Nicholas Kerns

From "The Hamilton Spectator" Jul 17, 2013 | Vote0 0 NAMESAKES: KERNS ROAD STORIES BEHIND LOCAL PLACE NAMES

Hamilton Spectator THE PLACE: Kerns Road is in Burlington and runs north-south between Dundas Street (Highway 5) and the North Service Road.

THE NAME: It was named for the Kerns family, who moved to the area in the early 1800s.

THE STORY: The book Burlington's Streets by the Burlington Historical Society says Jacob Kerns owned 85 hectares of land — the west boundary is the north end of Kerns Road. Nicholas Kerns had a farm on the east side of Brant Street, from the Queen Elizabeth Way to just north of Upper Middle Road. The southern end of Kerns Road was once the laneway to the farm of Wilber Kerns. The book says the road was named in 1968.