Person:John Kempson (3)

John Kempson was born in 1844 and baptised on 8th September 1844 at Totternhoe in Bedfordshire, son of Celia Kempson, formerly Jones, and her husband George Kempson, a straw dealer. John was presumably named after his half-brother, who had been buried at nearby Billington on 25th May 1844.

Shortly after John's birth the family moved away from Totternhoe to Billington, where John appears with his parents and siblings in the 1851 census, described as a plaiter. John's father died in 1853.

By 1860, John's brother Enoch had moved to Kingsbury in Middlesex, and John seems to have followed his brother, appearing there in the 1861 census lodging in the house next door to his brother. John was working as a farm labourer at this time.

On 23rd July 1865, aged 20, John married Amelia Catherine Dance. They were married at the church of St George, Hanover Square in the Westminster area of London. At the time of their marriage they were both living nearby at Haunch of Venison Yard. After their marriage they returned to near where John had been living in 1861, moving to The Hyde on the boundary between the parishes of Hendon and Kingsbury. The Hyde at this time was a rural hamlet a couple of miles beyond London's urban area, although with Hendon railway station opening nearby in 1868 the area started to see more suburban development.

John and Amelia had six children born in the Hendon area between 1866 and 1876, although the second died at the age of two. The 1871 census finds them living at Hyde Cottage in Hendon with John working as a labourer.

In either 1876 or 1877 the family left the Hendon area and moved a few miles south to Twickenham, where they had another six children between 1877 and 1888, although the penultimate child died as a baby in 1885. The 1881 census finds the family living at Knowle Road in Twickenham, with John working as a coachman. By 1891 they had moved within Twickenham to 1 Eliza Terrace on Albion Road.

John died at 1 Radnor Cottages in Twickenham on 15th November 1895, aged 51. He had been suffering with asthma and tuberculosis. Amelia survived him by about eighteen years.

1.   Births index, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   b. John KEMPSON, September Quarter 1844, Luton Registration District, Volume 6, page 83

2. ↑ Baptisms register, in Church of England. Parish Church of Totternhoe. Parish registers of Totternhoe, 1559-1812. (Bedford: Bedfordshire County Record Office, 1982).

   BAPTISMS solemnized in the Parish of Totternhoe in the County of Bedford in the Year 1844
   No.407
   When baptized: 1844 Sepr 8
   Name: John Son of
   Parents: George & Cecilia
   Surname: Kempson
   Abode: Toternhoe
   Occupation: Straw drawer

3. ↑ England. 1851 Census Returns for England and Wales. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class HO107; Piece 1756; Folio 214; Page 3, 30 Mar 1851.

   Address: North Leighton Road, Billington, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
   George Kempson, head, married, male, 77 [1773/4], Labourer on the road, b. Totternhoe, Bedfordshire
   Celia Kempson, wife, married, female, 36 [1814/5], Labourer on the road wife, b. Barnet, Hertfordshire
   Enoch Kempson, son, unmarried, male, 15 [1835/6], Labourer on the road, b. Totternhoe, Bedfordshire
   Sophia Kempson, daughter, female, 12 [1838/9], Plaiter, b. Totternhoe, Bedfordshire
   John Kempson, son, male, 6 [1844/5], Plaiter, b. Totternhoe, Bedfordshire
   Mary Kempson, daughter, female, 3 [1847/8], b. Billington, Bedfordshire
   Emma Kempson, daughter, female, 1 [1849/50], b. Billington, Bedfordshire

4. ↑ England. 1861 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG9; Piece 784; Folio 90; Page 5, 7 Apr 1861.

   Address: Kenton Lane, Kingsbury, Middlesex
   [lodging with the family of David and Elizabeth Manning from Ireland, and next door to John's brother Enoch:]
   John Kempson, lodger, unmarried, male, 17 [1843/4], Farm Labourer, b. Tottenham [sic], Bedfordshire

5. ↑ England. England and Wales. 1871 Census Schedules. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG10; Piece 1330; Folio 41; Page 13, 2 Apr 1871.

