Kerr, William F.
(circa 1855-circa 1916)



Birth: 1855, Owen County
Death: 1916
Parents:
Spouse: Ida C. Ripley, married October 31, 1878
Second Spouse: Mary Alice Bradley, married September 17, 1882
Known Children: Alva (son), two daughters Iona and Regina
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Other Occupations: farmer
Individual Number: 674


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Alternate Address
- Unknown Photographer Bloomington, Monroe County, IN
- Unknown Photographer Cloverdale, Putnam County, IN
1887 W. F. Kerr Studio owner Indianapolis, Marion County, IN
1887 W. F. Kerr Studio owner Indianapolis, Marion County, IN 230 W. Washington St.
1890 William F. Kerr Studio owner Spencer, Owen County, IN
1890s W. F. Kerr Studio owner Tipton, Tipton County, IN
1895 W. F. Kerr Studio owner Greencastle, Putnam County, IN
1907 William F. Kerr Terre Haute, Vigo County, IN 907 1/2 Wabash Ave.


















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Posted by Arleigh Kerr, arleighkerr@qwest.net, April 7, 2003
Anyone have information on William F. Kerr? Born about 1855 in Owen County, Indiana. He may have died about 1916 or 1917. He was a photographer in Cloverdale, Greencastle and Bloomington, Indiana. Married Ida C. Ripley (born about 1861) in 1878, had a son, Alva Kerr, born about 1880. Soon after Ida died, he married Mary Alice Bradley in 1882. William and Mary subsequently had two daughters Iona and Regina (born 1897). Regina married Virgil Lee Wells in 1920 in Vigo County, Indiana.

Anyone have information on a Regina Kerr / Regina Lorraine Kerr, born on 1-25-1897 in Tipton County, Indiana? Father was William F. Kerr, photographer in Cloverdale, Greencastle and Bloomington, Indiana. Mother was Mary Alice Bradley, also a photographer. Regina married Virgil Lee Wells in Vigo County in 1920. Virgil was born 1894 in Parke County, Indiana; son of David Wells and Elma May Newlin (spelling?).

Www.ancestry.com
Marion County, Indiana Index to Marriage Record 1881 - 1885 Inclusive Volume 8 Letters A to Z Inclusive  Original Record Located: County Clerk's Office Indianapolis Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration 1939
Name: Mary A Bradley  Spouse: William F Kerr Marriage Date: 17 Sep 1882 
Birth Date: 17 Book: 626

Putnam County, Indiana Index to Marriage Records 1850 - 1920 Part Two H - P Inclusive
  Original Record Located in the County Clerk's Office Greencastle Compiled by Indiana Works Progress Administration: 1939 Recopied Indianapolis 1965
Name: William F Kerr Spouse: Ida C Ripley Marriage Date: 31 Oct 1878 
Book: 6 Original Source Page: 240

1880 Census, Cloverdale, Putnam, Indiana 
  Family History Library Film   1254306 NA Film Number   T9-0306   Page Number   567B    
William F. KERR   Self   M   Male   W   25   IN   Farmer   TN   IN  
 Ida C. KERR   Wife   M   Female   W   19   IN   Keeping House   IN   KY  
 Alva E. KERR   Son   S   Male   W   2M   IN      IN   IN  
 James HUTSINGER   Other   S   Male   W   13   IN   Farm Hand   GERM   GERM

The 1908 R. L. Polk & Co. Terre Haute City Directory (p. 290) lists Alice Kerr as a widow of William. Perhaps he died late 1907, early 1908? He's listed in the 1907 City Directory as a photographer
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Posted by Arleigh Kerr, arleighkerr@qwest.net, April 7, 2003
Anyone have information on William F. Kerr? Born about 1855 in Owen County, Indiana. He may have died about 1916 or 1917. He was a photographer in Cloverdale, Greencastle and Bloomington, Indiana.
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Posted by Arleigh Kerr, arleighkerr@qwest.net, April 7, 2003
Anyone have information on William F. Kerr? Born about 1855 in Owen County, Indiana. He may have died about 1916 or 1917. He was a photographer in Cloverdale, Greencastle and Bloomington, Indiana.
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