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Born in Stirling, Stirling; citing Parish Stirling, ED 9, Page 16, Line 6, Roll CSSCT1851_104, Year 1851, Parish Number 490, Household schedule number 219. ::William Kerr 58 Head ::Ann Kerr 55 Wife ::Alexander Kerr 30 Son ::Helen Kerr 4 Daughter ::John G","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":null},"provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"id":"E-a000722d12b9","claim_ids":[],"record_type":"extracted citation","date":null,"place":null,"subjects":["Kerr-14419"],"assertion":"Citation extracted from the WikiTree profile; its underlying record has not been interpreted here.","evidence_status":"unassessed","source_quality":"derivative","independence_group":"SRC-e72da25020e6","source":{"title":"\"Statutory Register of Deaths,\" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/) (accessed 14 September 2025), William Kerr death registered 1862 in Stirling (age 70, mother's maiden name Child); citing Ref 490/238.","repository":null,"reference":null,"url":"https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/"},"provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"}],"open_questions":[{"id":"Q-c0b5bd720b79","question":"Which records prove the subject's identity across events?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":[],"evidence_for":[],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":null,"lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Kerr-14419/research_plan.json"},{"id":"Q-364bd30dc695","question":"Which original or indexed records identify the parents?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":[],"evidence_for":[],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":"A contemporary record explicitly identifying the parent or parents.","lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Kerr-14419/research_plan.json"},{"id":"Q-a6ae3bdacd04","question":"Which spouses and children are directly supported by records?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":[],"evidence_for":[],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":null,"lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Kerr-14419/research_plan.json"},{"id":"Q-2c0ede87bc9a","question":"What conflicts or same-name conflations must be resolved?","status":"unresolved","current_conclusion":null,"claim_ids":[],"evidence_for":[],"evidence_against":[],"missing_bridge":null,"lead_ids":[],"provenance":"research/Kerr-14419/research_plan.json"}],"research_leads":[],"source_summary":[{"title":"\"Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910,\" database, (accessed 14 September 2025), William Karr marriage to Ann Eadie on 30 May 1819 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland; citing Original data Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. 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Born in Stirling, Stirling; citing Parish Stirling, ED 9, Page 16, Line 6, Roll CSSCT1851_104, Year 1851, Parish Number 490, Household schedule number 219. ::William Kerr 58 Head ::Ann Kerr 55 Wife ::Alexander Kerr 30 Son ::Helen Kerr 4 Daughter ::John G","url":null,"source_quality":"derivative","independence_group":"SRC-0bd72a7932f9","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"},{"title":"\"Statutory Register of Deaths,\" database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/) (accessed 14 September 2025), William Kerr death registered 1862 in Stirling (age 70, mother's maiden name Child); citing Ref 490/238.","url":"https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/","source_quality":"derivative","independence_group":"SRC-e72da25020e6","provenance":"wikitree_profile_citation"}],"warnings":[],"provenance":{"tree":"WikiTree One-Tree export","mapped_records":"Glasgow Surname Project map dataset","profile_capture":"Public WikiTree profile evidence capture","relationship_assessments":"Controlled local relationship hypothesis register","research_findings":"Durable research/<profile-or-catalogue-ID>/findings.md case file"},"research_findings":[{"profile_id":"Kerr-14419","updated":null,"source_path":"research/Kerr-14419/findings.md","sections":[{"title":"Current conclusion","category":"conclusion","markdown":"The earlier statement that William Kerr had no parents was incorrect. The\nlive WikiTree profile attaches [Alexander Kerr (Kerr-14420)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kerr-14420)\nand [Christian (Child) Kerr (Child-2372)](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Child-2372)\nas his parents. William's 5 September 1862 Stirling death registration names\nhis parents as Alex Kerr, borough officer, and Christina Child. His marriage\nto Ann Eadie in Stirling on 30 May 1819 and the 1851 Stirling census provide\nthe expected identity continuity. Alexander and Christian are therefore the\nconcrete parents of William, with the parent relationship supported directly\nby the death record and indirectly by the marriage/census identity trail.\n\nThe ancestor view does not attach grandparents to either parent profile. The\ntwo lines are not genuinely parentless in the documentary sense, however:\nAlexander's baptism biography cites Robert Kerr and Jean Murray as parents,\nand Christian's baptism biography cites George Child as her father. These are\nresearch leads, not attached WikiTree relationships."