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JOHN CARR was born in Yorkshire, England, in the year 1814.
His first wife died six weeks after their marriage.
MARY JAGGER wrote a letter of condolence, and this
blossomed into a romance. They were married at the Coll and Parish Church In
the Parish of Manchester, in the County of Lancaster, England, on 17th
February, 1846.
John Carr was a widower and Mary Jagger a spinster. The
bridegroom lived at Newtown, and the bride at Duke Street, Hulme, before
marriage. Best man was James Symons, and bridesmaid Amelia Brown. The
marriage was solemnised according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the
Established Church, after Banns. The Minister was the Rev. W. Wilson.
John Carr's parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Carr, were
farmers, and Mary Jagger's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jabez Jagger, were linen
drapers.
MARY JAGGER was born in Liverpool, England, in 1818. She
was of French descent (name originally spelt Jager). Her grandparents were
silk merchants in France. In her youth she travelled often by pleasure boat,
with her mother, on the Rhone and Rhine Rivers. She had received a liberal
education in literature, music and art. Later in life, this proved of
inestimable value, as she educated her children, including musical tuition,
in the home, at Frankston, Victoria.
Mary Carr (Jagger) died at Mornington Park, Frankston,
Shire of Mornington, on August 20, 1882. She was buried by the Rev. David
Flockart, who some 12 months later was to preside at the wedding of her
daughter, Elizabeth, with Oliver Henry Potts.
JOHN and MARY CARR had six children while living in
England; two sons and four daughters. The family were: Mary. Ann, John,
Agnes, William and Sarah. Their seventh child and fifth daughter (ELIZABETH)
was born at Frankston, Victoria, on April 12, 1858.
The Carr family arrived in Victoria from England in 1855.
They settled at Frankston where a 350 acre farm was purchased on June 5,
1855, at £1 an acre. It was situated on the road to Skye, with the
Melbourne-Stony Point railway as one of its boundaries.
Wheat and sheep were the main products of the farm.
The youngest child, Elizabeth, stated that her mother
often told her that when John Carr arrived at Frankston, his only assets
were a wife, six children, and a stout heart.
Still, he made a success of his farming venture, and also
found time to preach the gospel.
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