Brief Life History of Thomas
When Thomas Kemp was born on 8 October 1849, in Eden Mills, Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, his father, Clark Lowry Kemp, was 29 and his mother, Anna Thomas, was 26. He married Helen Thomas on 1 September 1879, in Eden Mills, Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada for about 30 years and Wellington, Ontario, Canada in 1911. He died on 6 December 1941, in Eden Mills, Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 92, and was buried in Guelph Eramosa, Wellington, Ontario, Canada.
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Family Time Line
Sources (18)
- Thoms Kemp, "Canada Census, 1881"
- Thomas Kemp, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Thomas Kemp, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1849–1941 Male
1849–1938 Female
Children (2)
1880–1880 Male
1886–1951 Female
Parents and Siblings
1820–1905 Male
1823–1901 Female
Siblings (8)
1846–1846 Male
1847–1928 Male
1849–1941 Male
1851–1912 Male
1853–1913 Female
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World Events (6)
1867 · Ontario Founded
Age 18
1869
Age 20
1883 · Mining Boom
Age 34
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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