Greetings KEMP cousins, I received the following message from a visitor to my KEMP web pages. Thought someone here might could be of assistance to Lori. Tim -------- Original Message -------- Subject: The Kemp Family Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 23:07:59 -0700 From: mark kraus <[email protected]> Reply-To: [email protected] To: [email protected] Hi Tim, My name is Lorraine J. Kraus. My mother, Irene Vera (Kemp) Pearl, was born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England in 1925 to her parents, Vera (White) Kemp and Bertram Kemp. My mother was a World War II English war bride and married my father, James G. Pearl, in 1944. In 1949, my mother came to America with my father and my 2 siblings and myself. All of my Grandad Kemp's siblings are now deceased. I would like to find out more about my mother's roots and several of my cousins my age can't provide me with that information either because they don't know. My grandparents were separated after the birth of my mother and divorced several years later. My mother had 3 older siblings: 1 brother (Bertie William Kemp) - deceased; 2 sisters, Ruby Rodgers and Florence Wright, both living in the Ipswich area. My grandmother reportedly came from Newcastle-on-Tyne, England near the Durham and York areas. She has been deceased for several years. I would like to find out more about hers and my grandfather's side of the family. Can you be of any help? Thanks for your time and assistance. I would love to hear what you find out about the Kemp family. Take care, Lori