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Historically the name of Kettle is an ancient Viking-Scottish name that is derived from the old Norse personal name of Ketill or from the old Danish personal name of Ketil.

Current research identifies our line of the Kettle family hails from County Cavan in Ireland in the early 1800s. The earliest confirmed member of our Kettle line is Peter Kettle, it is his daughter Bridget Kettle who emigrates to Australia with her family in 1852.

My Kettle ancestry goes back 7 generations and biographies exist for some members as indicated by

• Peter Kettle married Mary Sheridan
  • Bridget Kettle 1831 - ? married Patrick McDermott 
    • Patrick John McDermott 1854 - 1929 married Louisa Jane Davis
      • Emily Louisa McDermott 1896 - 1993 married Sydney Walter Jessop
        • Esmond Earl Jessop 1915 - 2001 married Mary Agnes Darroungh
          • My Mother