Simon Peter Kemp (1861 - 1945)

Born 26 Apr 1861 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Isadora Leri (Saunders) Kemp — married 28 Mar 1883 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Husband of Nina Ellen (Albury) Kemp — married 21 Sep 1887 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Died 1945 at about age 83 in Key West, Monroe County, Florida, USA

Biography

Simon was born 26 April 1861 in Key West, Florida.^[1] He was the son of Richard Moore Kemp and Ann Lowe.

He married first Isadora Leri Saunders on 28 March 1883 in Key West in a ceremony performed by Chas. F.D. Lyne, Rector of St. Paul's Church.^[2] The witnesses were R. M. Kemp and E. Arapian. Simon became a widower when Isadora died in 1885.^[3]

He married second Nina Ellen Albury on 21 September 1887 in Key West in a ceremony performed by Chas. A. Fulwood, Ord. Minister.^[4]

Simon died in 1945 in Key West,^[5] and he is buried there in the City Cemetery.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Simon's full date of birth appears in Harllee's Kinfolks, citing Richard Moore Kemp's family Bible. The month and year are confirmed by Simon's entry in the 1900 census. William C. Harllee, Kinfolks : A Genealogical and Biographical Record of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stuart) Harllee, Andrew and Agnes (Cade) Fulmore, Benjamin and Mary Curry, Samuel and Amelia (Russell) Kemp, John and Hannah (Walker) Bethea, Sterling Clark and Frances (King) Robertson, Samuel and Sophia Ann (Parker) Dickey (New Orleans: Searcy & Pfaff, 1934), 2: 1908; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/11593/dvm_GenMono001115-00987-0/1938?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dGenealogy-glh11483901%26gss%3dsfs28_ms_r_db%26new%3d1%26rank%3d1%26gsfn%3drichard%2bmoore%26gsfn_x%3d0%26gsln%3dkemp%26gsln_x%3d0%26MSAV%3d1%26uidh%3duvn&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults&rc=992,156,1297,204;343,330,523,385;849,335,1085,406;1819,272,2061,343;971,410,1212,481;2066,418,2307,490;342,547,524,618;1209,556,1448,627;1037,625,1334,684;451,693,703,765;1548,631,1785,701;759,769,996,840;2065,778,2308,851;803,915,1036,972;1430,920,1664,991;1721,994,1952,1066;342,1126,524,1197;1043,1207,1270,1277;1307,1279,1526,1351;950,1422,1180,1494;548,1563,776,1633;1448,1499,1684,1571;1747,1429,1970,1502;1039,1641,1261,1712;1466,1644,1693,1700;2078,1647,2308,1720;756,1783,999,1854;1401,1789,1643,1845;2064,1793,2312,1865;447,1994,694,2048;904,1997,1138,2069;874,2142,1111,2215;1353,2147,1649,2203;1555,2217,1859,2277;1752,2150,1977,2222;348,2354,530,2425;2074,2226,2311,2296;1343,2509,1587,2581;702,2647,1001,2707;1214,2654,1447,2725;1940,2659,2168,2731;1665,2803,1899,2875#?imageId=dvm_GenMono001115-00987-0 : accessed January 2016). 1900 U.S. Census, Monroe County, Florida, population schedule, Key West City Ward 3, enumeration district 101, stamped page 67, sheet 9B, dwelling 148, family 148, Simon Kemp household; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://interactive.ancestry.com/7602/004120049_00468/34149806?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/19924283143/facts/citation/67903362794/edit/record#?imageId=004120049_00468 : accessed September 2016); citing National Archives microfilm T623, roll 174.
2. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 1: 337, Simon P. Kemp and Isadora Saunders, 28 March 1883; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-994X-THXK?i=242&wc=3229-VZ3%3A146404801%3Fcc%3D1803936&cc=1803936&cat=341167 : accessed September 2016).
3. ↑ 1885 Florida State Census, Monroe County, mortality schedule, Key West, [third page], no. 32, Isadora Kemp, 3 February 1885; digital image, FamilySearch (http://interactive.ancestry.com/8756/FLM845_9-0896/2562711?backurl=http://person.ancestry.com/tree/37835005/person/19924832042/facts/citation/680096467078/edit/record#?imageId=FLM845_9-0896 : accessed September 2016); citing National Archives microfilm M845, roll 9.
4. ↑ Monroe County Marriage Licenses 3: 7, Simon P. Kemp and Nina E. Albury, 21 September 1887; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89KN-YZXN?i=50&cat=341167 : accessed September 2016).
5. ↑ "Florida Death Index, 1877–1998," Simon P. Kemp, 1945, Monroe County; database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV91-19Z : accessed September 2016).
6. ↑ RosalieAnn, "Simon P Kemp," Memorial no. 32092576, posted 10 December 2008; memorial with photograph, Find A Grave (http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=32092576&ref=acom : accessed September 2016).