Hi all,
From Martin's OP of 23 Feb 2011:
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Looking for the ancesters of Henry Kempson (B.1817 Ruddington, Nottingham) as well as any info relating to possible remarriage and any children he may have had after his wife died in 1848.
Henry came to South Australia in 1840. first wife was Elizabeth Parker. He moved to Victoria about 1852 after his wife died and nobody knows what happened to him or were he ended up. "
Well, over the past several months, there has been great advances in Martin’s quest, with frequent suggestions from many RChatters, particularly towards obtaining the official certificates/transcripts/print outs for certifying/verifying/confirming/gaining additional clues/ of Henry’s life.
Without re-visiting all the threads that involve that searching, Here is my current scribbled conjectures, for without the primary records, this is all only conjecture. .
Hopefully, these conjectures help both Martin and Sevendays too. I have not included any indexed references, as that would be duplicating so much of the efforts of all the RChatters.
Again I stress that the chronological list below is of course only a very brief SPECULATIVE summary. Again, my CONJECTURES that any of these events MAY BE (and of course any of these may not be) significant dates in Henry’s life.
I know if these people were in my own tree, that I would be saving up my pennies to obtain those records, and that if there was any conflicting information on them, I would be asking for further help from RChatters :
1816 Henry's baptism records his parents as Thomas and Charlotte Kempson. Further, those parish records may show there were other children for that couple, and that Charlotte’s nee name was Stokes.
1836, marriage for Henry to Jane Winfield, and a child of that marriage was Thomas Winfield Kempson. This marriage pre-dates Henry coming to South Australia. At present, no formal ending of that marriage has come to light until the 1891 death of Jane in England.
1842 marriage for Henry to Elizabeth Parker, in South Australia. Two boys survived their infancy, their names are recorded as Henry and Frederick. Elizabeth died in 1848.
1856 Marriage for Henry to Ellen Yuille, she had also been married previously. This marriage was in Victoria. At present, no formal ending to that marriage has come to light.
1875, Marriage for Henry to Eliza Winter Harvey. This marriage was in New Zealand.
1906 Henry died in New Zealand.
1910 Eliza Kempson died in New Zealand.
Fingers crossed that between Martin and Sevendays, most of these primary records are at hand already, or already on order, including now the 1906 d.c. printout.
Cheers, JM
