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Possibly Colin in 1891.
I think a grainer is one who paints things to look like wood.



Colin Kerr
in the 1891 Scotland Census
Name: Colin Kerr
Age: 20
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1871
Relationship: Boarder
Gender: Male
Where born: Glasgow, Lanarkshire
Registration Number: 644/11
Registration district: Hutchesontown
Civil Parish: Glasgow Govan
County: Lanarkshire
Address: 6 Lime St
Occupation: Grainer
ED: 86
Household schedule number: 17
LINE: 17
Roll: CSSCT1891_288
Household Members:
Name Age
James Neil 40
Mary D Neil 45
William Doughty 23
George Doughty 21
Cathrine Doughty 16
Colin Kerr 20

I know what's wrong!
The Ancestry version of the 1901 census has disconnected Colin and Mary from their children!
There ARE in the household.


644/3 18/ 22 Dennistoun
Colin and Mary plus:
Mary age 5
Jane age 4
Christina age 2
John M age 0

It seems that John may not have been the youngest?
Deaths:
Marriages for these girls are easily located and places this family in Rothesay in the early 1920's

KERR
CHRISTINA ELDER
85
NEILSON
1983
550/ 103
Isle Of Bute

KERR
ANNIE
**78**
NEILSON
1982
550/ 16
Isle Of Bute

KERR
JANE MCLACHLAN
88
NEILSON
1984
550/ 148
Isle Of Bute

Colin's in Glasgow ER's from 1896 onwards.

From 1896 until 1902, he's at 674 Gallowgate, and then 1905-08 he's at 66 Kelvinhaugh Road.
I don't see him in 1903-4.

There's another gap 1909-10.
Then 1911 - 15, 3 Kelbourne St.
After that the ER stops giving occupation, so although there are Colin Kerrs in later years at various addresses, I can't say for sure which would be him.

Probably the family in 1911 - you'd need to spend credits on SP to see full details:

KERR
COLIN
1911
M
39
644/14 2/ 17
Maryhill
Lanark


KERR
COLINA
1911
F
4
644/14 2/ 17
Maryhill
Lanark


KERR
JANE
1911
F
14
644/14 2/ 17
Maryhill
Lanark

KERR
JOHN
1911
M
10
644/14 2/ 17
Maryhill
Lanark


KERR
MARY
1911
F
38
644/14 2/ 17
Maryhill
Lanark


KERR
ANNIE
1911
F
7
644/14 2/ 17
Maryhill
Lanark


KERR
CHRISTINA
1911
F
12
644/14 2/ 17
Maryhill
Lanark

KERR
MARY
1911
F
16
644/14 2/ 17
Maryhill
Lanark

Here he is....

Daily Record 12 February 1915

Colin Kerr ( Painter and Decorator) was living at 43 Queen Margaret Drive when he successfully sued Glasgow Corporation for £20 through the small claims court
A sewer which filled with rainwater and flooded his property several times

Colin's death:

KERR
COLIN
66
1937
558/ 126
Rothesay

1915, 1920, 1925 valuation
KERR
COLIN
Tenant
SHOP 43 QUEEN MARGARET DRIVE
GLASGOW
1925
VR010201371-

Finally..
KERR
JOHN MCCRADY
M
1900
644/3 1380
Dennistoun

I am concerned about saying this but, I have one wee niggling doubt

It is apparent that John McCready Kerr b 1902 in Hutchesontown will be his cousin.
Not quite sure who his parent will have been but it's worth checking because....

Can anyone be certain which one of these 2 men emigrated to Canada?
The man who went to Canada gave an address in Thistle Street yet evidence suggests that the parents ( Colin and Mary) no longer lived in this area.

Of course, Sandra would probably get a positive DNA match no matter which John was her grandfather?


Perhaps Sandra's info is correct after all


marriage
KERR
JOHN
TAYLOR
JEANIE MARSHALL
1898
644/12 566
Gorbals

Has anyone checked Kerr/Miller marriage of 1922 to see who the groom 's parents were?