   Address: Hyde Cottage, Hendon, Middlesex
   John Kempson, head, married, male, 26 [1844/5], Labourer, b. Tattenhoe, Beds or Bucks
   Amelia C. Kempson, wife, married, female, 27 [1843/4], b. Marlborough, Wiltshire
   William F. Kempson, son, male, 5 [1865/6], Scholar, b. Hyde, Hendon, Middlesex
   Henry E. Kempson, son, male, 11mo [1870], b. Hyde, Hendon, Middlesex
   Hannah Richardson, lodger, unmarried, female, 28 [1842/3], Ironer, b. Bracknell, Berkshire
   John Richardson, lodger son, male, 1 [1869/70], b. Blackwater, Berkshire

6. ↑ England. 1881 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands: . (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG11; Piece 1342; Folio 102; Page 10, 3 Apr 1881.

   Address: Knowle Road, Twickenham, Middlesex
   John Kempson, head, married, male, 36 [1844/5], Coachman, b. Bilington, Bedfordshire
   Amelia C. Kempson, wife, married, female, 37 [1843/4], b. Marlborough, Wiltshire
   William F. Kempson, son, male, 15 [1865/6], Errand Boy, b. The Hyde, Kingsbury
   Henry E. Kempson, son, male, 10 [1870/1], Scholar, b. The Hyde, Kingsbury
   Augustus Kempson, daughter, female, 8 [1872/3], Scholar, b. The Hyde, Kingsbury
   Herbert W. Kempson, son, male, 6 [1874/5], Scholar, b. The Hyde, Kingsbury
   Arthur R. Kempson, son, male, 5 [1875/6], Scholar, b. The Hyde, Kingsbury
   Christina R. Kempson, daughter, female, 4 [1876/7], Scholar, b. Twickenham
   Albert F. Kempson, son, male, 9mo [1880], b. Twickenham, Middlesex
   Jane Dance, visitor, married, female, 56 [1824/5[, b. Ramsbury, Wiltshire
   Ellen A. Dance, visitor, unmarried, female, 19 [1861/2], Domestic Servant, b. Marlborough, Wiltshire

7. ↑ England. 1891 Census Schedules for England and Wales, Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. (
   Kew, Richmond, Greater London TW9 4DU, United Kingdom:
   The National Archives (abbreviated TNA), formerly the UK General Register Office.)
   Class RG12; Piece 1027; Folio 21; Page 35, 5 Apr 1891.

   Address: 1 Eliza Terrace, Albion Road, Twickenham, Middlesex
   John Kempson, head, married, male, 46 [1844/5], Domestic Servant, employed, b. Great Billington, Bedfordshire
   Amelia Kempson, wife, married, female, 47 [1843/4], b. Marlborough, Wiltshire
   Henry E. Kempson, son, single, male, 20 [1870/1], Postman, b. Hendon, Middlesex
   Arthur R. Kempson, son, single, male, 15 [1875/6], Domestic Servant, employed, b. Hendon, Middlesex
   Rose C.J. Kempson, daughter, single, female, 13 [1877/8], b. Twickenham, Middlesex
   Albert F. Kempson, son, single, male, 10 [1880/1], b. Twickenham, Middlesex
   Emma A. Kempson, daughter, single, female, 9 [1881/2], b. Twickenham, Middlesex
   Emily G.L. Kempson, daughter, single, female, 5 [1885/6], b. Twickenham, Middlesex
   Edward J.F. Kempson, son, single, male, 2 [1888/9], b. Twickenham, Middlesex

8. ↑ Death certificate, in General Register Office. England and Wales Civil Registration. (London: General Register Office).

   Registration District Brentford
   1895 Death in the Sub-district of Twickenham in the County of Middlesex
   No.	When and where died	Name and surname	Sex	Age	Occupation	Cause of death	Signature, description and residence of informant	When registered	Signature of registrar
   473	Fifteenth November 1895 1 Radnor Cottages, Twickenham U.D.	John Kempson	Male	51 years [1843/4]	Coachman (Domestic)	Asthma Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) (Fibroid) Certified by Alexander Paine M.D.B.S.	William Fox Kempson Son Present at the death 23 Acre Road, Kingston on Thames	Sixteenth November 1895	John Stickley, Registrar