Great
grand
parents

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Robert   Kemsley
1769- 2nd son, apprenticed to the Quarterman of a Shipwright in Chatham Dockyard. Lived in Gillingham. Had 11 children.
                           
m. m. m. m. m. m. m. m.
Nancy   Smith              
Grand
parents

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William   Kemsley
b. 1795
d. 1855 Eldest surviving son. Emigrated to South Africa with five/six children in 1843 in the ship 'Falcon'. Set up a boat building business on the Braaken River at Gravesend. Children: William Edward, Ann
m. Anne   Chambers dau. of John and Ann Chambers, of Bregar House in Kent   m.     m.     m.  
Parents
Gen.=+4
John Chambers   Kemsley
b. 1828
d. 16 APR 1894 Port Elizabeth Clerk to the Municipality (on marriage certif.). Mayor of P.E. in 1881. Children: John Chambers, William Crawford, James Crawford, Alfred Edward and three daughters. He later went into business with h
m. Matha   Crawford   m.  
Husband,
wife &
siblings

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William Crawford 1854-1935 had twelve children. Lived at 82 Cannon Street, Uitenhage. Partner in the family business 'Kemsleys' of Main Street, Port Elizabeth.
John Chambers Kemsley
b. 20 MAY 1855
d. 7 MAR 1934 children: Edmund Kemsley d. 18 Nov 1915 John Joseph Kemsley 1878 Vivienne Inez Kemsley 1879 Kathleen Kemsley 1881 Leam Gladys Kemsley 1883 Lilian Frost Kemsley 1885-1959 Robert Bryant Kemsley 1890 Thelma Kemsley 1895 Millicent Kemsley 1895 Clifford Basil Kemsley 1899, m. R J Wait records.ancestry.com/John%20Chambers%20Kemsley_records.ashx?pid=94527934
G3, ID=6755
m.
Rachel Rogers Frost
b. 28 MAR 1857
d. 7 SEP 1934
dau. of Joseph Wesley Frost and Maria Dorothy Herman
G3, ID=6756
Children
Gen.=+2
John Joseph
b. 1878
d. 30 JUN 1943
m.
Ada Britton
b. 1874
d. 27 MAY 1948
Lilian Frost
b. 1885
d. 1959
m.
Francis Alfred Hughes
b. 1884
d. 1954 son of Francis Alfred Hughes 1858-1921 & Josephine Maria Frost 1859-1923
Grand
children

Gen.=+1
Desmond Ian 1916-1984 Living Relative
Living Relative
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