John Kemsley
& Charlotte Rose Hawk

 

"A John Kemsley, born in Kent in 1816, was a tanner who moved in pursuance of his calling first to Bermondsey and later to Shrewsbury. He and his wife Charlotte Rose had a daughter and six sons John, Stamford, Mark, Albert, Arthur and Frederick. Stamford (born in 1850) had a son James Stamford who called on me in London in 1936 when on a visit from Allerton, Liverpool, where he was a police fireman. He spoke of his uncles Mark and Frederick, at that time living at Stafford. His uncle Arthur (born in 1855) and his wife Alice Huthwaite had a son Arthur, born in the cathedral city of Lincoln in 1885, who emigrated to the United States, where he married Edith Scripps from Detroit and died in 1948."

- Sir Colin Thornton-Kemsley, 1980, "Kentish Kemsleys and Their Descendants", private publication, pp 18/19.

John Kemsley was actually born about 1819 in Hollingbourne, Kent [Source 1871 census]. His wife Charlotte was born about 1821 in Hadlow, Kent. In 1851 they were living at Shrewsbury and their children living with them were Ellen (6), John (4) and Standford (1). In 1860 they were living at Frankwell, Shrewsbury, Shropshire. At the 1871 census John was a Tanner, and they lived in Atcham, St Chad, Shropshire. At that time their children living with them were Mark (18), Arthur (13), Frederick (10) and Rose (6).

 

Issue of John and Charlotte Rose Kemsley

Children	Grandchildren	Great-grandchildren
Ellen born abt 1845
John Kemsley born abt 1847
Stamford Kemsley born 1850
	James Stamford Kemsley
Mark Kemsley born abt 1853
Albert Kemsley
Arthur Kemsley (born 1855) md Alice Huthwaite
	Arthur (b.Lincoln 1885) married Edith Scripps, Detroit, USA
		Arthur (born 1915) married Ruth Pardee
		George Scripps Kemsley (born 1921) married Grace Gardiner
Frederick Kemsley (born 1860) md Mary Ann Owen
	Robert 1883-1972
	Frederick 1885-1971
	John 1887-1970
	Florence, 1889-1969 married William Moore
	Arthur 1892-1961
	Gertrude 1893-1963 married Frederick Nicholls
		Lucy Elizabeth Mary, married Hugh Johnstone
		Gertrude Annie, married George Tokomauri Himona
		Winifred, married Emmett Flint
		Elsie May, married Eric Hollyman
		James Henry, married Josephine
		Doreen, married Lennie Jackson
	Walter 1896-1977
	Lucy, 1898-1965 married David Johnson
	Edwin 1901-1984
Rose 1864-1947 md James Partridge
	James Partridge 1885-1973

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