Re: Kerrs Coatbridge/Airdrie, Scotland
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In reply to:
Re: Kerrs Coatbridge/Airdrie, Scotland
1/21/00
Hello Elizabeth
I have learned a little more since posting my
original message.
My gt, gt grandmother Fanny (Frances) Reid married Andrew Kerr around 1860.James Kerr (Kerrcastle) has told me that Andrew's parents were Marion Craig and John Kerr, who must have been married around 1840 in Old Monkland.
My John Kerr was my gt, gt, gt grandfather.Perhaps he was a cousin of your John Kerr's father.
I don't know that area of Scotland very well and I have 2 or 3 sets of surnames all around Old Monkland, Bothwell and Airdrie in the 1850s.Do you still live there and do you have any idea how separate Coatbridge and Airdrie were at this time?
I live in Spain now so I won't be able to go and have a look for a while.
Fanny Reid and Andrew Kerr had a son called James Jaffray Kerr and I've no idea where the Jaffray came from - do you know of any?
Thanks
Debbie