Pedigree of Brian L. Lightfoot Margaret M. J. Kemp

Foster Kemp
(Abt 1815-)

Margaret Callaghan
(1820-)

Margaret M. J. Kemp
(1842-1918)

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Spouses/Children:
1. John Renton

Margaret M. J. Kemp ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵

Born: 16 August 1842, Cork, County Cork, Ireland ² ³ ⁴ ⁵
Marriage (1): John Renton in 1865 ¹ ² ³
Died: 16 December 1918, Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States at age 76 ⁵
Buried: After 16 December 1918, Hillside Cemetery, Belleville, Wayne, Michigan, United States ⁵

bullet Burial Notes:

"Mother - Margaret, 1842-1918"
Find A Grave Memorial #63203602
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bullet Noted events in her life were:

1. Immigration, 1855, United States. ² ³ from 1900 and 1910 US Census

2. 1870 US Census, 10 June 1870, Sumpter Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ⁴ 1870 US Census
Page 2, Roll 710, Dwelling 13, Family 12
Sumpter Township, Wayne, Michigan
Margaret M. Renton..27..IRE..Keeping House

(Living with second husband, two daughters, and two sons from her previous marriage.)

3. 1880 US Census, 8 June 1880, Sumpter Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 443D, District 265, Family 108, Roll 610
Sumpter Township, Wayne, Michigan
John Renton..Self..37..SCOTLAND..Farmer
Margaret M. J. Renton..Wife..42..IRE..Keeping House

(Living with second husband, two daughters, and two sons from her first marriage.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 16 Aug 1842, then her age should have been 37 instead of 42.

4. 1900 US Census, 8 June 1900, Sumpter Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 205, Family 92, Roll 755
Sumpter Township, Wayne, Michigan
farm owned, no mortgage
married 35 years
Margeret M. Renton..Wife..57..Aug 1842..IRE..7/5..Immig. 1855

(Living with second husband.)

5. 1910 US Census, 25 April 1910, Belleville, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 308, Family 322, Roll 679
Belleville, Wayne, Michigan
Columbia Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 44 years
Margert M. J. Renton..Wife..67..IRE..Immig. 1855..7/5

(Living with second husband.)

NOTE - Although she indicated that she had given birth to 7 children, only 2 of them were with her 2nd husband, John Renton.

Margaret married John Renton, son of Andrew Renton and Agnes Wallace, in 1865.¹ ² ³ (John Renton was born on 20 September 1842 in Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland ¹ ² ³ ⁶ ⁷ ⁸ ⁹ ¹⁰, baptized on 9 October 1842 in Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland,⁶ died on 26 November 1931 in Belleville, Wayne, Michigan, United States and was buried after 26 November 1931 in Hillside Cemetery, Belleville, Wayne, Michigan, United States.)

bullet Noted events in their marriage were:

1. 1870 US Census, 10 June 1870, Sumpter Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ⁴ 1870 US Census
Page 2, Roll 710, Dwelling 13, Family 12
Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan
John Renton..28..SCO..Farmer
Margaret M. Renton..27..IRE..Keeping House
Charles Gilbert..8..NY
James F. Gilbert..5..NY
Margaret A. Renton..3..MI
Eliza J. Renton..11m..MI

NOTE - Charles Gilbert and James Gilbert are children from a previous marriage of Margaret Kemp. The 1880 census shows the name of Charles and James with the Renton surname but it is my opinion that John Renton had "adopted" them as his own. Whether this adoption was official or legally documented is doubtful as most such adoptions during those years were done merely by convenience and without any official fanfare.

2. 1880 US Census, 8 June 1880, Sumpter Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ¹ 1880 US Census
Page 443D, District 265, Family 108, Roll 610
Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan
John Renton..Self..37..SCO..Farmer
Margaret M. J. Renton..Wife..42..IRE..Keeping House
Charles Renton..Son..18..NY
James Renton..Son..15..NY
Margaret Renton..Dau..13..MI
Joanna Renton..Dau..11..MI..At School

NOTE - Charles and James Renton were actually Charles and James Gilbert, children from Margaret's first marriage and should have been listed as Step-son instead of Son.

3. 1900 US Census, 8 June 1900, Sumpter Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ² 1900 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 205, Family 92, Roll 755
Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan
farm owned, no mortgage
married 35 years
John Renton...Head..57..Sep 1842..SCO..Immig. 1850..Farmer
Margeret M. Renton..Wife..57..Aug 1842..IRE..7/5..Immig. 1855

4. 1910 US Census, 25 April 1910, Belleville, Wayne, Michigan, United States. ³ 1910 US Census
Sheet 4B, District 308, Family 322, Roll 679
Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan
Columbia Avenue; Home owned, no mortgage
Married 44 years
John Renton..Head..67..SCO..Immig. 1851..Laborer, Odd Jobs
Margert M. J. Renton..Wife..67..IRE..Immig. 1855..7/5

bullet Marriage Notes:

In 1880 John and Margaret lived next to his brother, Robert.
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1 1880 U.S. census, population schedule, Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 265, p. 443D, family 108, John Renton and Margaret M. J. Kemp; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1417683 : accessed 3 Apr 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, roll 610.

2 1900 U.S. census, population schedule, Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 205, sheet 4B, dwelling 92, family 92, John Renton and Margaret M. J. Kemp; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1325221 : accessed 30 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T623, roll 755.

3 1910 U.S. census, population schedule, Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 308, sheet 4B, family 322, John Renton and Margaret M. J. Kemp; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1727033 : accessed 26 Dec 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T624, roll 679.

4 1870 U.S. census, population schedule, Sumpter Township, Wayne County, Michigan, p. 2, dwelling 13, family 12; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1438024 : accessed 30 Jul 2010); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M593, roll 710.

5 Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/ : accessed 20 Jul 2015), http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=63203602.

6 "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1771030 : accessed 25 Jun 2020), John Renton, 1842.

7 1851 census of Scotland, 30 Mar 1851, Innerwick, Haddingtonshire, enumeration district (ED) 1, page 10, schedule no. 38, Andrew Renton.

8 1860 U.S. census, population schedule, Van Buren Township, Wayne County, Michigan, p. 45, dwelling 384, family 369, Andrew Renton; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1473181 : accessed 11 Jan 2015); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm M653, roll 564.

9 1920 U.S. census, population schedule, Detroit Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 566, sheet 4B, family 81, Daniel G. Savage and Margaret Agnes Renton; database with images, Family Search (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1488411 : accessed 3 Apr 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T625, roll 817.

10 1930 U.S. census, population schedule, Belleville, Wayne County, Michigan, enumeration district (ED) 1052, sheet 4A, family 115, Daniel G. Savage and Margaret Agnes Renton; database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/en/search/collection/1810731 : accessed 3 Apr 2016); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T626, roll 1077.

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