KERR, John

1854 - 1920  (66 years)

• Name	KERR, John  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	1854	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [4, 5, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	Horse Trainer
  Death	7 Nov 1920	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [1, 2, 4, 6]
  	Christchurch Hospital
  Burial	8 Nov 1920	Burwood, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [4, 6]
  Person ID	I4281	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	KERR, Peter,   b. 9 May 1813, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 25 Apr 1877, Avonside, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 63 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	CUMMING, Margaret,   b. 15 Jul 1824, Glenmuick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 2 Apr 1898, New Brighton, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	6 Jul 1851	Glenmuick,Aberdeen,Scotland/Ref Scot Sel MARRS 1561-1910: Margt CUMINE & Peter Kerr
  Family ID	F1556	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	HAMILTON, Edith,   b. 29 Jul 1852, Ashford in the Water, Derbyshire, England d. 25 Dec 1932, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	14 Sep 1876	Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand   [3]
  	Holy Trinity Church, Avonside
  Children	+ 1. KERR, Margaret Matilda,   b. 7 Sep 1877, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 31 Jul 1961, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. KERR, Jessie Frances,   b. 15 Dec 1879, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 9 Jul 1964, Belfast, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. KERR, Albert Charles Hamilton,   b. 15 Sep 1882, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 25 Nov 1935, Ashburton, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 53 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. KERR, David Wilson Handley,   b. 10 Feb 1886, Akaroa, Selwyn, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 26 Nov 1944, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 5. KERR, Walter Peter Maitland,   b. 29 Apr 1888, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand d. 31 Dec 1971, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F1592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1854 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Marriage - 14 Sep 1876 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Death - 7 Nov 1920 - Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand Burial - 8 Nov 1920 - Burwood, Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		William Philip Garrett
  		John Kerr
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  		Aickin gravestone Aickin Grave stone
  		Henry James Shaw Alice Mary Shaw Nee Abbott
  		Ethel Emily Alsop (nee Hole) about 1967 Elthel Alsop (nee Hole). Photo taken about 1967
  		Herbert James Wiseman Pyper with wife Sarah Maude Pyper (nee Annett) with his wife Maud Pyper nee`Annett on their farm at Puketaha Hamilton N.Z.
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• Notes

  John Kerr survives in a pen picture drawn by his nephew, Professor David Charles Hamilton Florance: My uncle John Kerr - otherwise the Big fellow - was a very big Viking; hairy-chested, a reddish spade beard, magnificent as he guided his team of horses along the furrows; a man bursting with vitality except when horse and sulky brought him home from the Bower (Hotel). Cremated at Bromley Crematorium

  
  

• Sources

  [S71] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for John Kerr http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NZDeathIndex&h=384270&indiv=try [S71] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Death Index, 1848-1964, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for John Kerr http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NZDeathIndex&h=592354&indiv=try [S62] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Marriage Index, 1840-1934, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for John Kerr http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NZMarriageIndex&h=44388&indiv=try [S23] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;). Record for John Kerr http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NewZealandCemetery&h=1261141&indiv=try New Zealand, Cemetery Records, 1800-2007 [S70] Ancestry.com, New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014;), New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950. Record for John Kerr http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=NZLBirthIndex&h=1364076&indiv=try [S12] Ancestry.com, Australia and New Zealand, Find A Grave Index, 1800s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;).