Does anyone have any knowledge of a J. B. Kemp Co. that operated in San Francisco during the 1860's? I find several names that I am researching worked for this company. Kathy

Kathy, only a little bit, maybe less than you already know. I'm researching some Grahams and Hogans who worked for J.B. Kemp Co for a while. Whatever the Kemp Company did, it employed laborers and was in business until at least 1872. 1n 1869 there were two William Grahams working for Kemp. One was a hosteler dwelling at Long Bridge; the other was a laborer dwelling on W side of Kentucky near Irwin. From that it sounds like the company might have been a hostelry - outfitting house of some kind. In 1871-72 John Hogan and William Hogan were both labourers with the Kemp Co and were both dwelling at "corner Kentucky and South Streets". I think these addresses would be down in the dock area east of the Ferry Building? I presume this was close to where the men worked. Those items came from the San Francisco city directories, but I didn't do the lookup, so I don't know whether the Kemp Company might have had a commercial listing in one or more of the directories in the 1860s and 70s Would sure like to know more if you have, or find, it. Gaylord Staveley Arizona >Does anyone have any knowledge of a J. B. Kemp Co. that operated in San >Francisco during the 1860's? I find several names that I am researching >worked for this company. >Kathy

In the 1875 City Dir, Kemp and Hoffman Co. (Joseph Kemp and Charles S. Hoffman) were woodcarvers SE corner of Mission and Beale. Bill Gaylord Staveley wrote: > > Kathy, only a little bit, maybe less than you already know. I'm > researching some Grahams and Hogans who worked for J.B. Kemp Co for a > while. > > Whatever the Kemp Company did, it employed laborers and was in > business until at least 1872. > > 1n 1869 there were two William Grahams working for Kemp. One was a > hosteler dwelling at Long Bridge; the other was a laborer dwelling on > W side of Kentucky near Irwin. From that it sounds like the company > might have been a hostelry - outfitting house of some kind. > > In 1871-72 John Hogan and William Hogan were both labourers with the > Kemp Co and were both dwelling at "corner Kentucky and South Streets". > > I think these addresses would be down in the dock area east of the > Ferry Building? I presume this was close to where the men worked. > > Those items came from the San Francisco city directories, but I > didn't do the lookup, so I don't know whether the Kemp Company might > have had a commercial listing in one or more of the directories in > the 1860s and 70s > > Would sure like to know more if you have, or find, it. > > Gaylord Staveley > Arizona > > >Does anyone have any knowledge of a J. B. Kemp Co. that operated in San > >Francisco during the 1860's? I find several names that I am researching > >worked for this company. > >Kathy -- Bill America Hurrah http//www.americahurrah.com