Brief Life History of Lenora
When Lenora Kemp was born on 14 February 1892, in St. George, Washington, Utah, United States, her father, Willard Walter John Kemp, was 37 and her mother, Adeline Turnbow Carter, was 32. She married Samuel Enoch Bringhurst on 9 December 1909, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 3 daughters. She lived in Murray, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 20 years and World for about 5 years. She died on 29 July 1974, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Taylorsville Memorial Park Cemetery, Taylorsville, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
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- Leonora Kemp Bringhurst in household of Samuel Enoch Bringhurst, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Lenora Kemp, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- Lenora Kemp Bringhurst, "Find A Grave Index"
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1894 · The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed.
The Genealogical Society of Utah is formed. - A precursor society to FamilySearch, the GSU was organized on November 13,1894, in the Church Historian's Office of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
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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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History of Lenora Kemp Bringhurst
History of Lenora Kemp Bringhurst By Lenora Kemp Bringhurst, July 4, 1968 On February 14, 1892, in the little town of St. George, Utah a little blond, blue eyed baby girl was born to William Walter …
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