Hello. I just checked the archives of this Board, and it seems I haven't posted about my gr-grandfather's sister before. Since I don't have any additional information from 2004, I hope you don't mind if I copy/paste a query from then - here:

Hello,

After many attempts at trying to find this couple over the past 6 months, I
think I finally found my great-grandfather's younger sister living in
Somerville in 1900, 1910, and 1920.

My great-grandfather, William KERR, came down from Quebec Province around
1872-1875. He is found in the 1880 Census with his wife, Elizabeth
(HANNAH). Also in the household was their first two children, William and
Louise, and his sister, Mary Ann KERR. At that time they were living in
Everett.

William KERR had married Elizabeth HANNAH in 1876 in Malden.

Because Mary Ann KERR was listed in the household in 1880, I had "guessed"
that she had made the trip from Quebec to Boston with her brother. But,
if I have found the correct couple (below), Mary Ann came down to Boston in
1879.

I had known from my mother's notes that Mary Ann had married William
McINNES, but I had no idea what the spelling of his name was. Today I
decided to try this spelling, and I think I found them:

1900 Somerville, MA
William McINNES, 45, b6/1865, m.18yrs, bCAN/ENG, mig. 1880, Carpenter
Mary A. McINNES, 42, b7/1857, m.18yrs., bCAN/ENG, mig. 1880
Mabel, 15, daughter, b. 11/1884, b MA ..

1910 Somerville, MA
William McINNES, 58, m.27yrs
Mary McINNES, 53, m.27yrs, one child

1920 Somerville, MA
William McINNES, 67, mig. 1878, carpenter, chemical company
Mary McINNES, 61, mig. 1879

...
I had thought that they had had two daughters, but only one is mentioned.
...
I checked the LDS web site for a possible match-up for a William McINNES
born around 1865, and I came up with a William McINNIS living with his
family in Perth, Ontario, in the 1881 Census. He was 15 at the time.

FYI: The KERR's in Argenteuil County, Quebec, in the 1800's, might have
had a close relative, Dawson KERR, who moved to Perth, Ontario, in
mid-1800's.

(Another possibility is a William McINNES in Halifax, NS, in the 1881
Census. He was living with his family, and was 29, which puts his birth
year at ~1852. But, he was listed as a "house joiner," which I think is a
carpenter. Another clue is that his family was listed as Wesleyan
Methodist, and the KERR's were of the same religion.)

(However, William stated that he migrated either in 1878 to 1880 which means
he could not have shown up in the 1881 Canadian Census.)

..Just wondering if anyone knows anything about this couple. William
McINNES seems to have married Mary Ann KERR around 1882-1883, probably in
Everett, Malden, or Somerville.


William and Elizabeth (HANNAH) KERR and William and Mary (KERR) McINNIS remained living in cities bordering on Boston, MA, until their passings.



Betty (near Lowell, MA)