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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.
This article in its entirety was taken from "History and
Genealogy of the Potts-Carr Family" compiled and written by
J.J. Potts, M.B.E., J.P. Kaniva in 1967
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