18 Aug 2023                   
                Wife: Florence Robinson    
                Born: ABT 1880             in Liverpool, Lancashire  
              Census: 1911                 in Liverpool, Lancashire   (see note 1)
              Father:
              Mother:
             Husband: Albert Willis Kempton     
             Married: 1907                 in Liverpool, Lancashire  1 (see note 2)
                Born: ABT 1880             in Liverpool, Lancashire  
              Census: 1911                 in Liverpool, Lancashire   (see note 3)
          Occupation: 1911                 Shipwright  
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Albert Ernest Kempton      
                Born: 26 Dec 1911          in Liverpool, Lancashire  1,2 (see note 4)
             Resided: 1939                 in Hampshire  2
          Occupation: 1939                 Physicist (Research Worker)  2
          Occupation:                      Physicist, Fellow of Christ's College   (see note 5)
             Resided: 1948                 at 1 Kneighton Brae, Hills Road, Trumpington  3
             Resided: 1950 - 1962          at Flat 1, 292b Hills Road, Trumpington  3,4
                Died: 2000                 in Cambridge  5 (see note 6)
                Wife: Tzarna Johanna Husselman  b. 29 Aug 1917  d. 1975  
       Also known as: Johanna Kempton 4,6
             Married: 1945                 in London  1 (see note 7)

Sources:
(1) FreeBMD website. 
(2) 1939 Register. 
(3) Kelly's Directories. 
(4) Electoral Register. 
(5) Index on ancestry.co.uk. 
(6) Death record. 


Event Notes
Note (1) Age 30, born Liverpool, with husband Albert Willis Kempton and son
Note (2) Sep 1907 West Derby 8b 847
Note (3) Age 30, born Liverpool.  Shipwright, with wife Florence and son
Note (4) Mar 1912 West Derby 8b 543   mothers surname Robinson
Note (5) https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk has: Albert Ernest Kempton (1911-2000),
physicist, was born on 26 December 1911. After taking a First in Part II Physics
at Cambridge in 1933, he joined the research on deuterons as a member of M.L.E.
Oliphant's team. In 1938 he joined the 'cyclotron team', working with W.B.
Lewis. During the Second World War, Kempton worked on the development of radar,
particularly for coastal defence. In 1945 he returned to Cambridge to lecture at
the Cavendish Laboratory, and remained there for the rest of his professional
career. As a distinguished Fellow of Christ's College, he was deeply involved in
the College's affairs, and remained on the Council for thirty-five years. He
died on 17 April 2000
Note (6) Apr 2000 Cambridge   born 26 Dec 1911
Note (7) Sep 1945 Hampstead 1a 1768

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