Kemper Family History
Kemper Name Meaning
German: status name denoting a peasant farmer or serf, an agent
noun derivative of Kamp 1.Dutch: agent noun derivative of
Kemp, i.e. an occupational name for someone who grew, processed,
or used hemp.German (possibly also Dutch): habitational name from
any of the twelve places named Kempen in the Dutch-German border area.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Kemper
Name Distribution of Kemper Families
MAP:
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Kemper families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Kemper census records
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Kemper Family Origin
Kemper Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Kemper Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Kemper census records
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Military Service by Kemper
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