Su, You are quite right - in 1882-83 J. Kemp is listed. "Kemp, J. & Co. (Joseph Kemp and William Bateman) wood and ivory turners, and carvers, and cabinet making, 109 Mission." Also, "Kemp, Joseph (J. Kemp & Co.) r. 2230-1/2 Mission. Regards to all!! "The coldest Winter I ever spent was one Summer in San Francisco" -- Attributed to Mark Twain >From: Su Buchignani <sujac@pipeline.com> >To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] J.B. Kemp >Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 12:34:22 -0700 > >I believe in the 1860s, J. Kemp was a furniture maker, working alone in >1864. You read Bill Roddy's account of the company in 1875. By 1880 >Joseph >Kemp had taken as partner William Bateman, and had expanded the business to >include wood and ivory turning and carving. > > > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp