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Josephine Georgina “Josie” <I>Kerr</I> VanEvery

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Josephine Georgina “Josie” Kerr VanEvery

Birth
Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Death
3 Jan 1962 (aged 75)
Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Burial
Brantford, Brant County Municipality, Ontario, Canada GPS-Latitude: 43.1574528, Longitude: -80.2584444
Plot
A2-1-11
Memorial ID
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Josephine Georgina Kerr was the only daughter of Walter Kerr and Maria Jane Irwin. She was born on the 6th of October 1886 in Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. Her father Walter was a farmer in 1886. She married on the 25th of July 1906 in Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Charles Lorne Van Every son of Lewis Van Every and Mercy Elizabeth Bowbeer, daughter of William Bowbeer and Mercy Fish.

Charles and Josephine lived at 9 Walnut Street, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. The Canada Voters' List, found on Ancestry.com, has his occupation as a moulder. His occupation on his marriage record found on Ancestry.com also had his occupation as a moulder. On the 1921 Census, Charles Van Every and his wife, nickname, Josie and their 5 years old daughter Isabella were living at 9 Walnut Street, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada.

Josephine(Kerr) Van Every's mother's death record found on Ancestry.com stated that Maria Jane(Irwin) Kerr passed away at 9 Walnut Street, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada on the 26th of August 1935. According, to the Canada Voters' List for 1935, Charles Van Every and Josephine Georgina(Kerr) Van Every were living at this location therefore, Maria Jane(Irwin) Kerr was living with her daughter Josephine when she passed away from carcinoma of the right kidney. The informant of her death was her eldest son Obed Kerr of Mt. Pleasant, Brant County, Ontario, Canada.

On the 1940 Canada Voters' List, Charles and Josephine(Kerr) Van Every were living at 9 Walnut Street, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. Once again Charles is recorded as a moulder, however on the 1949 Canada Voters' List, Charles and Josephine(Kerr) have moved to 72 Gilkinson Street, Brantford, Brant County and Charles is retired. The 1953 Voters' List has Charles and his wife Mrs. Josephine Van Every residing at 72 Gilkson Street, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. Charles died in 1953.

Both Charles and Josephine and their son and daughter are buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, in Brantford, Brant County, Ontario.

Her brother Obed Kerr was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Brantford, Brant County where her maternal grandparents Joseph Henderson Irwin and Annie Marsh are buried as well as her maternal aunt Mary Ann(Irwin) Markle, wife of Edward Hamilton Markle. Her first cousin Maria Jane Markle, wife of John Ladd is buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Josephine Georgina Kerr was the only daughter of Walter Kerr and Maria Jane Irwin. She was born on the 6th of October 1886 in Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. Her father Walter was a farmer in 1886. She married on the 25th of July 1906 in Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada Charles Lorne Van Every son of Lewis Van Every and Mercy Elizabeth Bowbeer, daughter of William Bowbeer and Mercy Fish.

Charles and Josephine lived at 9 Walnut Street, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. The Canada Voters' List, found on Ancestry.com, has his occupation as a moulder. His occupation on his marriage record found on Ancestry.com also had his occupation as a moulder. On the 1921 Census, Charles Van Every and his wife, nickname, Josie and their 5 years old daughter Isabella were living at 9 Walnut Street, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada.

Josephine(Kerr) Van Every's mother's death record found on Ancestry.com stated that Maria Jane(Irwin) Kerr passed away at 9 Walnut Street, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada on the 26th of August 1935. According, to the Canada Voters' List for 1935, Charles Van Every and Josephine Georgina(Kerr) Van Every were living at this location therefore, Maria Jane(Irwin) Kerr was living with her daughter Josephine when she passed away from carcinoma of the right kidney. The informant of her death was her eldest son Obed Kerr of Mt. Pleasant, Brant County, Ontario, Canada.

On the 1940 Canada Voters' List, Charles and Josephine(Kerr) Van Every were living at 9 Walnut Street, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. Once again Charles is recorded as a moulder, however on the 1949 Canada Voters' List, Charles and Josephine(Kerr) have moved to 72 Gilkinson Street, Brantford, Brant County and Charles is retired. The 1953 Voters' List has Charles and his wife Mrs. Josephine Van Every residing at 72 Gilkson Street, Brantford, Brant County, Ontario, Canada. Charles died in 1953.

Both Charles and Josephine and their son and daughter are buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, in Brantford, Brant County, Ontario.

Her brother Obed Kerr was buried at Greenwood Cemetery in Brantford, Brant County where her maternal grandparents Joseph Henderson Irwin and Annie Marsh are buried as well as her maternal aunt Mary Ann(Irwin) Markle, wife of Edward Hamilton Markle. Her first cousin Maria Jane Markle, wife of John Ladd is buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

Inscription

VANEVERY
At Rest
LORNE J.
AUG. 1909, JULY 1910.
VIOLA
MARCH 1911. MAY 1911
Children of
C.L. & J. G. VANEVERY
1878 CHARLES. 1953
HIS WIFE JOSEPHINE
1886 - 1962



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