(click to enlarge)These two items belonged to my grandfather, Rosmer Kerr. On the carte-de-visite at left, someone has identified the girl pictured as Chick Kerr. I don't know whose handwriting that is, and except for these two items, I've never heard of anyone called Chick Kerr.
To the right, the picture side of this postcard was inscribed by two people. The first, presumably the sender of the card, wrote This is "Betty" in the back yard. Later someone added Chic Kerr's daughter. The card was mailed from Mercer, Pennsylvania on March 22, 1909 to brothers Milton and Rosmer Kerr in Slippery Rock. The message is:
Kids, We just heard that you have 9 weeks vacation. Come up and hear about the trip south and see the new Court House. Uncle R.I believe the uncle who wrote this card was Ralph Kerr, brother of the boys' deceased father.
I'd like to find out how Chick Kerr and her daughter Betty were related to the descendants of Andrew Jackson Kerr. If you can help, please use the Comments feature to share information. You can also use the Comments feature to provide your email address and I will respond to you personally. Any Comment which includes an email address will not be published to this blog. Your email address will be kept private.
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Chick Kerr is my maternal grandmother, Alice Ester Kerr. She married Charles Lester Howe' They had three children. The first, a boy, birth 11/10/1899, died 11/13 1899; the second, my mother, Marion Flower Howe, born06/10/1903 died 1998; the third, "Betty" is the girl in the photograph. I have several photos of the same set. Her full name was Elizabeth Adelaide Howe. Born 11/15/1907, died 11/19/1910. Cause of death: Typhoid fever
Wow, I wish all my genealogical questions were so easily answered! Thanks for the speedy assist! Do you happen to know how your grandmother acquired Chick as her nickname?
Hi: My understanding is that the family was having truble deciding on a name...so it was a temporary expedirnt. Eventually they settled on reversing the order of her mother's names.
Interesting! It seems the nickname stuck right on through to adulthood, but my mom referred to her as Aunt Alice.
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