Hello John;
I sincerely Hope you have not been too terribly affected by Tropical Cyclone
Vance.
Getting back to the 1600's on a family line is quite an accomplishment,
congratulations! Shheshh we are having trouble trying to get to the mid 1700's
I have seen mention of this Kember line before, and family tree maker has
some Robert kember's however the dates are further back around the 1500's.
I could send you a copy of the tree if you are interested
Angela
went to the mining region of Kalgoolie where she ran dining rooms
for
the miners .The family lives mostly around the Perth region. There are
other Kembers in Australia mainly in the eastern states and they are
related but their ancestor Henry arrived in 1857 and I believe others
arrived earlier perhaps around 1834 .
I was delighted to find this list as I thought there weren't too many
researching this name at all .
My line is in the south east corner of England .The earliest ancestor I
have is Robert Kember who was born in Rotherwick , Hampshire in 1600.
The trail leads then Hungerford ,Berkshire where William was born 1638,
then William again in 1665 and then on to John born 1689. A move to
East Grinstead , Sussex saw another John born 1721 and then again 1741
,John born in Cowden , Kent .
The next in line was Thomas born 1779 in Horsted Keynes and then back to
Cowden where Mary was born in 1809 still in Cowden Thomas again in 1834
( baseborn ) and finally Thomas Henry born 1880 in Croyden, Surrey who
was my grandfather . This is my direct line and I also have info on
their siblings . The Kembers have spread themselves throughout the south
of England from Kent,Surrey , Hampshire , Devon , Berkshire and London
as well as many places . World wide they are in U.S.A. , Argentina
,Africa , New Zealand, Australia and Canada .
I have , to date, only concentrated on the Kember spelling of the name
but would be interested in any other connections
I would love to hear from any person who recognizes any of these
locations or dates . Hope I haven't rambled on to much .
Kind regards,
John Kember ,
here in wet and rainy Perth
Email: kem(a)doctor.net.au