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Kemp, Abbie Kimball, 1905-

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1905 - 2000

Biography

Abbie Kimball Kemp (1905-2000) was an amateur painter and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Abbie Kimball Kemp was born in Idaho to Joseph Ramon Kimball and Abbie Hannah Rice. She was the last of eight children. Her parents moved to San Diego when she was a teenager. During World War II, Abbie helped build B-24s at Convair. She married Omer Kemp on April 16, 1923, in San Diego, California. Together they had three children. Omer and Abbie served a two-year mission to Indigenous American tribes for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. After the death of her husband in 1987, Abbie married Vern Jack Labrum in San Diego, California. Abbie died on January 22, 2000, in St. George, Utah.

Citation:
FamilySearch, September 17, 2024 (Abbie Kimball Kemp; b. August 30, 1905 in Weiser, Idaho; d. January 22, 2000 St. George, Utah; parents are Joseph Ramon Kimball and Abbie Hannah Rice; last of eight children; parents moved to San Diego when she was a teenager; during World War II, helped build B-24s at Convair; served a two year mission to reservations for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; married Omer Kemp on April 16, 1923, in San Diego, California; had three children; married Vern Jack Labrum on November 6, 1988, in San Diego, California; amateur painter)

FindaGrave, September 17, 2024 (Abbie Kimball Kemp; b. August 30, 1905; d. January 22, 2000)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Abbie Kimball Kemp family photographs

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS P 712
Scope and Contents

Contains a photograph album of the family of Abbie Kimball Kemp which includes 60 copy photographs of album pages and 222 family history related photographs of the Abbie K. Kemp family. Dated approximately 1890-1969.

Dates: approximately 1890-1969
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

Abbie Hannah Rice Kimball papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MSS 1207
Scope and Contents

Contains photocopies of a few pages of Abbie Hannah Rice Kimball's diary, a complete typescript of Kimball's diary copied by her daughter, Abbie Kimball Kemp, in the 1960's, a geneological chart, and a few photographs of the Kimball family. Along with these photocopies, the collection likewise contains a selection of excerpts from Kimball's diary made by Elaine Gwilliam Jeffries.

Dates: approximately 1893-1961
Found in: L. Tom Perry Special Collections

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Subject
Cardston (Alta.) -- History 1
Copy prints 1
Diaries 1
Images 1
Latter Day Saint women -- Alberta -- Cardston -- History 1
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Latter Day Saints -- Alberta -- Cardston -- History 1
Letters 1
Photocopies 1
Photograph albums 1
Photographs 1
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