James+Kemp+update

Browsing recently on the internet I discovered that on the night of Sunday 7th April 1861 my great grandfather James Kemp was aboard the boat Alfred and Louisa sailing between Aldeburgh and Harwich. The information about him and the rest of the crew is set out in the following table. Although James says that he was born in Westleton, the records show that he was actually born in Middleton, the village next to Westleton. The 12 year old boy William Kemp was his son. I have searched all the records for the next census in 1871 and cannot find any of the people who were recorded above. My great grandmother, Eliza Kemp, stated in the 1871 census that she was a sailors widow. The conclusion is that sometime between 1861 and 1871 the Alfred and Louisa was wrecked with the loss of her crew. My grandfather, Edward, the brother of William Kemp above, was born in 1860, and was the last of James and Eliza Kemp's children. The local papers of the time tell of a steady flow of drowned sailors washed up on the beaches between Lowestoft and Aldeburgh. James was the first of my mother's Kemp clan to leave the land. I wonder why he left the fields for the sea, which seems to have quickly claimed both him and his son. Grandad
 * Name || Condition || Age || Rank || Birthplace ||
 * Benjamin Harten || married || 46 || Master || Leiston, Suffolk ||
 * James Kemp || married || 37 || Mate || Westleton, Suffolk ||
 * Henry Taylor || married || 26 || Able seaman || Aldeburgh, Suffolk ||
 * William Crisp || married || 50 || Able seaman || Friston, Suffolk ||
 * James ?. || unmarried || 19 || Ordinary seaman || Aldeburgh, Suffolk ||
 * Robert Fisher || unmarried || 18 || Ordinary seaman || Aldeburgh, Suffolk ||
 * John Crisp ||  || 15 || Ordinary seaman || Aldeburgh, Suffolk ||
 * Edward Fisher || unmarried || 18 || Ordinary seaman || Aldeburgh, Suffolk ||
 * William Kemp ||  || 12 || Boy || Aldeburgh, Suffolk ||