Patti Palmore Kemp

Brief Life History of Patti Palmore

When Patti Palmore Kemp was born on 9 January 1909, in Georgia, United States, her father, William Arnett Kemp, was 26 and her mother, Savilla Catherine Bennett, was 29. She married J. Nelson Willis on 11 February 1928, in Georgia, United States. She died on 12 February 1969, in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia, United States, at the age of 60.

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J. Nelson Willis
1905–2000
Patti Palmore Kemp
1909–1969
Marriage: 11 February 1928

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  • Pattie Kemp in household of William A Kemp, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Patti Palmore Kemp - Memory of Someone: Memory of a relative: birth-name: Patti Palmore Kemp

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World Events (8)

1910 · The BSA is Made

Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.

1922 · Women Granted the Right to Vote

The 19th Amendment, which allowed women the right to vote, was passed and became federal law on August 26, 1920. Georgia law prevented women from voting until 1922. The amendment wasn’t officially ratified until 1970.

1927

Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.

Name Meaning

English, Scottish, Dutch, and North German: status name for a champion, Middle English and Middle Low German kempe. In the Middle Ages a champion was a professional fighter on behalf of others; for example the King's Champion, at the coronation, had the duty of issuing a general challenge to battle to anyone who denied the king's right to the throne. The Middle English word corresponds to Old English cempa and Old Norse kempa ‘warrior’; both these go back to ancient Germanic campo ‘warrior’, which is the source of the Dutch and North German name, corresponding to High German Kampf .

Dutch and North German (North Rhine-Westphalia): from the personal name Kempe, Kampe; see 1 above.

Dutch and Flemish: metonymic occupational name for someone who grew or processed hemp, from Middle Dutch canep ‘hemp’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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