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Doris Mary Oliveen Kerr

Female 1916 - 1972  (55 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Doris Mary Oliveen Kerr was born on 6 Nov 1916 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (daughter of William Moses Kerr and Emma Mary Smither); died on 18 Jan 1972 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 20 Jan 1972 in North Shore Crematorium, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

    Notes:

    Lived at 1915 6th Avenue, New Westminster at time of death
    Doris was an official court reporter (Stenographer)

    Doris Mary Oliveen Kerr is the niece of the husband of Sarah (Sadie) Barlow

    Died:
    Cause of death acute right coronary occlusion

    Buried:
    cremated on this day

    Family/Spouse: Elmer George Winton. Elmer (son of George Spence Winton and Christina Edith Hastings) was born in in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sheila Winton was born in Feb 1947.
    2. Peter Winton was born in 1950 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
    3. Colleen Winton was born in 1955 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  William Moses Kerr was born in 1872 in Indiana, USA.

    Notes:

    1921 Canada census William owned his own Vulcanizing shop (rubber)

    William married Emma Mary Smither on 16 Aug 1910 (Licence) in St Andrew's Church, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Emma (daughter of Russell Smither and Mary Kezia Holt) was born on 29 Jul 1883 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; died on 29 Feb 1976 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 4 Mar 1976 in Fraser View Cemetery, New Westminster. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Emma Mary Smither was born on 29 Jul 1883 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada (daughter of Russell Smither and Mary Kezia Holt); died on 29 Feb 1976 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 4 Mar 1976 in Fraser View Cemetery, New Westminster.

    Notes:

    Emma worked as a stenographer before her death

    Died:
    Cause of death Pneumonia recovering from fractured humerus and fractured hip

    Children:
    1. William Douglas Kerr was born on 29 Apr 1911 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; died on 11 Aug 1948 in Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, BC Canada; was buried on 14 Aug 1948 in Fraserview Cemetery, New Westminster, BC, Canada.
    2. Russell Marquis Kerr was born in 1913.
    3. Greville Roy Kerr was born in 1915.
    4. 1. Doris Mary Oliveen Kerr was born on 6 Nov 1916 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; died on 18 Jan 1972 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 20 Jan 1972 in North Shore Crematorium, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  Russell Smither was born in 1846 in Stepney, London, England (son of John Smither and Emma Louise Fry); died on 10 May 1915 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

    Russell married Mary Kezia Holt on 5 Sep 1882 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Mary (daughter of Samuel Fales Holt and Carolina Lavina Gamon) was born on 5 Dec 1863 in Amhearst, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 5 Jun 1949 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 8 Jun 1949 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Mary Kezia Holt was born on 5 Dec 1863 in Amhearst, Nova Scotia, Canada (daughter of Samuel Fales Holt and Carolina Lavina Gamon); died on 5 Jun 1949 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 8 Jun 1949 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

    Notes:

    Lived at 2038 8th Ave, New Westminster at time of death

    Notes:

    it seems Russell didn't register any of his children until 30 May 1890

    1911 Canada census, family living in Nanaimo, BC

    Children:
    1. 3. Emma Mary Smither was born on 29 Jul 1883 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; died on 29 Feb 1976 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 4 Mar 1976 in Fraser View Cemetery, New Westminster.
    2. William Forster Smither was born on 9 Sep 1885 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; died on 17 Dec 1922 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 20 Dec 1922 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
    3. John Samuel "Jack" Smither was born on 2 Jul 1887 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; died on 28 Mar 1949 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 30 Mar 1949 in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
    4. Caroline Holt Smither was born on 19 Aug 1889 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; died on 24 Jul 1984 in Royal Columbian Hospital, New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 26 Jul 1984 in North Shore Crematorium, North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
    5. Russell Herbert Smither was born on 20 Jun 1894 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; died on 29 Oct 1917 in Belgium; was buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery, Poperinghe, West Flanders, Belgium.
    6. Unknown Smither was born on 7 Sep 1897 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; died on 7 Sep 1897 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  John Smither was born in 1813 in Whitechapel, Middlesex, England.

    Notes:

    1851 census has John listed as "carman" an 1861 listed as "scholar"

    Birth:
    from 1851 British census

    John married Emma Louise Fry on 28 Mar 1837 in Saint Dunstan Stepney, Middlesex, England. Emma was born in 1815 in Whitechapel, Middlesex, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Emma Louise Fry was born in 1815 in Whitechapel, Middlesex, England.

    Notes:

    1861 British census has wife as Hannah born 1814 born in St George Middlesex

    Birth:
    from 1851 British census

    Notes:

    1861 census has Ellennor Smither b1839 and Pleasant Smither b1842 listed as servants and born in Dunbury, Essex

    Children:
    1. William Smither was born in 1841 in Wapping, Middlesex, England.
    2. Arthur Smither was born in 1842 in Wapping, Middlesex, England.
    3. Emma F Smither was born in 1844 in Wapping, Middlesex, England.
    4. 6. Russell Smither was born in 1846 in Stepney, London, England; died on 10 May 1915 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
    5. Alfred Smither was born in 1848 in England.
    6. Mary Louisa Smither was born in 1851 in Wapping, Middlesex, England.
    7. Edgar Fry Smither was born in 1859 in Wapping, Middlesex, England; died on 24 Apr 1924 in London, England.

  3. 14.  Samuel Fales Holt was born on 8 Mar 1828; died on 2 Apr 1913 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.

    Notes:

    On birth record for Aravesta and Ebenezer, Samuel is listed as a Blacksmith at Five Islands, Nova Scotia

    show up in California Great Registers (voter list) from 1871 to 1874 first in Hollister, then in San Benito.

    Samuel married Carolina Lavina Gamon in 1863 in Bath, Maine, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Carolina Lavina Gamon
    Children:
    1. Jessie Holt was born on 2 Feb 1853 in River Phillip, Nova Scotia, Canada.
    2. Ebenezer Fales Willie Holt was born in 1857 in Amhearst, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 12 Nov 1903 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
    3. 7. Mary Kezia Holt was born on 5 Dec 1863 in Amhearst, Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 5 Jun 1949 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada; was buried on 8 Jun 1949 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.
    4. Aravesta Holt was born in 1867 in Nova Scotia, Canada; died on 12 Nov 1898 in New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada.