Hello Joan, thank you for your reply and apologies for not replying sooner!
It was only by chance that I visited the site today to see whether the East Ayrshire Family History Society had gone the way of happyhaggis.co.uk, having not heard anything since I joined, and there was your reply! I thought that I would have received an email notifying me of your reply.
I do have Jimmy’s death certificate but hadn’t noticed Douglas Kerr’s name.
Douglas Muir Kerr was born on 7th July 1934 to Flora Kerr nee Goddard when she was 18, having married John Kerr the year before on 7th April 1933. As I mentioned the ‘Muir’ part is intriguing.
Uncle Jimmy and ‘Aunty’ Flora came to my 21st way back in 1967, and I just assumed that they were married. I’m virtually convinced that Flora Goddard is the Flora in question and I was rather hoping that another member of the Muir clan around Kilmarnock could have shone some light on this intriguing relationship.
Douglas died in 2004. Flora died in 1985 and her obituary states ‘Dearly beloved wife of John Kerr’. He died in 1988.
Thanks again for taking the trouble, Douglas Kerr was a good spot, although his status as ‘Friend’ just adds to the intrigue!
Kind regards,
John
