See also
Husband:
William Edwin KEMPSON (1838-1910)
Wife:
Susan DUGGAN (1839-1897)
Children:
Marriage:
21 Jan 1862
St Peter and Paul's Parish Church, Birmingham
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
Q1 1838
Occupation:
Attorney's Clerk - 1881 Census says solicitors Managing Clerk. I wonder which one?, Accountant in 18993,4
Residence:
1881 (age 43)
Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Worcestershire
Address: Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Worcestershire
Residence:
4 Aug 1899 (age 61)
194 St Andrews Road, Birmingham
Address: 194 St Andrews Road, Birmingham
Death:
15 Apr 1910 (age 72)
194 St Andrews Road, Birmingham5
Cause: Syncope
Name:
Susan DUGGAN6
Sex:
Female
Father:
Mother:
Birth:
16 Sep 1839
Birmingham, Warwick7
Christening:
15 Oct 1839 (age 0)
St Martins, Birmingham
Residence:
1881 (age 41)
Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Worcestershire8
Address: Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Worcestershire
Death:
1 Feb 1897 (age 57)1
Burial:
5 Feb 1897
Key Hill Cemetery (Family Grave).Birmingham City's first cemetery, laid out by Charles Edge for the Birmingham General Cemetery Company, and opened in 1836 as 'The Birmingham General Cemetery'.
Name:
William Joseph KEMPSON
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
13 Aug 1862
Aston
Occupation:
1881 (age 18)
Accountant's Clerk in 1881. In 1902 Limited Company's Manager8
Residence:
1881 (age 18)
Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Worcestershire
Address: Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Worcestershire
Death:
24 Apr 1940 (age 77)
40 Surrey Road, Bournemouth.9
Name:
Charles Henry KEMPSON
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
9 Jun 1864
Occupation:
1881 (age 16)
Engineer and Machinist. 1901 Carrier Gilder Picture Dealer8
Residence:
1881 (age 16)
Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Yardley, Worcestershire8
Address: Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Yardley, Worcestershire
Residence:
24 Nov 1897 (age 32)
4 Warwick Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham
Address: 4 Warwick Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham
From CHK's marriage certificate. Note - age doesn't tie up with dob, so something's slightly awry.
Death:
26 Feb 1947 (age 82)
51 Southbourne Avenue, Ward End, Birmingham
Name:
Edwin Richard Winter KEMPSON
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
Dec 1865
Birmingham
Occupation:
1881 (age 15-16)
1881 - Architects Clerk. 1901 - Picture Frame Maker10
Residence:
1881 (age 15)
Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Yardley, Worcestershire8
Address: Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Yardley, Worcestershire
Death:
1946 (age 80-81)
Erdington
Name:
Susan Fanny KEMPSON
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
28 Mar 1868
Occupation:
Milliner
Residence:
1881 (age 13)
Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Yardley, Worcestershire8
Address: Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Yardley, Worcestershire
Occupation:
1881 (age 13)
Scholar
Name:
Frank George KEMPSON
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Birth:
18 Sep 1870
Upper Mary Street, Balsall Heath, Kings Norton, Worcestershire2
Address: Upper Mary Street, Kings Norton, Birmingham
No longer exists.
Occupation:
Engineer, Steelworks Manager
Residence:
1881 (age 10)
Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Yardley, Worcestershire8
Address: Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Yardley, Worcestershire
Occupation:
1881 (age 10)
Scholar8
Residence:
1890 (age 19-20)
7 Shaftbury Terrace, Wightman Road, Harringay, London
Address: 7 Shaftbury Terrace, Wightman Road, Harringay, London
Wrote lettters to Pem (Emily) from here.
Residence:
1891 (age 20)
120 Gt Lister Street, Birmingham
Address: 120 Great Lister Street, Birmingham
Street is still there, but house no longer exists.
Also, still staying at 7 Shaftbury Terrace, London. Wrote a letter to Pem from here.
Residence:
1896 (age 25-26)
47 Hutton Street, Birmingham
Address: 47 Hutton Street, Birmingham
Address recorded on marriage certificate.
Residence:
1901 (age 30)
32 Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham
Address: 32 Washwood Heath Road, Birmingham
Now a petrol station (2004)
Lived at 32 Washwood Heath Road in 1901:
1901 (age 30-31)
Residence:
1906 (age 35-36)
75 King Edward Road, Coventry
Address: 75 King Edward Road, Coventry
Residence:
1912 (age 41-42)
102 Kingsway, Coventry11
Address: 102 Kingsway, Coventry
This was the Hawthorns. They were still there in Mar 1915. See the Spennell's directory for Coventry for 1912 for the record.
Residence:
1915 (age 44-45)
Hawthorns, Kingsway
Address: Hawthorns Kingsway
According to his contract of employment with Austin Motor Company.
Death of child, Edward:
Employed by Austin Motor Company:
16 Feb 1915 (age 44)
See contract for details.
Death:
3 Sep 1939 (age 68)
269 Birmingham Road, Walsall14
Address: 269 Birmingham Road, Walsall (to be confirmed)
Died on the day the 2nd World War broke out.
Burial:
6 Sep 1939
Ryecroft Cemetery, Walsall - grave no 31-2-250
Name:
Jane Caroline KEMPSON7
Sex:
Female
Spouse:
Birth:
8 Mar 1873
Birmingham8
Occupation:
Sewing Machinist
Residence:
1881 (age 8)
Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Yardley, Worcestershire8
Address: Paxton Villa, Victoria Road, Yardley, Worcestershire
Occupation:
1881 (age 8)
Scholar8
Residence:
24 Apr 1898 (age 25)
11 St Clements Place, Birmingham
Address: 11 St Clements Place, Birmingham
Residence at time of marriage.
Lived at Upper Mary's Street Kings Norton in 1870 when Frank was born.
Lived at 120 Gt Lister St, Aston in 1891.
In 1881 the family had a servant by the name of Harriet Monk who was born in London, Middlesex.2,8,15
Not recorded in 1891 census at 120 Gt Lister St.
Lived at 88 Coventry Road, Bordesley, Aston in 186116
I was unable to find a gravestone. Birmingham library records the burial index as 40596 257 Q. I think the Q refers to the area of the cemetery where she is buried.
There is no Monument inscription recorded in the Key Hill Monument inscriptions in Birmingham Library for any Kempson.
Susan Kempson Memoriam Card.
Frank Kempson's Birth Certificate.
FG Kempson EMM Holloway Marriage Certificate. Rank or Profession of Father. Cit. Date: 24 July 2004.
Frank Kempson's Birth Certificate. Rank or Profession of Father.
William Edwin Kempson Death Certificate.
1841 Census.
1901 Census.
1881 Census.
Wills indexes - Birmingham Central Library.
1881 Census. Cit. Date: 3 August 2004.
Spennell's Directory for Coventry, 1912. P. 290. Cit. Date: 24 January 2005.
Edward Frank Greetham Memorial Note.
Edward Frank Greetham Death Certificate.
Frank Kempson death GRO index Q3 1939.
1891 Census.
FG Kempson EMM Holloway Marriage Certificate.