Sonoma County CA Archives Biographies.....Kerr, R. A. 1846 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/cafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 3, 2006, 5:07 am Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880) Kerr, R. A. Manufacturer of boots and shoes. Born August 25, 1846, in Ontario, Canada, where he resided until 1861. He served his time at the shoemaking trade in Huevelton, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., then went to Canton in the same State, remaining there some time, then went to Prescott, Ontario, Canada. After remaining there about six months, he went to Bellville, Ontario, there learning photographing. He then went West, living in London, St. Mary's, Mitchell, Wroxeter and Seaforth. Then leaving Seaforth he came to California, in April 1873, first settling in Healdsburg, where he remained only eight months, when he took up his residence in Cloverdale and remained two and a half years. In 1875, in company with his wife, he returned to Canada on a visit, returning in the Fall and settling in Santa Rosa, where he has established a business in the boot and shoe trade. Married, Mary J. Beatty, July 4, 1875. She was born in Canada. They have one child living, Laurena, born May 31, 1878. Additional Comments: Santa Rosa Township Extracted from: HISTORY —OF- SONOMA COUNTY, -INCLUDING ITS— Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams; —TOGETHER WITH— A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County; Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain Growing Interests, and Pisciculture; ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN; —AND OF ITS— Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc. ILLUSTRATED. SAN FRANCISCO: ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1880. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/bios/kerr964nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/cafiles/ File size: 2.5 Kb