In the 1851 Canada Census for Canada West (Ontario), the Abram Kemp family resided in Ameliasburg, Prince Edward County, Ontario.[3] The household included:
* Abram Kemp - a farmer, born in U.S., W. Methodist, age 55, male.
* Sephrona Kemp - spinster, born in France, Catholic, age 44, female
* Abram Kemp Jr. - labourer, born in Canada, W. Methodist, age 21, male.
* John Kemp - labourer, born in Canada, W. Methodist, age 17, male.
* Peter E. Kemp - labourer, born in Canada, W. Methodist, age 14, male.
* Wesley Kemp - born in Canada, W. Methodist, age 4, male.
The Hagan Papers (by Ida Hagan: Part 1, pg. 188) for Fredericksburg, Norfolk County (now Delhi) notes that James A. Kemp, Fred., settled 1855, born Canada, P.O. Box Delhi, farmer, carpenter, & joiner.
In the 1861 Canada Census for Canada West, James Kemp resided in Middleton township, Norfolk County, Ontario.[4] He was age 28, born in Upper Canada, a carpenter, and single.
The Marriage Register for Norfolk County (1839-1869, book, pg. 302)[12-13] notes that James A. Kemp, age 27, residence Delhi, born Canada, son of Abram James and Sarah, married to M.J. Sovereen, age 21, residence and birthplace Delhi, daughter of Alexander and Eliza Sovereen, on March 10, 1861, by G. Brown; witness: Ridley Teeple.
The 1867 County of Norfolk Directory lists James Kemp, carpenter, Windham Township., Concession 11, Lot 21.
The 1870/1 Lovell's Directory for Ontario lists James Kemp in Fredericksburg, Middleton Township., Norfolk County, as an Innkeeper.
Norfolk County Legal Papers, observed at the Eva Brook Donly Library, Simcoe, Ontario (by Cheryl Kemp Taber), include:
* A deed dated 20 April 1871 of Alexander Sovereen to James A. Kemp for land in Fredericksburg (page 336).
* A deed dated 26 April 1871 of James A. Kemp to Anson Owen for land in Fredericksburg (page 4).
* A Writ of Ejectment dated 22 August 1871 of James Kemp vs Thomas Haley, from property called Kemp's Hotel, Fredericksburg (page 98)
* A deed, dated 17 April 1874 to James A. Kemp, in Windham Township (page 444).
In the 1871 Census Records for Norfolk County, Ontario, The James Kemp household resided in Windham Township.[5] It included:
* James Kemp, Age 40, born Ontario, Religion Wesleyan Methodist, Origin English, Carpenter;
* Mary Kemp, Age 30, born Ontario, Religion Baptist, Origin German;
* Sarah Kemp, Age 9, born Ontario, Baptist;
* Seymour Kemp, Age 7, born Ontario, Baptist;
* Melvina Kemp, Age 5, born Ontario, Baptist;
* Georgianna Kemp, Age 2, born Ontario, Baptist.
James Kemp was listed as an Innkeeper in the 1872 birth register of his son, James Alexander Kemp.
Mary Jane (Sovereen) Kemp died in 1874, and James Abraham Kemp married, secondly, to Melissa Wilson of Bell Ewart Innisfil, on 16 November 1876.[14] The record provides this information:
* James Abraham Kemp, age 42, residence Norfolk County, Canada, born Canada, widower, Builder, parents Abraham & Sarah Kemp, to
* Melissa Wilson, age 35, residence Bell Ewart Innisfil, born Canada, spinster, parents Alfred & Martha Wilson,
* Witnesses: ---Wilson & ---Law of Bell Ewart Innisfil,
* On 16 November 1876 at Bride's residence, groom Methodist, bride Baptist, married by Rev. Wm. McConnell by License.
The 1878 Historical Atlas Haldimand and Norfolk Counties, Ontario notes the entry, in Fredericksburg Village (Delhi), James A. Kemp, settled 1855, born Canada, farmer, carpenter & joiner.
Per the birth registration of his son, Alfred Francis Kemp, James A. Kemp is listed as a mechanic and was living in Delhi, in February of 1880.
