When Charles Kemmish was born on 11 May 1812, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, his father, John Kemish, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Goddard, was 33. He married Elizabeth Wilkey on 17 April 1835, in Portsea, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Ross Township, Fremont, Iowa, United States in 1860 and Union Township, Harrison, Iowa, United States in 1880. He died on 29 March 1896, in Persia, Harrison, Iowa, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Valley View Cemetery, Persia, Harrison, Iowa, United States.
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English: see Kemish .
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