Ivin Earl Kerr

by Annie Kerr of Rexburg, Idaho, July 1972

 

Ivin Earl Kerr was the third child born to Marion Joseph Kerr and Ella Rebecca Merrill. He was born in Richmond, Utah on June 21,1885.   He was married to Mary Byrne in Detroit,  Michigan on June 25. 1912. They lived there all of their lives. They have two children: Winona Kerr Bywater of Elmira. New York and Ivin Kerr Jr. of Dearborn, Michigan.

 

Richard Turner Bywater, born September 16, 1912 in Duluth, Minnesota and married Genevieve Wynona Kerr of Ann Arbor. Michigan. They are parents of three children, Richard, born March 7, 1942, Mary Ellen, born November 19, 1943, and Anne Marie, born December 10, 1953. Richard and Mary Ellen are married and have children.

 

Richard Scott Bywater married Mary Marsan Briena, born October 12, in Warren, Pennsylvania. Their children are Julie Kristen Bywater, born December 6, 1967, and Richard Thomas Bywater, born July 5, 1970.

 

Mary Ellen Bywater married Guy Lewis Chiarolanza who was born September 15, 1940 in New York. They are the parents of Guy Joseph Chiarolanza who was born June 30, 1971.

 

Anne Marie has attended school in New York and is in college there.

 

Ivin Earl Kerr Jr. was born March 6, 1923 in Detroit. Michigan. He married Jane Isabelle Longstaff who was born October 23, 1923 in Detroit (? on August 24, 1948). They have three children: John Longstaff Kerr was born December 7, 1950 in Detroit; Peter Byrne Kerr was born June 14, 1953 in Detroit; and Susan Jane Kerr was born January 29, 1956 in Detroit.

 

Ivin Earl Kerr Junior is an attorney as his father was and practices in Dearborn, Michigan. His wife, Jane, has suffered for sometime with muscular dystrophy. His Uncle Robert Kerr and Annie had dinner at their home in 1960 and greatly enjoyed their hospitality.