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Ann Kerr (Palmer)

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Birthplace: Milton Malsor, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
Death: November 04, 1910 (79)
River Terrace, Brightwater, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
Place of Burial: Waimea West Road, Brightwater, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
Immediate Family:

Daughter of William Palmer; William Palmer; Elizabeth Harford and Elizabeth Bellamy
Wife of Peter Kerr
Mother of William Palmer Kerr; John Kerr; Henry Kerr; David Kerr; Robert Kerr and 11 others
Sister of Hannah Dixon; Job (John) Palmer; William Sheppard Palmer; John Palmer; George Seymour Palmer and 4 others

Find A Grave ID: 141518439
Immigration to New Zealand: Olympus, 28th October 1842
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About Ann Kerr

Obituary

On the 4th Inst,, at River Terrace, Brightwater, another old settler passed away in, Mrs Ann Kerr, the relict of the late Mr Peter Kerr who predeceased her about 17 years ago, in her 80th year . She, in. company with, her brother, Mr William Palmer, of Brightwater, and sisters, arrived in Nelson in the ship Olympus in the year 1842, and since then she, and her husband had resided in the vicinity of Brigtwater. where they bore their share of the toils and hardships of the early settlers, greatly respected by who knew her. She has left a family of four sons, three daughters, fifty-eight grandchildren, and fifty-two great-grandchildren.
Source: Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLV, 11 November 1910, Page 4 [https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19101111.2.13].

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Ann Kerr's Timeline

1831
January 19, 1831
Milton Malsor, Northamptonshire, England, United Kingdom
1850
May 8, 1850
Waimea South, Nelson, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand

NZ Birth Registration Number (1850/2865) - NR KERR, Mother Ann, Father Peter.

1852
February 8, 1852
Brightwater, Tasman District, Tasman, New Zealand
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1858
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1861
November 12, 1861
Waimea South, Nelson, Tasman District, New Zealand
1863
August 11, 1863
Nelson, Nelson City, Nelson, New Zealand