Jonathan Kemp (1836 - 1904)

Born 7 Dec 1836 in Bahamas

Husband of Anne Elizabeth (Morton) Kemp — married 1857 in Bahamas

Husband of Ann Eliza (Bethel) Lewis — married 23 Jun 1896 (to 1904) in Key West, Monroe, Florida, USA

Descendants

Died 11 May 1904 at age 67 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

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Jonathan Kemp is part of a Bahamian family.

Biography

Jonathan was born in 1836 in the Bahamas. He married Anne E Morton. He immigrated to Key West, Florida in 1886.[1] He married Ann Eliza Bethel on 23 Jun 1896 in Key West.[2] Jonathan passed away in 1904, and was buried in the Key West Cemetery in Key West, Monroe County, Florida.[3]

Research Note

A Jonathan Kemp and wife Anne E Kemp were living in Key West in 1900. The census stated they had been married 43 years, although it also stated Anne was 46 years old! ^[1]

The confusion lies in the similarity of the names - first wife, Anne Elizabeth Morton, and second wife, Anne Eliza Bethel. Anne Elizabeth supposedly died about 1895, and Jonathan then married Anne Eliza about 1896. So the Ann in the 1900 census should be Ann Eliza. However, they were stated to have been married 43 years which is incorrect - it was only about 4 years.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36C-NKP : accessed 18 April 2015), Anne E Kemp in household of Jonathan Kemp, Key West city Ward 3, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing sheet 20B, family 346, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,174.

• "Florida Marriages, 1837-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FWWQ-182 : accessed 20 September 2015), Jonathan Kemp and Ann Eliza Bethel, 23 Jun 1896; citing Key West, Monroe, Florida, United States; FHL microfilm 946,972.
• "United States Census, 1900," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M36C-NKG : accessed 18 April 2015), Jonathan Kemp, Key West city Ward 3, Monroe, Florida, United States; citing sheet 20B, family 346, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,240,174.
• Find A Grave Memorial# 35328575 [4]