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Thanks Chris. Yes once we knew how they fitted into the family, it was easy to find. But what we didn't know at the time was that Grace's father had married again, and that she was my My GGAunt Harriett's step daughter (Mum's step 2nd cousin). I will cross check my data and fill in anything extra you have added :-D

Baptism
County Kent
Place Lower Birling
Church Christ Church
RegisterNumber 295
DateOfBirth
BaptismDate 06 Oct 1907
Forename Grace Kathleen
Sex F
FatherForename Charles
MotherForename Grace Beatrice Jane Theresa
FatherSurname KEMP
MotherSurname
Abode Rosslyn Cottages Ham Hill Birling
FatherOccupation Bricklayer

Baptism
County Kent
Place Lower Birling
Church Christ Church
RegisterNumber 360
DateOfBirth 20 Jun 1910
BaptismDate 28 Aug 1910
Forename Harry Charles
Sex M
FatherForename Charles
MotherForename Grace
FatherSurname KEMP
MotherSurname
Abode Malling Rd Lower Birling
FatherOccupation Bricklayer

(worth a look on below)

http://www.freereg.org.uk/cgi/Search.pl

Chris :)

Much belated, but some answers to this thread.
Thanks to a long lost family member making contact, we have solved some puzzles.
Grace Kemp was the daughter of John Town form his first marriage. Her daughter was also called Grace, and to avoid confusion, she was called Aunt Bettie. They lived in Kent, and their property back onto their neighbours...the Osbournes, who became life long family friends. The children called Mrs. Osborne Aunt Beattie, though no relation. Beattie's 2 daughters were the bridesmaids at my Grandmothers wedding.
Thankyou again for all of your help.

You are welcome . enjoyed the search :-D

Ty Shirley. It may not be any relation this Beattie Osborne, will get more details from mum and look further into it. Thankyou so much for the information.

not picking up an Osborne connection

Grace Beatrice was maiden name Town and she only married Charles Kemp

the son
Name: Harry C Kemp
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1910
Registration district: Malling
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 781

his marriage maybe
Name: Harry C Kemp
Spouse Surname: Keith
Date of Registration: Oct-Nov-Dec 1940
Registration district: Gravesend
Inferred County: Kent
Volume Number: 2a
Page Number: 3083
Find Spouse: Emma A Keith

look like just one son b 1942 named Keith , wont post the details

the daughter
Name: Grace Kathleen Kemp
Date of Registration: Jul-Aug-Sep 1907
Registration district: Malling
Inferred County: Kent
Volume: 2a
Page: 807


cant see a marriage to Osborne

No luck finding any marriages, and wondering if there was another daughter called Beatrice perhaps. Charles Kemp passed away after Grace B, and doubt a divorce and remarriage. Another mystery!

Shirley, I just spoke to mum and asked her if she remembered an aunt Beattie. She said oh of course. That was the Kemp family that lived in Kent, but had no idea how they were connected.
She does remember that Beattie was surnamed Osborne, so Grace the daughter must have married into that name. I recall a photo of her backyard with some lads in it just before going off to war.
So happy to say we have the correct family, and another puzzle is solved!
Thankyou so much for your great help.

Rotherhithe and Deptford are on the south of the River Thames and next door boroughs only about a mile apart . Walthamstow is East London though. about 12.7 miles from Rotherhithe so not that far away

It would seem that he didn't really know where he was born and maybe thought it was where the family last lived. Sometimes the enumerator would ask where are you from rather than where born, so the answer would be where they had moved from .

Lots of my fathers family were from Deptford and Rotherhithe. they started in Rotherhithe and moved to Deptford areas

A query, because of course I've got all excited and not followed the cardinal rules..but it does look like we have found John.......
However, John was recorded being born..
1861 Rotherlithe
1871 Rotherlithe
1891 Deptford
1901 Walthamstow

Are all of these places relatively close together?

Oh could well be..making it C and B. K And I am positive mum has mentioned an Aunt Beattie..and also mentioned a holiday in Kent???? How interesting.

well she was Grace Beatrice maybe the B is her and she was known as Beatrice or Beatie

Wishful thinking on my part I think. The G could well be a C..very flourished. But the last initial - K is most definite. I am almost certain it is a picture of Mr and Mrs Kemp ( which ones unknown).

Name: KEMP, Charles
Registration district: Chatham
County: Kent
Year of registration: 1964
Quarter of registration: Jul-Aug-Sep
Age at death: 90
Volume no: 5B
Page no: 281



At least we know its the right John Town line

maybe he was just called BIll. I have family that didnt go by their birth names and some whose deaths were reg in the name they were known as rather than their birth name

The age would fit Grace, but the "B"? In the ideal world his real name or middle name is William and everyone called him Uncle Bill ;-)

Found it! Christmas Day 1937. A couple in their 50's? (so hard to tell). Signed what appears to be a G and B. K Someone has written on the other end Kemp and some numbers.

OOH I do hope its the right Town/Kemp family :-D :-D