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Kathlyn

Kathlyn Report 17 May 2009 18:09

Would someone please take a look at the following census info and let me know what they think the occupation is:-

1891 census
J.F. KEMP
date of birth 1827
Place of birth SOUTHMINSTER, ESSEX
Living in SOUTHMINSTER ESSEX

The occupation of the son, Arthur S Kemp please. I can make out the second word, AGENT, but need help with the first word.

Many thanks

Kathlyn

MrsBucketBouquet

MrsBucketBouquet Report 17 May 2009 18:25

Just a guess....Commision Agent?
Next door is a Prudentual insurance agent.

Sorry cant help better

Researching:
Pool/Poole?Overs/Hovers/Hovard?Bucket/Bouquet? Thank goodness i havent got a Smiff!........yet

Choccy

Choccy Report 17 May 2009 18:25

Looks like Commission Agent, whatever that is.

PollyPoppet

PollyPoppet Report 17 May 2009 18:29

hi here it is
1891 census

Name Adelaide Kemp
Age 34
Estimated Year of Birth 1857
Relationship to Head of Household SON
Occupation COMMISSION AGENT
Address North Street
District Maloon, South Minister
Parish
Administrative County Essex
Birth Place Southminster
Birth County ESSEX

MrsBucketBouquet

MrsBucketBouquet Report 17 May 2009 18:33

But his names Arthur S in 1861
...and A.Stanley in 1891

So that makes him Arthur Stanley Kemp?

Births Mar 1856
KEMP Arthur Stanley Maldon 4a 183

Researching:
Pool/Poole?Overs/Hovers/Hovard?Bucket/Bouquet? Thank goodness i havent got a Smiff!........yet

Kathlyn

Kathlyn Report 17 May 2009 18:41

Many thanks for that everyone, The reaseon I am so interested in this guy is that in the 1901 census he is recorded as Auctioneers Clerk....well, my house was the auctioneers office and was turned into a private house in 1978, so Mr. Arthury Stanley Kemp, or A Stanley Kemp as he was recorded in another census, has been in my bedroom, oooooh oooooh. In fact over by the window is a red stain on the floor boards where someone knocked over a bottle of red ink many moons ago.

Kathlyn

Battenburg

Battenburg Report 17 May 2009 21:14

How interesting living in a house with a bit of history