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George
Albert Kerr and Jack Kerr
George was a resident of
Kitselas
Feb 1911
Why were George and Jack Kerr Famous?
They
were the First Prisoners of Louis Riel,
in the 1885 Rebellion.
They
were the star witnesses at Riel's Treason Trial.
Known as Independent Traders from
Winnipeg
George
Albert Kerr
b- 1851 in NB,
(shown age 60 in 1911)
(born from 1850-1853 depending on source)
d- Dec 18, 1918 in Houston BC., age 67
son of James
Kerr,
b- 1823 in PEI
and Mary Jane Kerr, nee ?,
b- 1827
grandfather-
Gavin Kerr
George's siblings:Samuel Russell
Kerr,
b- 1846 in Gloucester, NB
Gavin Cinnamon Kerr,
b- 1848 in NB
William James Kerr,
b- Jan 14, 1853 in NB,
d- Feb 27, 1929 in Turtleford SK
Elizabeth Jane Kerr,
b- 1854
John Alexander Kerr,
b- 1856 (the brother shown below)
Agness Rebecca Kerr,
b- 1858
Francis Ferguson Kerr,
b- 1861 in NB
Emily R. Kerr,
b- 1866 in NB
Mary Kerr,
b- 1869
Anne Kerr,
b- 1873
George Albert Kerr Bio
He was an old Hudson
Bay Trapper
also an Independent Fur Trader.
He was to write his memoirs for
the "Inland Colonist" at Kitselas.
I haven't found these yet.
1861 in New
Bandon, Gloucester, New Brunswick
starting Nov 1884, George and his
brother operated a store at Batoche SK.
Mar 18, 1885, the Local Natives, and Metis entered the store
and stripped it bare, including ammunition and shotguns.
George and his brother barely escaped the battle.
they were captured, and were just about killed
by Gabriel Dumont, but were saved by Riel talking.
His trial transcript can be read below
1899 He was in the
Yukon
Nov 1902 he was going home to
Maine USA
He owned a store at the time.
George A. Kerr & Co.
May 1902 George was a Merchant at
Discovery, Yukon
elected President Atlin District Liberal-Conservative Assoc
Mar 1903 he was supposed to have
taken a wife
on a trip back East, but she wouldn't come north
She lived at Wilton Maine, Dec 1904
George married Agnes Fliguson
Seaton Jan 10, 1903 at Wilton, Franklin Co., Maine
He is shown age 50, she is 48, she was a widow.
Both born in New Brunswick Canada
she was daughter of Robert and Isabel
1906 I show a George A. Kerr at
Discovery,
appointed Liquor Inspector, Atlin Licence District
1911 census shows George A. Kerr
at the Kitselas Hotel,
shown as a retail merchant, Scotch Presbyterian
Show him appointed Fire Warden
Upper Skeena District
in 1910 at
Kitselas.
July, Aug 1912 he was a Divisional
Fire Warden
May 1913 in
Kitselas
Oct 1915 shown
in Endako
John "Jack?"
Alexander Kerr
b- 1856
d-
He lived with the Gabriel Dumont family as their Apprentice Cook
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George Kerr Trial Transcript
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/riel/kerr.html
Trial
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/riel/riel.html
Riel bio
http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/riel/rielbio.html
Kerr oath on 2 other fellows
http://books.google.ca/books?id=RB1LDNeOTuMC&pg=PA388&lpg=PA388&dq=%22john+kerr%22+batoche&source=bl&ots=8yA1vxihOp&sig=sQQvnccpq2jpBE0QnMOJZmuRBjc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=UjVzUcnUJcGCjAKbpICQBQ&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=%22john%20kerr%22%20batoche&f=false
Picture of Kerr's store in the Yukon
http://contentdm.acpl.lib.in.us/cdm/singleitem/collection/coll6/id/1251/rec/5
More Kerr family tree, back to Scotland
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