In the 1881 Census for Norfolk County North, Ontario, the James A. Kemp household resided in Middleton township,[6] and included:
* James A. Kemp, Age 49, born Ontario, Religion Wesleyan Methodist, Origin English, Carpenter;
* Melissa Kemp, Age 35, born Ontario, Religion Wesleyan Methodist, Origin Irish;
* James Kemp, Age 8, born Ontario;
* Georgianna Kemp, Age 12, born Ontario;
* Alfred Kemp, Age 1, born Ontario.
The 1891 Farmer's Directory for Norfolk County shows James Kemp residing in Middleton township, in Delhi, freeholder, Concession D, Lot 2.
In the 1891 Census for Norfolk County, Ontario, James A. Kemp's household included[7]:
* James A. Kemp, Age 58, born Ontario, Father born Ontario, Mother born U.S., Religion Methodist, Carpenter;
* Melissa Kemp, Age 45, born Ontario, Father born N.S., Mother born Scotland, Religion Baptist;
* Frank Kemp, Age 11, born Ontario.
In the 1901 Census for Norfolk County South, Ontario, James A Kemp resided in Delhi Village on residence Lot 19 Block 19, 1/4 acre.[8] The household included:
* James A. Kemp, born 22 May 1831, age 69, born Ontario, Origin English, Religion Baptist, Farmer;
* Melissa Kemp, born 22 May 1844 [sic], age 56, born Ontario, Origin French, Religion Methodist;
* A.E. Franklin Kemp, born 20 Feb. 1870, age 21, born Ontario, Origin English, Religion Methodist, Farmer.
The extraction of the death record of James A. Kemp, who died 19 September 1902,[9-10] includes:
* Name of Deceased: Kemp James A.
* Sex -- M or F: M
* Date of Death: Sept 19 1902
* Age: 70
* Residence: Delhi
* Occupation: Farmer
* Married or Single: M*
* Where Born: Prince Edward Co
* Cause of Death, Length of Illness: Acute Indigestion & Heart Failure, 10 hours
* Name of Physician in Attendance: R. Bruce Wells.
* Religious Denomination: Bapt
* Name of Person Making Return: Frank Kemp
* Date of Registration: Sept 19 1902
James Abram Kemp is reported to be buried in Delhi Cemetery in Delhi, Norfolk county, Ontario.
James A. Kemp of Delhi, carpenter, died testate, having written a will dated May 25 1902.[11] The will and other probate papers for the estate of James A. Kemp were filed in the Norfolk County, Ontario, Surrogates Court. The transcription of the will and other probate papers for James A. Kemp is:
"This is the last will and testament of me James A Kemp of the village of Delhi in the County of Norfolk and Province of Ontario cause this twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, I revoke all forms, wills or other testamentary dispositions by me at any time heretofore made, and declare this only to be and contains my last will and testament; I direct all my just debts funeral and testamentary expenses to be paid and satisfied by my Executors hereinafter named as soon as conveniently may be after my decease.
"I give, devise and bequeath all my real and personal estate of which I may be possessed in the manner following, that is to say, to my daughters Sarah Elizabeth, Minnie and Georgianna and to my son James Alexander I bequeath to each five dollars, and the remainder I bequeath to my son Ernest Frank provided he maintains his mother comfortable while she remains my widow. All the residue of my estate not herein before disposed of, I give devise and bequeath unto And I nominate and appoint my son Ernest Frank Kemp to be Executor of this my last will and testament.
"In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand the day and year first above written.
