Kemp, Charlotte (1790–1860)
Kemp, Charlotte (1790–1860)
New Zealand missionary. Name variations: Charlotte Butcher. Born Charlotte Butcher, July 27, 1790, in Norfolk, England; died on June 22, 1860, at Kerikeri, New Zealand; m. James Kemp, 1818 (died 1872); children: 8.
Immigrated with husband as missionary to New Zealand (1819), and was 1 of 1st European women at Kerikeri; taught in the girls' and infants' schools until ill health forced retirement (mid-1830s).
See also Dictionary of New Zealand Biography (Vol. 1).
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