Hello, I'd like to know if anyone is researching an extended family of KERR's in Everett, MA, or from Everett, MA, or knows them ! I'd just like to offer a brief, simple outline of the family I am interested in, hoping to jog someone's memory ! William KERR, b1855 Quebec, Canada, came down to Boston in the 1870's and married Elizabeth HANNAH, who had been born in Glasgow, Scotland, and her parents came to Boston in 1857 when she was an infant. They married in Malden, MA, in 1876, and had 6 children: Louise "Aunt Lou" KERR never married. She was born in 1877 and died in 1970, at almost 93 years old ! Frederick KERR was born in Everett, MA, in 1878, and he died at Age 18. Joseph A. KERR, b188?, married Minnie PETERSON in Everett in 1901. They had 4 children: Arthur KERR, Kenneth KERR, Doris KERR, Frederick KERR. George R. KERR, b1888, married Mary A. C. DEXTER in Malden, MA, in 1911. They had 6 children: William KERR, Evelyn KERR, Marjorie KERR, Elizabeth KERR, George KERR, Jr., and Richard KERR. Ruby Olive KERR, b189?, married Hobart PHELPS. They had about 4 children; I'm sorry I don't have that information handy. They lived their last years in Lexington, MA. (These are from my mother's notes from 1970's, and one page is missing.) Our family has lost touch with most of their descendants ! Since some members of the above families might still be alive and active, I'll just mention some of the spouses of the descendants' surnames: LARKIN, KELLEY, NORTH, and DUNN, etc. Speaking of my mother, I'd like to mention that she passed away quietly yesterday. So, I will not be participating on the Lists too much for a few days. Her passing was not unexpected. She began having Strokes almost 10 years ago, and, unfortunately, they did not stop ! She entered a Nursing Facility about 3 years ago, and her health problems continued. She just lost a brother last October, a victim of Alzheimer's and who unexpectedly died of Leukemia. They only have their youngest sibling still alive. .... Just as with many of the other branches of my family-tree, many "health problems" got passed down through the generations ! (Just a reminder for women researchers: Please do not ignore "unexplained aches and pains" which come on suddenly. If you watch the "health reports" on TV News, you have heard that Heart problems and Stroke problems .. do not cause the same symptoms in women as they do in men !) Enjoy your Holiday weekend ! Betty (near Lowell, MA) P.S. William KERR's younger siblings also came down to Boston; except for one sister who remained in Quebec. And, their parents came down. The younger sister married William McINNIS and remained in the area. I am still looking for the surnames of the wives of the two youngest brothers, Robert and Joseph KERR. There is a possibility that they married 2 sisters whose parents were from Scotland (Margaret and Sarah, b~1870). These 2 couples went from Everett, MA, to Everett, WA, and remained there (no children). P.S.2 One "cousin" I would like to get in touch with is a Reverend David KERR, who is now retired, but I understand he is active in charitable organizations. I hear he served in churches from the Gloucester, MA, area to the York, ME, area.