James A. Kemp"
"Signed published and declared by the said James A Kemp the testator as and for his last will and testament in the in the presence of us who both present together at the same time in the presence at his request and in the presence of each other and hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses,
" ? ? Boughis James A Kemp"
" J. P Wilson"
James A Kemp deceased
Canada Province of Ontario
In His Majesty's Surrogate Court of the County of Norfolk, Be it known that on the eleventh day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two, the last will and testament of James A Kemp late of the village of Delhi in the County of Norfolk and Province of Ontario Carpenter, deceased, who died on or about the nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and two at the village of Delhi in the County of Norfolk and who at the time of his death had a fixed place of abode at the said village of Delhi in the said County of Norfolk was proved and registered in the said Surrogate Court a true copy to publish said last will and testament is hereunder written and that the administration of all and singular the property of the said deceased and any way concerning his will was granted by the aforesaid Court to Alfred Edward Franklin Kemp (Executor in said will as Ernest Frank Kemp) of the village of Delhi in the County of Norfolk, labourer, the sole Executor named in the said will, be the said Alfred Edward Franklin Kemp having been first sworn well and faithfully to administer the same by paying the just debts of the deceased and the legacies contained in his will so far as he is hereunto bound by law and by distributing the residue (if any) of the property according to law and to exhibit under oath a true and perfect inventory of all and singular the said property and to render a just and true account of his Executorship whereas, thereunto lawfully required.
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Registrar of the Surrogate Court
of the said County of Norfolk."
5) SOURCES
1. Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), Simcoe County, Ontario, Division of Innisfil, Page 670, Registration No. 10111, Melissa Wilson and James A. Kemp, 1876.
2. Unknown, John Evans Kemp Family Bible transcript (Transcript at Huntington Beach CA Public Library).
3. Census of Canada, 1851, Prince Edward County, Ontario, A, District 32, Prince Edward County, Subdistrict 304, Ameliasburgh township, Page 42 (penned), Lines 14 to 19, Abram Kemp household; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1851/index-e.html : accessed 10 March 2013); Library and Archives Canada Microfilm C-11750.
4. Census of Canada, 1861, Norfolk County, Ontario, District 253, Middleton Township., Page 57, line 10, James Kemp; digital image, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com), citing Library and Archives Canada Microfilm C-1052.
5. Census of Canada, 1871, Norfolk County, Ontario, Schedule #1, district 12, North Norfolk, subdistrict b, Township of Windham, Page 50, Dwelling 178, Family #182, James A. Kemp household; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1871/index-e.html : accessed 10 March 2013); citing Library and Archives Canada Microfilm C-9909.
6. Census of Canada, 1881, Norfolk County, Ontario, Schedule #1, district 158, Norfolk North, subdistrict A, township of Middleton, page 6, Dwelling #33, Family #33, James A. Kemp household; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1881/index-e.html : accessed 5 March 2013); citing Library and Archives Canada Microfilm C-13263.
7. Census of Canada, 1891, Norfolk County, Ontario, Schedule No. 1, District 96, North Norfolk, Subdistrict Township of Middleton, Division No. 3, Page 26, Family #137, James A. Kemp household; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1891/index-e.html : accessed 10 March 2013), citing Library and Archives Canada microfilm T-6355.
8. Census of Canada, 1901, Norfolk County, Ontario, Schedule No. 1, District #93, Norfolk North, Subdistrict A, Delhi Village, Page 14, Dwelling #169, Family #163, James A. Kemp household; digital image, Library and Archives Canada (http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/census-1901/index-e.html), citing Library and Archives Canada Microfilm T-6484.
10. "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947," online database, FamilySearch (http:// www.familysearch.org), citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 1902, Volume 7, page 162, No. 01-332, James A. Kemp death entry.
11. Norfolk County, Ontario, Canada, Probate Records, ca 1839-1931; Indexes, 1842-1967, Surrogate's Register, Book L, 1899-1903: pages 584-585, James A. Kemp will and court records; on FHL Microfilm US/CAN 522,633 (accessed 5 February 2014).
12. Ontario, Canada Marriages, 1801-1928, digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com), James A. Kemp and M. J. Soverein marriage entry.
13. Cheryl Kemp Taber, "Kemps and Kin," online database, Rootsweb WorldConnect Project, citing R.G.B. Norfolk County Marriage Records, Book 1839-1869, page 302, James A. Kemp and M. J. Sovereen marriage entry..
14. Cheryl Kemp Taber, "Kemps and Kin," online database, Rootsweb WorldConnect Project, citing R.G. 80-5 registration #10111, James A. Kemp and Melissa Wilson marriage entry.
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