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Re: Surname Kemmitt , is it Irish in Origin.
« Reply #18 on: Friday 27 December 19 16:03 GMT (UK) »
In England the Kemmitt name has a good showing in the North of England and for some unknown reason Greenwich.

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Re: Surname Kemmitt , is it Irish in Origin.
« Reply #19 on: Tuesday 09 March 21 16:06 GMT (UK) »
Hi the social self my grandmother Bridget Kemmett was your grandfathers sister, they were a family of 5 children.

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Re: Surname Kemmitt , is it Irish in Origin.
« Reply #20 on: Tuesday 09 March 21 17:24 GMT (UK) »

Welcome to RootsChat  :)

Here's your grandmother with her widowed father and her siblings in 1901 census.
Residents of a house 40 in Barrack Street (Sligo Town).
http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Sligo/Sligo_Town_in_19_files/Barrack_Street/1683667/


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Re: Surname Kemmitt , is it Irish in Origin.
« Reply #21 on: Tuesday 09 March 21 17:49 GMT (UK) »
Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo


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Re: Surname Kemmitt , is it Irish in Origin.
« Reply #22 on: Tuesday 09 March 21 17:59 GMT (UK) »
Yes that’s correct... I’m interested in finding out about her sister Margaret Kemmett birth year 1883 married William Livingstone I 1908.  By the way are we related....

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Re: Surname Kemmitt , is it Irish in Origin.
« Reply #23 on: Tuesday 09 March 21 18:54 GMT (UK) »
By the way are we related....

Nope, I'm just a RootsChatter helping you with your ancestors  ;D  ;D
Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo

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Re: Surname Kemmitt , is it Irish in Origin.
« Reply #24 on: Tuesday 09 March 21 19:03 GMT (UK) »
I’m interested in finding out about her sister Margaret Kemmett birth year 1883 married William Livingstone I 1908. 

Margaret married Thomas Livingston on 18 April 1908 in St Johns Parish Church, Sligo.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1908/10055/5656960.pdf

Birth of Margaret LIVINGSTON on 17th August 1908.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1908/01645/1656970.pdf

Birth of William James LIVINGSTONE on 16th February 1910.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1910/01582/1637012.pdf


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Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo

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Re: Surname Kemmitt , is it Irish in Origin.
« Reply #25 on: Wednesday 10 March 21 09:27 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much for this information it has been a great help.

I am still looking for Elizabeth Livingston not sure of dob she died in Bristol in 1970’s

Thanks again

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Re: Surname Kemmitt , is it Irish in Origin.
« Reply #26 on: Wednesday 10 March 21 09:51 GMT (UK) »
Here’s another Kemmitt sibling:

Henry O Liver married Mary Kemmett on 26th August 1901 in Sligo RC Cathedral.
(As transcribed and no image available)

https://tinyurl.com/fszxywfp

Birth of William OLIVER on 9th April 1902.    MMN Kemit. She signed as Maria Oliver.
https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1902/01911/1741191.pdf

Further to your reply #25, this may be the birth of Elizabeth Livingston in 1882 (father Thomas, a shoemaker and Mother's MN Cregg......unfortunately no image available).
https://tinyurl.com/adt5bzd7


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Researching: Cuthbertson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Australia; Hunter – Co. Derry; Jackson – Co. Derry, Scotland & Canada; Scott – Co. Derry; Neilly – Co. Antrim & USA; McCurdy – Co. Antrim; Nixon – Co. Cavan, Co. Donegal, Canada & USA; Ryan & Noble – Co. Sligo