Co-churchwarden in Stepney parish, Mile End Old Town in 1885.
The 1879 gives his address as 127 Stepney Green.
John Dewson Kemp was born in 1841, the eldest of the ten children of John Kemp (1817-1864) and Louisa Kemp née Dewson (1820-1896). His birth was registered in the 2nd quarter of 1841 in the St George in the East Registration District, Middlesex, now Greater London.
His nine siblings were: James Francis Daniel Kemp (1843-1857); Robert Kemp (1846-1906); Edward Kemp (1848-1906); Louisa Dymott Kemp (1849-1893); William Austin Kemp (1851-1902); George Kemp (1853-1890); Alice Elizabeth Kemp (b.1855); Eliza Jane Kemp (1860-1918) and Emily Kemp (b.1864).
He was shown as aged 9 years and a scholar in the census that was undertaken on 30 March 1851. He was living at 28 John Street, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex (now Greater London), with his parents and four of his siblings: James Francis Daniel Kemp - a scholar; Robert Kemp - a scholar; Edward Kemp - a scholar and Louisa Dymott Kemp, his widowed maternal grandmother, Jane Dewson, aged 61 years and a shoebinder, together with a female house servant. His father was described as an oven builder employing three men.
He is listed in the census that was compiled on 7 April 1861 as aged 19 years and an oven builder. He was still residing at 28 John Street, with his parents and six of his siblings: Robert Kemp - a carter; Edward Kemp - a scholar; William Austin Kemp - a scholar; George Kemp - a scholar and Alice Elizabeth Kemp, together with a female house servant. His father was described as an oven builder employing 7 men and 1 boy.
On 13 June 1864 he married Anne Lupton (1838-1905) in St Dunstan and All Saints Church, Stepney, Middlesex (now Greater London). The wedding banns that were read on the proceeding three weeks show that he was aged 22 years and a bachelor who was living at 10 Arbour Street, Stepney, whilst his wife was described as aged 26 years and a spinster who was residing at the same address.
He is described in the census that was taken on 3 April 1881 as aged 39 years and an oven builder who was living at 127 Stepney Green, Mile End Old Town, Middlesex (now Greater London). with his wife and their three children: Amelia Annie Kemp (1867-1961); Annie Evangeline Kemp (1870-1961) and Alice Elizabeth Kemp (1872-1959) - who were all listed as scholars, his sister Eliza Jane Kemp - a dress maker, together with a female general servant.
The census return that was completed on 5 April 1891 shows him as aged 49 years and living at Parkfield, Bromley Road, Lee, London, with his wife and their three daughters. They were all described as living on their own means. Also recorded on the census was a female domestic servant.
In the London County Council election in 1892 he stood as , as a member of the Moderate Party, giving his occupation as a furnace builder, member of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, vestryman and poor law guardian. He came 4th in the election.
His death was registered as aged 59 years in the3rd quarter of 1900 in the Lewisham Registration District, London. Probate records confirm that his home address remained as Parkfield, Bromley Road, Lee and that his business address was Stepney Works, Stepney Green, Mile End. He died on 28 June 1900 at Parkfield, Bromley Road and his in the City of London Cemetery and Crematorium, Aldersbrook Road, London, E12 5DQ. Probate was granted on 17 September 1900 jointly to his widow and his three daughters. His effects totalled £15,828-4s-7d.
He is shown as 'J. D. KEMP.' on the Mile End Old Town boundary marker at 20 Morgan Street, London, E3.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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