Ollie Louis Kemp

Brief Life History of Ollie Louis

When Ollie Louis Kemp was born on 14 October 1893, in Noxubee, Mississippi, United States, his father, Columbus Jerome R Kemp, was 34 and his mother, Frances C Welch, was 31. He married Laura Kate Lewis about 1919, in Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Beat 2, Noxubee, Mississippi, United States in 1900 and Beat 4, Oktibbeha, Mississippi, United States in 1910. He died on 10 February 1926, in Mississippi, Arkansas, United States, at the age of 32.

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Ollie Louis Kemp
1893–1926
Laura Kate Lewis
1893–1984
Marriage: about 1919
Louis Wayne Kemp
1923–1923

Sources (3)

  • Ollie Kemp in household of Fanny Kemp, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Olie L Kemp in entry for Louis W Kemp, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
  • Ollie L Kemp in household of Jerrom Kemp, "United States Census, 1900"

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World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

1903 · Department of Commerce and Labor

A short-lived Cabinet department which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. Later being split and the Secretary of Commerce and Labor splitting into two separate positions.

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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