Wells Family - Person Sheet
Wells Family - Person Sheet
NameEdwin Thomas Kerr
Birth1 Sep 1892, Kankakee, Kankakee Co, IL
Census2 Apr 1930, Boardman, Kalkaska Co, MI
Memoroll#999, pg 1
Death13 Apr 1959, Cadillac, Wexford Co, MI
BurialMt Hope Cem, Chicago, Cook Co, IL
FatherSamuel George Kerr (1849-1932)
MotherElizabeth Anna Tedford (1864-1934)
Misc. Notes
Ed lost an arm and a leg at age 19 working as a railroad switchman in Chicago. He moved to Cadillac, Michigan and died there.
He is listed with his mother in 1930 Michigan census, as Edward T. Kerr (37, IL).
A picture of him and his family in 1935 mentions his prior farm and post office in Ballynabragget, County Armagh, Ireland. It shows him with his wife, an older and younger daughter, two young sons, and another woman (possibly as sister-in-law or sister).
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