dozens of researchers, this is a "concrete-block wall." None of >> us >> can find out who the parents were of the 9 people who left Sligo-Town and >> came to Canada. (4 couples, one single lady). As each year of >> research >> goes on, we are finding out that there were KERR and HENDERSON families >> in >> the late 1700's in County Sligo, even in Sligo Town. But, we have no >> way >> to connect our ancestors up to them. And, even "naming patterns" don't >> help.) >> >> Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) >> >> List Administrator >> >> >> FYI: >> >> In 2 weeks we will be attending a "cousins get-together" which is about >> the >> ~20 KERR cousins / siblings I have. They all like to celebrate their >> KERR >> heritage; even have a few patches of a KERR tartan pinned to their >> clothes. And, several of my late uncles and aunts always INSISTED >> that >> they were "Scots" and some of them attended the "Highland Games," etc. >> Over the weekend I was trying to find a way on-line of finding some >> "HENDERSON tartan" patches. I wanted to remind my siblings and cousins >> that one of our ancestors was William HENDERSON, born 1780's in Ireland. >> Unfortunately, it was his daughter who carried on the name for us. My >> gr-gr-grandparents were supposedly cousins, Robert KERR and Elizabeth >> HENDERSON, b1827 in Argenteuil County, and in 1880's they came down to >> Boston, MA. >> >> Robert and Elizabeth are buried in Everett, MA, and the KERR name is >> mentioned there. But, I've been reminded that my gr-grandparents, >> William >> KERR and Elizabeth HANNAH, are buried in Malden, MA, in the HANNAH >> grave - >> and the KERR name is not mentioned on the stone. My sister tells me >> it >> cost a lot of money to add names to a stone, but someday I will find a >> way >> to do that. And, I haven't seen the KERR stone in Everett, so I >> don't >> know if the HENDERSON name is mentioned there. (~1905 burials) >> >> Hmmmm. Maybe that's what I'll do today. >> >> > > > >