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      Mary Ann Carr was also known as Mary Ann Kerr in some records.
     Mary Ann Carr married Edward Handy, son of Andrew Handy and Margaret Kenehan, on 18 October 1867 in the Roman Catholic chapel, Lochee, Dundee. Edward Handy, labourer, bachelor aged 19, son of Andrew Handy, labourer, deceased & Bridget Handy m.s. Kinahan & Mary Ann Kerr, mill worker, spinster aged 18, daughter of Patrick Carr, labourer & Ann Carr, ms. Haynes/Ganyner?, both of Albert Street, Lochee.

     Sir Ralph Carr married Ann Fairfax, daughter of Henry Fairfax 4th Baron Fairfax and Frances Barwick, on 2 September 1690. He was of Cocken. These are the 7th great grandparents of Jill Chapple of Queensland via the Pulleine family.

     Roger Carr married Elizabeth Wilson between 21 January 1569 and 1570 in Giggleswick, Yorkshire.

     His birth was registered in the quarter ending in September 1889 in Steyning RD, Sussex. William Brereton Hooper Carr was the son of George Anderson Carr and Harriet Anna Hooper.
     William died on 13 October 1940 aged 51.
     His will was proved on 28 February 1941 in the Principal Probate Registry. William Brereton Hooper Carr of The Royal Hotel, Woburn-place, Holborn, London, died 13 Oct 1940. Proved LLandudno to Lloyds Bank Ltd. Effects £22343/7/4.

     Alexander Carrick was born on 1 April 1831 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. He was the son of Andrew Carrick & Mary Lightbody. He was christened on 15 May 1831 in Barony, Glasgow. Alexander was a merchant. The "Cyclopedia of NZ" states: Mr Alexander Carrick was a member of the first City Council, which was elected in 1865. He was a representative for High Ward, and was re-elected in 1867. Mr. Carrick took a very active interest in the first Dunedin Exhibition. He afterwards went to Christchurch, where he became manager of the National Insurance Company. The article contains a photograph.
He was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, where he was educated. Coming out to Australia in 1854, he remained for four years in the Colony of Victoria, and settled in Dunedin in 1859, and in 1871 opened a branch of the Victoria Insurance Company in Christchurch. On the establishment of the National Insurance Company, Mr. Carrick resigned his position in the Victoria and was appointed to the office he now holds. Mr. Carrick is a member of the Canterbury branch of the New Zealand Underwriters' Association in New Zealand.
     Alexander Carrick married Isabella Amelia Parker, daughter of John Skottowe Parker and Jane Phillips, on 31 July 1861 in Dunedin, New Zealand. A marriage announcement in the Sydney Morning Herald described Alexander Carrick as a merchant and Isabella Amelia Parker as third daughter of J N Parkers, City Coroner, Sydney. They had no issue.
     Alexander died in 1895 in Christchurch, New Zealand.

     Marjorie of Carrick (1256-1292), was countess of Carrick, Scotland, and is most famous today as the mother of Robert the Bruce. Her name occurs in Barbour's Brus as "Marthok", a name which contains the medieval Gaelic feminine diminutive suffix óc; and so her name meant "Little Mary" or "Little Martha" (c/f Bethóc).
She was the daughter and heiress of Niall, Earl of Carrick and Margaret Stewart, and Countess of Carrick in her own right. Her first husband was Adam de Kilconcath, who died during the Eighth Crusade in 1270. Then, as the story goes, a handsome young man arrived one day to tell her of her husband's death in the Holy Land. He was Robert de Brus, 6th Lord of Annandale, and he had been a companion-in-arms of Adam de Kilconcath. Marjorie was so taken with him that she had him held captive till he agreed to marry her in 1271. He became Earl of Carrick de jure uxoris (in right of his wife). Their children were:
Christina Bruce, married Gartnait, Earl of Mar.
Robert the Bruce.
Isabella Bruce (1275 – 1358), married King Eric II of Norway.
Edward Bruce.
Niall or Nigel Bruce, executed 1306 in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England.
Thomas Bruce, executed 1307.
Alexander Bruce, executed 1307.
Mary Bruce, married
Sir Niall Campbell
Sir Alexander Fraser.
Margaret Bruce, married Sir William de Carlyle.
Matilda Bruce, married Aodh, Earl of Ross
Marjorie died in 1292, at which time her husband transferred Carrick to their eldest son, Robert.
A veracity-contested tradition tells that Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray was son of Marjorie's daughter from her first marriage with Adam. This probably is not true. It was probably a suggested as an explanation of why Thomas Randolph has been reported to be a nephew of Robert the Bruce. Marjorie Carrick Countess of Carrick was born circa 1250 in Scotland. She was the eldest daughter & heiress, child widow of Adam de Kilconquhar. John Ravilious states her mother was named Isabella. She was the daughter of Neil Earl of Carrick and Isabel Unknown.
     Marjorie Carrick Countess of Carrick married Adam de Kilconquhar between 1266 and 1269 in Scotland.
     Marjorie Carrick Countess of Carrick married Robert de Bruce Earl of Carrick, 6th Lord of Annandale as her second husband, in 1271 in Turnberry, Ayrshire, Scotland. .
     Marjorie died before 27 October 1292. Possibly before 9 Nov 1292.