Anna Helen KEMSKE

1891 - 1957  (66 years)

• Name	Anna Helen KEMSKE
  Nickname	Nan
  Birth	17 Apr 1891	Delaware   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	28 Nov 1957	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [2]
  	Nan died at 7:18 am at Memorial Hospital. Cause of death was noted as a malignant brain tumor of the right temporal-parietal lobe. Nan was 66 years old.
  Burial	30 Nov 1957	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [2]
  	Her body was interred at Riverview Cemetery.
  letters of admin	3 Dec 1957	New Castle Co, DE   [3]
  	William Reese Hitchens petitioned the court for Letters of Administration on Nan's estate on 3 Dec 1957.
  Person ID	I28678	mason
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Father	August KEMSKE,   b. 3 Aug 1859, Germany d. 21 Oct 1935, White Clay Creek, New Castle Co, DE (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Charlotte SOBOTA,   b. 9 Oct 1855, Peterswalde, Osterode Kreis, East Prussia d. 5 Jan 1922, Rock Manor, New Castle Co, DE (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	c.1888  [1, 4]
  Photos		SS Circassia Built for Anchor Line by Barrow Shipbuilding Company at Barrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. Launched 19 March 1878. Maiden voyage 1 June 1878. Sold for scrapping 1900.
  		Castle Garden Immigrant Station (1855 - 1890), at the Southern tip of Manhattan.
  Family ID	F1515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Duane Miner COHEE,   b. 6 May 1890, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE
  Marriage	11 Feb 1911	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [5]
  Children	1. Alice May COHEE,   b. 19 May 1911, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE d. 7 May 2003, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE (Age 91 years)
  Family ID	F1521	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Oscar Isaiah CAMPBELL,   b. 4 Feb 1887, Snow Hill, Worchester Co, MD d. 1941 (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	After 5 Jan 1920  [6]
  	not indexed in DE Archives: 2006 Nan was enumerated as Anna Cohee in the 1920 census.
  Children	1. Willard Oscar CAMPBELL,   b. 4 Jun 1926, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE d. 26 Sep 2003 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F1522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Jul 2026

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		1900 US Census / Kemskie, August p. 1. 1619 East 14TH Street, Wilmington, DE
  		1900 US Census / Kemskie, August p. 2. 1619 East 14TH Street, Wilmington, DE
  		1910 US Census / Kemske, August Claymont Street, Wilmington, DE.
  		1920 US Census / Gabriel, Hermann p. 1. 416 McCabe Avenue, Wilmington, DE.
  		1920 US Census / Gabriel, Hermann p. 2. 416 McCabe Avenue, Wilmington, DE.

  
  

• Sources

  [S602] 1900 US Census / Kemskie, August. [S1771] Anna Campbell, Delaware state death certificate no. 3531 (1957). [S575] New Castle County, DE probate no. 36986 (1957). [S684] August Kemske, SS Circassia passenger list, 8 Mar 1888. [S565] Duane M. Cohee - Anna H. Kemske, New Castle Co, DE marriage certificate no. 54524 (1911). [S769] 1920 US Census / Gabriel, Hermann.