Researching Kevin Kerr
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 16333 people with the Kerr surname? In that year Kerr was ranked number 230 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Kevin means "gentle, lovable" and is of Gaelic origin.
Records of Kevin Kerr on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Kevin Kerr and the Kerr Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Kerr Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Kerr family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 27384 people with the Kerr surname in the UK? Kerr is now ranked number 184 for popularity in the UK. |
Kerr Family Tree Databases
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Kerr Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 48612 people with the Kerr surname in the USA? Kerr is ranked number 141 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Kerr Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Kevin Kerr. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Kevin Kerr
Kevin Kerr (actor)
Kevin Kerr (born 1968 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian playwright, actor, director and founding member of Electric Company Theatre. From 2007 to 2010, he was Lee Playwright in Residence at University of Alberta.
He was born in Vancouver and grew up in Kamloops, British Columbia. He studied theatre at the University of British Columbia, and at Studio 58, Langara College.
He has co-authored several plays with Electric Company Theatre based in Vancouver, British Columbia including The Wake, The Score, Dora Flor and Her Two Husbands, Flop, The Fall, and Brilliant! The Blinding Enlightenment of Nikola Tesla. His 2001 play Unity (1918) explores the Influenza epidemic of 1918 and won the 2002 Governor General's Award for Drama.
Source: Kevin Kerr (actor), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaKevin Kerr (ice hockey)
Kevin Kerr (born September 18, 1967 in North Bay, Ontario) is a retired professional hockey player and former head coach of the Flint Generals of the United/International Hockey League. Kerr was drafted in Round 3, 56th overall of the 1986 NHL Draft by the Buffalo Sabres.
On February 4, 2015, Kerr was named the inaugural head coach of the Macon Mayhem of the Southern Professional Hockey League. The club played their first game in October 2015. In his second season as Macon's head coach he won the SPHL's coach of the year, and went on to win the league championship, giving Macon its first professional sports title since the 1962 Macon Peaches baseball team. He left the Mayhem after the 2017–18 season and was named the head coach of the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in the ECHL. The Swamp Rabbits did not renew his contract after the 2019–20 season and he returned to Macon, where he then won his second SPHL coach of the year for the abbreviated 2020–21 season after he led the team to a regular season championship. Kerr resigned following the season due to personal and family reasons.
Source: Kevin Kerr (ice hockey), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Kerr
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