Death of son
KERR
JOHN MCCREADIE
72
TAYLOR (MMN)
1974
508/ 269
Kirkintilloch

In 1911 -
Two possibilities for the John born Hutchesontown 1902, assuming his family were still in Hutchesontown in 1911:

First family:

KERR
JOHN
1911
M
9
644/15 47/ 32
Hutchesontown
Lanark

KERR
ARTHUR
1911
M
43
644/15 47/ 32
Hutchesontown
Lanark

KERR
ARTHUR
1911
M
3
644/15 47/ 32
Hutchesontown
Lanark

Buy credits
KERR
MAGGIE
1911
F
7
644/15 47/ 32
Hutchesontown
Lanark


KERR
JAMES
1911
M
0
644/15 47/ 32
Hutchesontown
Lanark


KERR
MARION
1911
F
34
644/15 47/ 32
Hutchesontown
Lanark


KERR
MARION
1911
F
11
644/15 47/ 32
Hutchesontown
Lanark



Second family:


KERR
JOHN
1911
M
9
644/15 30/ 10
Hutchesontown
Lanark


KERR
BRIDGET
1911
F
11
644/15 30/ 10
Hutchesontown
Lanark


KERR
BRIDGET
1911
F
31
644/15 30/ 10
Hutchesontown
Lanark


KERR
ANN
1911
F
7
644/15 30/ 10
Hutchesontown
Lanark


KERR
JOHN
1911
M
33
644/15 30/ 10
Hutchesontown
Lanark

Argyllgran your people in 1911 are the correct family. Colins address was a shop in Queen Margaret Drive.

Argyllgran the family are the correct family in Maryhill Lanark. I have discovered from my cousin that John was not the youngest. In the family.

My grandfather John McCreadie Kerrs headstone has a maple leaf at the top and the letters R. C. N. to the left. It then says
A/COOK
JOHN McC KERR
DIED FEB 4 1946
LEST WE FORGET
Can anyone tell me what this would mean?

Could this be him?
Name Kerr, John McCreadie Register Number: 3225 Division: Royal Marine...

Reference: ADM 159/101/3225
Description:
Name Kerr, John McCreadie
Register Number: 3225
Division: Royal Marine Artillery: Short Service
When Enlisted/Date of Enlistment: 11 June 1918
Date of Birth: 04 June 1900
Date: [1918-1919]
Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Closure status: Open Document, Open Description

Hi Coral, I have that record, which is from when he was in Ireland, before he went to Canada. I thought he must have enlisted somewhere again, in Canada,because of the Maple leaf and the R. C. N. Inscription?

Alison, the inscription means that he was in the Royal Canadian Navy, possibly in WWII?

"Lest we forget" is the ... what would you call it, motto? ... of remembrance of the war dead.

His name is not in the Books of Remembrance so he must not have been a casualty of the war.

http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/books/search


WWII records are not publicly available, but since he died in 1946 you could obtain them.

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/second-world-war/Pages/introduction.aspx#a1

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/transparency/atippr/Pages/Access-information-military-files.aspx#tab2a

Restricted records held by Library and Archives Canada (service files after 1919)

see under "Access Restrictions"

"For individuals deceased more than 20 years: Personal information will be released on an individual deceased for more than 20 years if proof of death is provided. Proof of death is not required if the individual died while serving in the Canadian Armed Forces."

Thanks Jooniecloonie I have submitted a request. If its anything like the trouble I had getting my father's birth certificate it might take a while.

I have received a letter acknowledging my request from Canadian archives. They say I should hear back in approximately 10 months!!

I have received a letter acknowledging my request from Canadian archives. They say I should hear back in approximately 10 months!!

We'll all wait patiently for the reply!

Hi, can anyone tell me if there is a marriage certificate in B. C. For John McCreadie Kerr and Blanch Gushue? Or possibly a death certificate for Blanch, it would be nice to see who gave the information, maybe a child!!!

I had a look for that before, Sandra, and couldn't find anything on Ancestry.