When Philip Thomas Kemsley was born about March 1826, in Chatham, Kent, England, United Kingdom, his father, George Kemsley, was 40 and his mother, Susannah Hernden, was 40. He was buried in Chatham, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
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English (Kent): habitational name from Kemsley Street in Bredhurst (Kent). The placename may derive from an Old English personal name Cyma (genitive Cymes) + Old English lēah ‘woodland clearing’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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