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M William Kerby

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Information from Vince & Sylvia Munro (Kerby History, dymndman.tripod.com).

1851 personal census, Brantford, Brant Co., ON, North Ward, p. 119:
Pruyn Matthew W., Merchant, born Canada, Ch of England, 33, M, Married;
Mary M., born Canada, Ch of England, 28, F, Married;
John Ross, born Canada, Ch of England, 7?, Single;
Kirby William, Gentleman, born Canada, Ch of England, 60, M, Married;
Margret, born Canada, Ch of England, 60, F, Married;
Abram, born Canada, Ch of England, 25, M, Single.

1871 personal census, Napanee, Lennox Co., ON, 2-63:
Pruyne M. William, M, 51, born Ont, C of England, origin: German, Deputy Sherrif, Married;
Mary M, F, 47, born Ont, C of England, origin: German, Married;
John R., M, 25, born Ont, C of England, origin: German, Merchant, Married;
Alice, F, 24, born Quebec, C of England, origin: Scotch, Married;
William H., M, 18, born Ont, C of England, origin: English;
Kirby William, M,, 80, born Ont, C of England, origin: Irish, Widowed;
Abraham, M, 46, born Ont, C of England, origin: Irish.

Headstone, Greenwood Cemetery, Brantford, transcribed by the Brant Branch of the OGS:
Kerby:
William died 1 March 1877 aged 8? yrs.
Margaret (wife) died 25? April 1863 aged 72? yrs.
William K. died 15 Nov 1886 aged 69 yrs.
James died March 1904 aged 80 yrs.
Julia Caroline (wife of James) died 4 March 1855 aged 72? yrs.
James Ross (son) died 11 Aug 1850[sic] aged 10? yrs 7? m.
James Ross (son) died 16 Sept 1854 aged 16 m 13? d.
Julia Caroline Ross (daughter) died 8 Aug 1881.
John R. died April 1906 aged 50 yrs.

Brantford Weekly Expositor, 16 March 1877:
The Late Mr. Kerby - Grace Church was filled, crowded almost, Sunday morning by people desirous of hearing the funeral sermon of the late Mr. Kerby. The deceased's connection with this city for many years in a way creditable to himself, and his spirit of public enterprise have made his memory a matter of public interest. Cannon Nelles paid a feeling tribute to the worth of the departed, whom he said he had known for half a century. The late Mr. Kerby was described as hospitable, charitable, not loud-mouthed in his professions of Christianity, but earnest and sincere. To the liberality of Mr. Kerby and his family Grace Church was indebted for the land upon which it stood. The honest, kindly, generous nature of the lamented dead was well portrayed in this sermon by one who had known him well. The music was appropriate for the occasion, the 25th and 244th hymns were sung, and the dead march in Saul played. We observed present many members of the Kerby family.

Brantford Weekly Expositor, 26 November 1886:
Obituary - The Late Wm. K. Kerby - The mortal remains of the late William Kennedy Kerby, whose death at Saginaw, Mich., on Wednesday last week was announced in Friday's Expositor, were brought here on Saturday last for interment and laid beside those of his father and mother in the family plot in Greenwood Cemetery.
Deceased was the oldest son of the late William Kerby, one of the pioneers of this section, and was born at the old homestead on Brant Avenue, the present location of Scarfe Avenue, in the year 1817, being 69 years of age at the time of his death...
...His other surviving relatives are his brothers James, of Chicago, Joseph, of Montreal, Abram, of Trenton, and his sister, Mrs. Pruyn, of Napanee, of whom only James was present at the burial...