},{"title":"Source findings","category":"sources","markdown":"| Source | Finding | Assessment |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| [William Kerr, WikiTree](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kerr-14419) | Born 1792 in Stirling; died 5 Sep 1862 in Stirling; attached as son of Alexander Kerr and Christian (Child) Kerr. | Live profile and tree relationship. |\n| [William Kerr marriage, Ancestry record 60144 #3193774](https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60144/records/3193774) | William Karr/Kerr married Ann Eadie on 30 May 1819 in Stirling, Stirling, Scotland; original data is attributed to FamilySearch's Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910 collection. | Identity continuity; spelling is indexed as Karr in the derivative record. |\n| [William Kerr, 1851 Scotland census, Ancestry record 1076 #1273464](https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1076/records/1273464) | William Kerr, age 58, shoemaker journeyman, head at Southside Cowan Street, Stirling; wife Ann and son Alexander are in the household. | Strong identity continuity, not a parentage record. |\n| [National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople](https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/) | Statutory death registration for William Kerr, Stirling registration district, 1862, age 70, reference 490/238; mother's maiden surname Child; father recorded as Alex Kerr, borough officer, and mother Christina Child. | Direct parentage evidence. The cited public URL is the official portal; reference 490/238 is required to retrieve the entry. |\n| [Alexander Kerr, WikiTree](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kerr-14420) | Born 11 Apr 1762 in South Leith; profile biography identifies him as son of Robert Kerr and Jean Murray. | Matching WikiTree parent of William; grandparents are not attached in the live tree. |\n| [Alexander Kerr baptism, Ancestry record 60143 #14171226](https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60143/records/14171226) | Alexander Kerr born/baptised 11 Apr 1762 at South Leith, son of Robert Kerr and Jean Murray; source attribution is FamilySearch's Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. | Direct evidence for Alexander's named parents, but the derivative page does not establish WikiTree IDs for Robert or Jean. |\n| [Alexander Kerr marriage, Ancestry record 61544 #103543](https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61544/records/103543) | Alexander Kerr married Christian Child on 6 Jul 1787 in Edinburgh. | Supports the couple who appear as William's parents. |\n| [Christian (Child) Kerr, WikiTree](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Child-2372) | Born 21 Apr 1765 at Cargill, Perth; profile biography identifies her as daughter of George Child. | Matching WikiTree mother of William; no mother is attached or identified on the live profile. |\n| [Christian Child baptism, Ancestry record 60143 #6381758](https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/60143/records/6381758) | Christian Child baptised 21 Apr 1765 at Cargill, Perth, daughter of George Child; source attribution is FamilySearch's Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. | Direct evidence for Christian's named father; no mother is supplied. |\n| [Christian Child marriage, Ancestry record 61544 #30103543](https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/61544/records/30103543) | Christian Child married Alexander Kerr on 6 Jul 1787 in Edinburgh. | Independent continuity evidence for the parents' couple. |"},{"title":"Recommended action","category":"actions","markdown":"Retain [Kerr-14420](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kerr-14420) and\n[Child-2372](https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Child-2372) as William's parents.\nThe death entry (NRS reference 490/238), supported by the 1819 marriage and\n1851 census identity trail, is sufficient to correct the prior \"no parents\"\nconclusion. Do not add grandparents yet. Research Robert Kerr/Jean Murray\nand George Child separately using the cited baptisms, parish registers and\nFamilySearch Tree duplicate checks before proposing any new attachment."}]}],"similar_people":[],"potential_parentage":{"children_recorded":[],"earliest_dated_son":null,"earliest_dated_daughter":null,"second_dated_son":null,"second_dated_daughter":null,"third_dated_son":null,"third_dated_daughter":null,"naming_controls":{"matches":0,"mismatches":0,"factor":1.0,"details":[]},"candidates":[],"method":"Automated leads use birth surnames—not married surnames—as parental eligibility, role-specific biological age limits, bounded and approximate-date uncertainty, household chronology, specific time-aware localities, mapped distance, tenancy succession, migration destinations and sex-aware Scottish naming positions across generations. People already attached as the subject's parents stay in the identity summary and are excluded from this alternative-candidate list, regardless of relationship confidence. The main calibration uses clues available on disconnected profiles; existing parent and sibling links are retained as comparison context rather than treated as transferable evidence. Common ordered names and grandparent-to-child echoes receive a small non-zero weight, so a John or James match can support several independent criteria without producing a lead alone. Rare names, repeated bearers and bundles across otherwise distinct branches receive substantially more weight according to catalogue frequency. An exact migration place is weighted by its rarity and repetition across both branches; a shared destination country is worth only one point. Extra weight is added only when at least three independent clue types converge: naming, locality, specific migration, household chronology or collateral networks. 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The live WikiTree profile attaches Alexander Kerr (Kerr-14420) and Christian (Child) Kerr (Child-2372) as his parents. William's 5 September 1862 Stirling death registration names his parents as Alex Kerr, borough officer, and Christina Child. His marriage to Ann Eadie in Stirling on 30 May 1819 and the 1851 Stirling census provide the expected identity continuity. 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