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    1. [QC-ETANGLO] KERR - Scotland to Canada 1867
    2. roberta kerr
    3. >This is being posted to several maillists so this duplication is not in error. > >I am searching two children who appeared to have gotten lost in the Canadian wilderness sometime after their arrival from Scotland in 1867. > >David KERR age 13 and Margaret KERR age 9 travelled from Port Greenoch, Glasgow 19 June 1867 on a 32 day voyage to Quebec, Montreal, Kingston and a third port which name is illegible. Their arrival date would have been 21 July 1867. > >They travelled on the SS St. Andrew with Edward Scott, Captain. > >David (age 13) and Margaret (age 9) travelled as part of the family of David KERR and Catherine DUNCAN and three other children: > >John Mitchell b 17 Dec 1861 Alloa, Clackmannanshire; >Mary b 1 Nov 1863, Logie, Perthshire; and >Duncan b 6 Jan 1866 Bearsden, Lanarkshire. > >When David KERR b 1832 Linlithgow? and Catherine DUNCAN b 1868 Kirrimuir, Angus, married 31 Dec 1860 "Dunfermline-Rites, Fife County According to U.P. Church", David KERR was identified as a widower age 27 years. > >The two missing children, David and Margaret, may have been from his first marriage. We have not been able to find the first marriage or whom he married. > >The 1861 Census has David KERR and Catherine DUNCAN living at #52 Drysdale Street, Alloa, Clackmannanshire but there are no children listed with them at that residence. > >We have not been able to locate any data on David KERR age 13 (1867) or Margaret KERR age 9 (1867) either in Scotland, or in Canada after their arrival. > >David KERR and Catherine DUNCAN, with their three children, eventually bought property in Richmond County, Quebec and had seven more children. David (age 13) and Margaret (age 9) appear not to have been raised with this family. > >Where are you my darlings????? > >Regards >Roberta KERR >Turner Valley, Alberta, Canada > > > >

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