Paul Joseph KEMSKE^[1]

1896 - 1966  (70 years)

• Name	Paul Joseph KEMSKE
  Birth	2 Jan 1896	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [1, 2]
  	not indexed in DE Archives: 2006
  Baptism	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE
  	Paul was baptized in a German Lutheran church.
  Gender	Male
  Death	31 Jul 1966	Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE   [2]
  Burial	New Castle, New Castle Co, DE   [3]
  	His body was interred at Gracelawn Memorial Park.
  Person ID	I28681	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  [4, 5]
  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	Jesse Mildred WRIGHT,   b. 27 Jul 1901, Joppatown, Harford Co, MD d. 25 Apr 1967, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	17 Mar 1918	Maryland   [1]
  Notes	Family information received from Paul August Kemske states that he and his four siblings were baptized in a Wilmington area Baptist church on 10 Jun 1930. As Baptist churches reject the practice of infant baptism, in favor of believer baptism, it is more likely that the children were welcomed into the congregation of a Baptist church that their parents' had recently joined. The children were all too young in 1930 to have made personal affirmations of faith.
  Children	1. Mary Elizabeth KEMSKE,   b. 5 Dec 1920, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE d. 26 Oct 1996 (Age 75 years)   2. Paul August KEMSKE   3. Mildred Charlotte KEMSKE,   b. 18 May 1924, Minquadale, New Castle Co, DE d. 23 Jun 1999, Wilmington, New Castle Co, DE (Age 75 years)   4. Leroy William KEMSKE,   b. 6 Nov 1927, Richardson Park, New Castle Co, DE d. 19 Mar 2004, Frostproof, Polk Co, FL (Age 76 years)   5. Agnes Pauline KEMSKE,   b. 29 Sep 1929, Ashley, New Castle Co, DE d. 21 Feb 2006, Newark, New Castle Co, DE (Age 76 years)
  Family ID	F1667	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 / Kemske, August 2301 Claymont Street, Wilmington, DE.
  		1930 US Census / Kemske, Paul J. 123 Middleton Road, Richardson Park, DE. (At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.)

  
  

• Sources

  [S535] Barbara Kemske Kennedy, correspondence and family group sheets, 1992. [S603] Paul Kemske. SSN 146-10-9341. SSDI. [S3325] Kemske, "Kemske family information". [S602] 1900 US Census / Kemskie, August. [S684] August Kemske, SS Circassia passenger list, 8 Mar 1888.