Family:George Deare and Elizabeth Kemp (2)

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Lt. Col. George Deare
 
d. 1870 Jersey, England
Parents: Anthony Kemp and Elizabeth Riley
Elizabeth Julia Kemp
b. 14 Sep 1808 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
d. 1861 Tasmania, Australia
m. Abt 1838 India
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Marriage? Abt 1838 India
Children
BirthDeath
1.
George Beresford Deare
 
 
2.
Caroline Magdalen Kimber
1844 Bridlington, Yorkshire
13 May 1902 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
3.
Elizabeth Deare
30 Jul 1844 India
 
4.
Louisa Deare
 
 
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Hi Andrew,

My name is John Gabourel. I live in Portland, Oregon, USA. Elizabeth Julia Kemp was my 3rd great-grandmother.

While married to William Sorell, Elizabeth Julia met Major George Deare while he commanded the regiment on Tasmania in 1835. It appears as though they fell in love or at least she wanted to escape her husband. In 1838, under the pretext of taking the children to Europe for an education, she abandoned her Sorell children with her father-in-law in Brussels, and ran away with Major Deare to India where they married and had 4 children. After leaving India, then Lt. Col. Deare, and family retired to the island of Jersey in the English Channel. There are two surviving lines of that branch of the family. The descendants of George and Elizabeth's only son, George Beresford Deare, currently live in Buffalo New York. The descendants (my line) of their daughter, Louisa, now live in Oregon and Washington State in America.

While I am not sure, I believe Elizabeth Julia Kemp-Sorell-Deare died about 1900. George Deare died in 1870.

All the best,

John

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