Brantford Weekly Expositor:
A. K. Smith and William Kerby Were Notable and Outstanding Citizens (by F. D. Reville).
In the very early days of Brantford tow of the most prominent men in the place were A. K. Smith and William Kerby, brothers-in-law.
When the Six Nations Indians removed here, from the United States after the revolutionary war, Brant persuaded John Smith, a U. E. Loyalist for whom he had formed a high regard, to come along with them. Six of his family journeyed with him to the banks of the Ousa, later known as the Grand River, and a son, William Kennedy, married a sister of the greatest Indian of all history. To this union there were born two children, Abraham Kennedy Smith and Margaret Smith, the latter of whom married William Kerby, also of U. E. Loyalist stock. To the brother and sister the Six Nations Indians granted 1,300 acres of land, a property which has since been known in local records as the "Smith and Kerby tract."
Lewis Burwell's map of Brantford, published in 1830, shows this area to have comprised the entire region later known as the North Ward, and far beyond that. It extended from West street clear back to the Holmedale - land owned by William Holme - and included Dumfries street (in later years known as Brant avenue), William Albion and Pearl streets. Also all other streets since established in this region. The site on which Grace church stands is recorded as "the gift of A. K. Smith and his sister, Margaret Kerby."
Both Mr. Smith and Mr. Kerby were men of pronounced personality and leaders of the community.
In 1883, Mr. Charles Durand of Toronto, son of Captain James Durand who bought 1,200 acres of land on Fairchild's Creek, gave his recollections of Brantford about the period of 1830 and in them said: "Abraham K. Smith, who owned a large quantity of land in Brantford, was as generous-hearted, and social a fellow as I ever met," and the late Dr. Kelly, for many years City and County school inspector, in writing (1891) of this place when he first came in 1855, said: "Mr. William Kerby, the father of all the Kerby's here, was a fine looking old gentleman, with a very pleasant manner and lived in the old homestead, where Scarfe avenue now is. Mr. A. K. Smith, brother-in-law of Mr. Kerby, was also a wealthy and important citizen, who lived on the corner of Church street and Brant avenue."
Distillery, Grist Mill - Mr. William Kerby established a distillery in 1831 and later a grist mill known as the "Kerby mill" situated in the Holmedale district. It was in the waters adjoining this mill that the Baptists of this place used to observe the immersion ceremony. "Kerby Island" in the Grand river below Lorne bridge was also named after the sturdy pioneer and there was a "Kerby street" of which Lorne Crescent now forms a part, but the name was wiped out by members of a city council who did not value old traditions or associations. It is worthy of note also that when the A. Harris Son Co. moved their plant here from Beamsville in 1872 the name given the establishment was the "Kerby Mower and Reaper Works."
William Kerby had three sons, Abraham, William and James. Jas. built the Kerby House, losing a large amount of money in his ambitious venture. The property on which it is located, at the corner of George and Colborne streets, was at the time a swale, and there had to be a lot of filling in before a foundation could be secured. The hostelry was opened to the public on August 24, 1854, and it was a much larger structure even than at present, as it then extended a considerable distance up George street. In fact a chronicler of the time spoke of it as "the largest hotel in Upper Canada." In an advertisement it boasted of "accommodation for 500 guests" ...
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Cleared The Market - It was James Kerby also who successfully took legal action to have the stores removed from the Market Square after a frugal council had permitted same to be erected. They were of frame, and after the court order had been issued, were transferred to various portions of the municipality. He was Mayor of the town in 1854, but later in life removed to Chicago.
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Jean H. Waldie, Brantford Expositor, 25 January 1946:
Stories of the old Kerby Mill...The Kerby mill, which was also well-known as the old "Red Mill," was four storeys high, clapboard and painted red.
One of the most historic mills in this district, the Kerby mill was built by William Kerby in 1832. It stood at the foot of Waterloo Street, on the bank of the Grand River, where the Lake Erie and Northern Railway Company's car shops were later erected. The mill was often referred to as the Kerby mills.
Kerby Homestead - William Kerby...built the original "Kerby House", at the top of Scarfe Avenue and Dumfries Street (now Brant Avenue), where many of the early citizens of the town were entertained by the owner at tea parties and dances. When the strip of land, which became Scarfe Avenue, was purchased, the old Kerby homestead was cut in two and half was placed on each side of the avenue...

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Thomas Kerby †1759   Mary Walker †   James Donaldson   Isabella Maybor
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John Kerby 1755-1806/   Ellison Donaldson 1760-1839
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William Kerby 1791-1877