Re: Kerr
by Richard Boardman Laibly, Jr.
According to information I found at the universtiy library some years ago
the name Kerr is from the lowlands/borderlands of Scotland and was the
same family as the Lancastershire Carr family only with Scotish Gaelic
spelling. The family arrived in Scotland from Northern England. It
claimed that the origins of the Lancaster Carrs was one Robert de Bruis, a
knight of William the Conqueror rewarded after Hastings with land. I have
not seen this substantiated in another source though the it was not
unusual to find such families living on both sides of the border and
undoubtedly some were of Norman origin.
Richard Boardman Laibly, Jr.
(312) 851-6571
The Divinity School rlaibly(a)midway.uchicago.edu
If you judge people, you have no time to love them.
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On Fri, 27 Mar 1998, myers(a)tacsrv.lcc.net wrote:
> Michelle, According to friends that I worked with from England, the name
> Kerr is more Scotish than Irish. According to them the Kerr's were
> orginally from Scotland and some immerigated to Ireland. Do you know of any
> Rootword owner for the Kerr name? I have not been able to locate one.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Larry Kerr
> Etoile, TX
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: michelle foley <mfoley1(a)capecod.net>
> To: Carr-L(a)rootsweb.com <Carr-L(a)rootsweb.com>
> Date: Friday, March 27, 1998 4:18 PM
> Subject: Kerr
>
>
> >Hi! I know this has been asked before however I can not seemto find the
> >file. I would like to know if Kerr is Irish or Scotish., or Scot-irish
> >being that the name went to Irelnad during trouble times back in 1800's.
> >Thank you
> >Michelle
> >mfoley1(a)capecod.net
> >
> >
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