Charles KERSE (1852-1924) married
Elizabeth POTTER (1857-1911) in 1878 Crookston (117km NE of Invercargill)

the known children
1879 - 1970 Margaret Jane Kerse
1873 - on the 20th April, at her resience, Hume Bank Farm, Crookston, the wife of Charles Kerse, of a daughter
1901 - BALLANTYNE-KERSE - On the 26th December, at the residence of the bride's parents, Hume Bank, Dunrobiin, by the Rev. W. A. Lyd, M.A., William Archibald, youngest son of Francis Ballantyne, to Margaret Jane, eldest daughter of Charles Kerse

1881 - ? Jane Renton Kerse
- on the 5th May, at Hume Bank Crookston, Mrs Charles Kerse, of a daughter
- Jane married James BURROW on 28 Dec 1904 in Cookston - Dunrobin Parish
- She was 23

1883 - 1883 unnamed born still Kerse

1885 - 1954 Ellen Potter Kerse
- Ellen married John Hilton MURDOCH in 1919

1888 - 1972 Mary Isabella Kerse
- Mary married John McALISTER in 1917

1890 - 1949 Herbert Alexander Kerse
- Herbert married Helen Andrews MILLER in 1915

1892 - 1019 Charles Allanton Kerse
- Charles was born 8 June in Otago
- he served in Gallipoli and again in France as Second Lieutenant 8/240 with the Otago Infantry Regiment where he was killed by shell fire on the morning of 25 July 1918. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He is buried GRAVE G6 at Couin New British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France

1893 - 1973 Arthur James Kerse
1915 WOUNDED in CHEEK - OTAGO BATTALION, KERSE Arthur James 8/2030, S.M. - Charles Kerse, Gore, father;
- Arthur married Muriel JOYCE in 1919