Kerr (Abt 1790-)

Catherine Ann Kerr (Abt 1811-1869)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Robert Millis Ellen Millis+ Fanny Millis+ John Millis Richard Millis Robert Millis+ Catherine Ann Kerr 3 4 Born: Abt 1811, , , Northern Ireland, United Kingdom Marriage (1): Robert Millis on 23 May 1831 in Armagh, Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom 1 2 Died: 4 Nov 1869, Thames, Coromandel, Waikato, New Zealand aged about 58 5 6    Another name for Catherine was Catherine Ann Carr. Catherine married Robert Millis, son of Richard Millis and Mary Johnson, on 23 May 1831 in Armagh, Armagh, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.1 7 (Robert Millis was born on 22 Aug 1807 in Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom,8 died in Aug 1864 in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 9 10 and was buried on 22 Aug 1864 in Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 11.)   Noted events in their marriage were: • Immigration: on the Berwick Castle, Bet 13 Jun and 13 Dec 1852, to Auckland. The barque Berwick Castle, a small vessel of 342 tons, under Captain Latto, occupied 196 days in 1852 on the passage from the Downs to Auckland. She sailed on the 13th June, and brought out 148 passengers, including a large number of pensioners. Being under contract to visit the Falkland Islands, she called there on the 11th August, and whilst beating in ran aboard the store ship Margaret, causing considerable damage to both vessels. The barque sailed from Port Stanley on the 1st October, and for several days experienced nothing but gales, with snow and sleet. On the 21st October a heavy sea struck the rudder, carrying it clean away. The gale continued for eight days without a lull, and the barque was steered by means of a spar and a hawswer, but finding these too heavy, a temporary rudder was rigged with a guy lashed to the foot of it. With this the shipwas carried all safe into Hobart Town on the 6th November. Having shipped a new rudder, she sailed again on the 1st December, and had a pleasant run, making the New Zealand coast on the 9th, and arriving at Auckland on the 13th December, 1852. During the voyage there were nine deaths and seven births.   Marriage Notes: Robert & Catherine will possibly have met while Robert was stationed at Charlemont, Armagh and Catherine perhaps is from the Kerr family that lived at a farm in Eskra, Tyrone (25 miles away).

1 Marriage Certificate, Armagh. Surety: 3. Robert Millis of Armagh parish and Catherine Kerr of same Parish were married in this Cathedral by Licence with consent of friends and brother this twenty third day of May in the year One thousand eight hundred and thirty one
By me, Robt Miller, Curate of Armagh
This marriage was solemnized between us:
Robert Millis (mark),
Catherine Kerr
In the presence of
John Finlay, M ??? A, McCasken's ??,
James Kerr. (mark)
I certify that the above is truly copied from the Parish Registry of Armagh this twenty third day of May 1831 - Robt Miller.

2 "Marriage Licenses"; report. Surety: 3; Kerr Catherine and Robert Mellis 1831
First name(s) Catherine
Last name Kerr
Year 1831
Diocese Armagh
Spouse's first name(s) Robert
Spouse's last name Milles
Record set Ireland Diocesan And Prerogative Marriage Licence Bonds Indexes 1623-1866
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from Ireland; Paver's or others

3 The Vincent Variety (1st Edition), Lyn J. Vincent and Robyn C. Goyen, The Family Tree of Robert and Fanny VINCENT
Northern Wairoa and Auckland, New Zealand (ISBN 0-473-00340-6
Printed by The North Auckland Times (1982) Ltd, Dargaville, 1986), Surety: 3.

4 Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (R) (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998), Surety: 3.

5 Treasury Pensions (NZ), Treasury Imperial Pensions (NZ), Surety: 1.

6 Death Registration (NZ), Department of Internal Affairs, New Zealand, Births Deaths and Marriages - Death Index or Certificate (NZ), Mills, Catherine - 1869/5463. Surety: 4. 4th November 1869 Shortland, Catherine Millis, Female, 58 years, Bronchitis, John Sakey Carpenter Shortland, 5th November 1869. Recorded as Mills instead of Millis.

7 "Marriage Licenses"; report. Surety: 3; Kerr Catherine and Robert Mellis 1831
First name(s) Catherine
Last name Kerr
Year 1831
Diocese Armagh
Spouse's first name(s) Robert
Spouse's last name Milles
Record set Ireland Diocesan And Prerogative Marriage Licence Bonds Indexes 1623-1866
Category Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory Parish Marriages
Collections from Ireland

8 Parish Register, Parish Register, All Saints parish. Recorded as Robert Millhouse. Surety: 3. Name Robert Millhouse
Sex Male
Father's Name Richard Millhouse
Father's Sex Male
Mother's Name Mary
Mother's Sex Female
Event Type Birth
Event Date 22 Aug 1807
Event Place Leicester, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom.

9 Treasury Pensions (NZ), Treasury Imperial Pensions (NZ), Ledger 1865-1879 T9/2 page 148. Surety: 3.

10 Parish Register, Parish Register, Catholic Register for St Patrick's on fiche Ref Number 104855. Surety: 4. Robert Milles died 1864.

11 Catholic Diocesan Archives, 1864/RD1-1. Surety: 4. St Patricks Cathedral, Auckland
Priest: A Pompallier

Event details: 22 Aug 1864, no. 444
Personal Details: Robert MILLES, Age: 55, Usual residence: Auckland.