 Mary "Priscilla"
Broughton was the daughter of George and
Sarah (Mathieson) and was born in Ontario on
12 Mar 1870. Her father was born in
Lincolnshire, England where he was raised and
educated. In 1865, he emigrated to Minto
Township in the province of Ontario, Canada.
A year later he married Sarah Ann Mathieson
who was born in Blanford, Ontario on 01 Jan
1840. George
purchased 150 acres of land on lot 15,
concession 12, and cleared the land for
farming. He was School Trustee for over
twenty years, a Liberal in politics, and a
member of the Methodist church.
George and
Sarah were the parents of: Margaret, wife of
William Gordon; Mary Priscilla, wife of
Thomas Kerr; Joseph Mathieson, who married
Myrtle Iva Shipley; George, who married
Isabella McEachern; John Thomas; and
Elizabeth Ann, wife of Hector B. McConnell.
Mary
"Priscilla," pictured here in her
older years, was united in marriage with
Thomas Kerr at the age of twenty-two on 23
Mar 1892. They were enumerated in the 1901 census residing in
Minto Township with and their two oldest
sons.
Their first
child, Gordon Robert, was born in Minto Twp.,
on 28 Nov 1893 and passed away in 1967. He
married Emma Morrison and later removed to
Kitchener where they were the parents of
three sons and two daughters. Their second
child, George Thomas Kerr, was born in Minto
Twp. on 23 Feb 1895 and passed away in 1931.
He married Mildred S. Bell, and was the
father of three daughters. Thomas and
Priscilla's youngest child, Norman John Kerr
was born in February of 1902 and passed away
on 13 Sep 1974. He was the husband of Melinda
Catherine "Elsie" Liesemer and the
father of three sons and five daughters.
Thomas Kerr,
who was the son of Robert and Margaret
(Arbuckle) died in Harriston, Wellington Co.,
Ontario on 21 Aug 1930; and Priscilla on 09
Mar 1949. They are laid to rest at Harriston
Cemetery.
Note: George
Broughton's year of birth is inconsistent
among the various records, but in the 1901
census it is listed as 13 Apr 1837. It should
also be noted that his wife's maiden name is
also spelled Mathewson.
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