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Information from Vince & Sylvia Munro (Kerby History, dymndman.tripod.com) and Douglas Hier (Hier Family Tree, Genealogy.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.

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, 24 April 1863:
Died suddenly, in Brantford, on the 23rd inst., Margaret, wife of William Kerby, Esq., and only daughter of William Kennedy Smith, Esq., aged 71 years.
Mrs. Kerby was a native of this place, born long before the Town of Brantford had an existence, and throughout a lengthened life, has had the continued respect of a growing community. Her death, much regretted, reminds us that our oldest residents are one by one being taken from us to that bourne whence no traveler returns.
The funeral will take place on Saturday afternoon next, at the hour of three o'clock, without further notice.

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 two 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."
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Biography of John Smith, Brantford Expositor, 1 July 1927:
...The oldest son of John Smith was W. K. Smith, who married a sister of Brant and they had two children, A. K. Smith and Margaret. A. K. Smith married a Miss Sophn of Stoney Creek, and he was for many years one of the leading residents of Brantford...Margaret Smith married William Kerby, who for a great many years ran a grist mill here and also had other property. To the brother and sister, the Six Nations Indians granted the Smith and Kerby tract, containing 1,100 acres of land, which, in addition to the 200 acres previously granted A. K. Smith, made 1300 acres, part of the site of the present city. Mr. Smith had a home on the corner of Church street and Brant avenue, and Mr. Kerby, father of James Kerby, who built the Kerby House, lived on a homestead which extended from the present Scarfe avenue to the present Dufferin armories...

Burwell Makes His Survey, Brantford Expositor, 1 July 1927?:
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Beyond Bedford [Street] all is open territory, mostly marked "A. K. Smith." The other names are ...; "Margaret Kerby,"...

Historical Sketch of Brantford Churches by S. F. Passmore, Brantford Expositor, 1 July 1927:
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It was 1832 before any place of worship was erected in the village, a frame structure, afterwards designated "Grace Church," having been located on lots which were the gift of A. K. Smith and his sister, Mrs. Margaret Kerby. The corner stone of a brick edifice was laid with Masonic honours, on October 14, 1856...
"...This corner stone of Grace Church, in the parish of Brantford, and County of Brant, and Province of Canada, was laid with ample Masonic honors...in the presence of...Thomas Botham and Henry Racey, church wardens. John Turner, architect of the church, on Tuesday, the 14th day of October, A.D. 1856...
The building committee consisted of Matthew William Pruyn, George Samuel Wilkes, Alexander Bunnell, Alexander Green, Thomas Botham, Henry Racey...

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