Robert George Kemp

1885 - 1949  (63 years)  Submit Photo / Document    Has 9 ancestors and more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Robert George Kemp
  Nickname	George
  Born	27 Jul 1885	Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia   [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  	Address: Duke Street
  Gender	Male
  Military	World War 1  [6]
  	Robert George was in the 6th Infantry Battalion in WW1. He left Australia for France in December 1915 on HMAS Demosthenes. He was discharged in July 1915. His number was 4229 - from National Archives, World War One records
  Occupation	Wood Carter  [4]
  Occupation	Abt 1907	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [7]
  	Labourer
  Residence	Abt 1907	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [7]
  	Address: 94 Park Street
  Occupation	1915  [6]
  	Wood cutter
  Residence	1915	South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia   [4, 6]
  	Address: 8 Cobden Street
  Occupation	1941  [6]
  	Postal linesman
  Died	14 Mar 1949	Malvern, Victoria, Australia   [6, 8, 9]
  	Address: 7 Raleigh Street
  Buried	Aft 14 Mar 1949	Springvale, Victoria, Australia
  	Address: Springvale Necropolis
  		Grave of Robert George Kemp (d. 1949) Grave of Robert George Kemp d. 1949 at Springvale Necropolis
  Person ID	I13	ONS | KLN Ann Brewer
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2020

  
  

  DNA Tests	1 DNA test is associated with Robert George Kemp
  	Test Type	Taken by	Haplogroup	Test Information
  	Y-DNA-67	Living	R-FGC396	Most distant ancestor: William Kemp,   b. Abt 1781, Ealing, Middlesex, England, Great Britain ,   d. 19 Nov 1826, Mitcham, Surrey, England, United Kingdom Ancestral surnames: KEMP Relevant links: FTDNA

  
  

  Father	William Robert Kemp,   b. 17 Mar 1856, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 12 Aug 1919, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia  (Age 63 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Morris,   b. Abt 1858, Galway, Ireland ,   d. 18 Jan 1903, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia  (Age ~ 45 years)
  Married	9 Feb 1879	St Mary's Church, Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia   [3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Family ID	F37	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence Elizabeth Watson,   b. 6 Oct 1886, Prahran, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 28 Mar 1951, Malvern, Victoria, Australia  (Age 64 years)
  Married	5 Oct 1907	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia   [4, 7, 16, 17, 18, 19]
  		Marriage Photo Robert Kemp and Florence Watson Marriage photo of Robert George Kemp and Florence Elizabeth Watson (1907)
  Children	+ 1. William George Kemp,   b. 17 Sep 1908, St Kilda, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 18 Mar 1969, Rochester, Victoria, Australia  (Age 60 years) + 2. Mary Jean Kemp,   b. 20 Feb 1911, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 23 Feb 1992, Albury, New South Wales, Australia  (Age 81 years) + 3. Florence Kemp,   b. 14 Mar 1913, Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 3 Apr 2006, Shepparton, Victoria, Australia  (Age 93 years) + 4. Robert Watson Kemp,   b. 16 Apr 1915, South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 17 Jul 1996, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia  (Age 81 years) + 5. Lilian Eileen Kemp,   b. 18 Feb 1920, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 10 Sep 1986, Ashwood, Victoria, Australia  (Age 66 years) + 6. Ethel Maude Kemp,   b. 1921, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 22 Nov 1970, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia  (Age 49 years) + 7. Living + 8. Living   9. Francis Kemp,   b. 26 Dec 1928, Rochester, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 24 Sep 1960, South Australia, Australia  (Age 31 years) + 10. Leslie Kemp,   b. 25 Jun 1931, Rochester, Victoria, Australia ,   d. 21 Jan 1993  (Age 61 years)
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2020
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - Address: Duke Street - 27 Jul 1885 - Castlemaine, Victoria, Australia Occupation - Labourer - Abt 1907 - South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Residence - Address: 94 Park Street - Abt 1907 - South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Married - 5 Oct 1907 - Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia Residence - Address: 8 Cobden Street - 1915 - South Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Died - Address: 7 Raleigh Street - 14 Mar 1949 - Malvern, Victoria, Australia Buried - Address: Springvale Necropolis - Aft 14 Mar 1949 - Springvale, Victoria, Australia  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Robert George Kemp in war uniform Robert George Kemp in war uniform

  
  

• Reference

  Andrew D. Kemp. "Robert George Kemp". KEMP(E) Surname one-name study worldwide - Family History (tree) and Genealogy. https://www.kempfamilyhistory.com/getperson.php?personID=I13&tree=adkemp (accessed August 15, 2022).

  
  

Sources

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