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John SIMPSON

John SIMPSON

Male 1816 - 1908  (91 years)

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  • Name John SIMPSON 
    Birth March 1816  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Born 21 Mar 1816  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Gender Male 
    Birth [1815]  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Birth [1816]  St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Birth [1816]  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Birth [1817]  Armagh, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Birth [1817]  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Immigration 1834  [6, 7
    Assessed 10 Aug 1841  St Croix District, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    • Assessment of the Parish of Saint Andrews in the County of Charlotte in pursuance of a warrant of the General Sessions of the Peace for the said County of Charlotte to levy the sum of fifty four pounds five shillings and six pence for County rates,
      Dated the 10th day of August 1841

      Name of Persons: John Simpson
      Poll tax: 4d
      Real Estate of Inhabitants:
      Personal Estate of Inhabitants:
      Real Estate of non Residents:
      Annual income: 50
      20 per cent value of property:
      Amount to be Taxed: 50
      Total Assessment: - 1 -
    Residence 24 Nov 1842  St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Assessed 6 Sep 1847  Waweig District, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 19 Sep 1849  Chamcook Lake, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Occupation 1851  [7
    Farmer 
    Religion 1851  [6
    Baptist 
    Residence 1851  St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Assessed 20 Jun 1851  Waweig District, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Assessed 25 Jun 1853  Waweig District, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Assessed 12 Jul 1854  Waweig District, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Assessed 26 Jul 1855  Waweig District, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Assessed 30 Jul 1857  Waweig District, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Occupation 1861  [4
    General Labor 
    Religion 1861  [4
    Baptist 
    Residence 1861  St Andrews (Rural), Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Occupation 1865/1866  [11
    Mail carrier 
    Residence 1865/1866  Chamcook Lake, Baysde, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1867/1868  [11
    Mail carrier 
    Residence 1867/1868  Bayside, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1871  [5
    Farmer 
    Religion 1871  [5
    Presbyterian 
    Residence 1871  St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Occupation 1881  [3
    Farmer 
    Religion 1881  [3
    C Presbyterian 
    Residence 1881  St Croix, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Immigration 1884  [Naturalized?] Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence Between May 1884 and 20 Mar 1908  [2
    Residence 7 Jun 1900  632 B Street, 4 Ward, Eureka, Humboldt, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 20 Mar 1908  Humboldt, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Aged 20 Mar 1908  91 years Find all individuals with events at this location  [12
    Died 20 Mar 1908  632 B Street, 4 Ward, Eureka, Humboldt, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Cause: Senility 
    Buried 22 Mar 1908  Ocean View Cemetery, Eureka, Humboldt, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Person ID I7284  4 February 2018
    Last Modified 17 Jan 2015 

    Father William SIMPSON,   b. Bef 1781 
    Mother Margaret RANKIN,   b. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F3111  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Annabella MCDONALD,   b. August 1819, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Oct 1907, Humboldt, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 88 years) 
    Married 24 Nov 1842  Greenoch Presbyterian, St Andrews, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Married 24 Nov 1842  Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    • p 77 [423/560]
      New Brunswick
      John Simpson of Saint Andrews, County of Charlotte and Ann McDonald of parish and County aforesaid were Married by License the twenty fourth day of November in the year one thousand eight hundred and forty two.
      By me Aler MacLean Clergyman of the Church of Scotland
      This marriage was solemnized between us
      John Simpson
      Ann McDonald
      In the presence of
      James McDever?
      Elizabeth Crossett
      Recd & Regd 10 April 1843
    Children 
     1. James SIMPSON,   b. 6 Sep 1843,   d. 29 Jul 1915, Humboldt, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
     2. William SIMPSON,   b. 22 May 1846,   d. 17 Dec 1879, Chamcook, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 33 years)
     3. Margaret Jane SIMPSON,   b. 28 Aug 1848, Chamcook Lake, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Feb 1931, Humboldt, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     4. Joseph SIMPSON,   b. 22 Mar 1851,   d. 25 Sep 1933, Humboldt, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     5. Sarah Emma SIMPSON,   b. 23 Jun 1853,   d. 2 Jul 1935, Humboldt, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     6. Elizy SIMPSON,   b. [1856], St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1871?
     7. Christina SIMPSON,   b. [1860], St Andrews, Charlotte, NB Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1871?
     8. Louise SIMPSON,   b. 20 Aug 1858, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jun 1941, Humboldt, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     9. Ann SIMPSON,   b. July 1869, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Jul 1937, Humboldt, CA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 67 years)
    Family ID F2256  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Census 1900: Both parents born in Ireland
      Death certificate: John Simpson son of William Simpson and Margaret Rankin
    • To Hugh Morrison one of the Collectors of Rates in the Parish of Saint Andrews or to any other Collectors in said Parish,

      You are hereby required forthwith to collect from the several persons named in the annexed assessment the sums set against their names respectively under the list? ? thereof entitled "Total Assessment" amounting to the sum of Two hundre and Six pounds ten shillings and one penny, and to pay when collected the sum of One hundred and eighty pounds five shillings into the hands of the Overseer of the Poor for the said Parish of Saint Andrews and the residue into the hands of the County Treasurer.
      S Frye
      Geo W Street
      Edw Wilson
      Assessors of Rates

      Assessment of the Parish of Saint Andrews in the County of Charlotte in pursuance of Warrants of the General Sessions of the Peace for the said County of Charlotte to levy the sum of One hundred and Eighty pounds five shillings and six pence for Poor Rates and Eleven pounds Eleven shillings for a Pound at Chamcook
      Dated the Eighteenth day of July 1845

      Chamcook Lake District
      Names of Persons: John Simpson Paid - 5 2
      Poll Tax: 8d
      Real Estate of Inhabitants: 150
      Personal Estate: 50
      Real Estate of Non Residents:
      Annual Income: 30
      20 per cent of Value of Property: 40
      Amount to be Taxed: 70
      Total Assessment: - 5 2
    • Greenoch Presbyterian Church Records
      St Andrews, NB
      transcribed by Shirley O'Neill

      https://archives.gnb.ca/Documents/CountyGuides/Charlotte_en-CA.pdf
      Greenoch Presbyterian Church Records
      Records 1824-1985 Film F11974

      24 May 1846 Harriet Emeline d Henry Simpson m Ellen b 30 march 1846

      10 April 1828 Abraham s Henry Simpson m Mary b 24 May 1823
      10 April 1828 Samuel s Henry Simpson m Mary b 24 April 1824
      10 April 1828 Mary Ann d Henry Simpson m Mary b 12 March 1825

      10 April 1828 John s James Simpson m Nancy b 4 May 1823
      10 April 1828 Elizabeth d James Simpson m Nancy b 8 October 1825

      26 July 1844 John s John Simpson m Anna Bella b 6 September 1843
      9 March 1847 William s John Simpson m Isabella Ann McDouall b 22 May 1846
      19 March 1849 Margaret Jane d John Simpson m Anna B McDouall b 28 August 1848 Chamcook Lake
      30 January 1856 Joseph s John Simpson m Annabella b 22 March 1851
      30 January 1856 Sarah Emma d John Simpson m Annabella b 23 June 1853

      16 June 1850 William John s John Simpson m E J Orr b 28 February 1848

      12 October 1835 David s William Sipmson m Sarah McCann b 21 March 1823
      12 October 1835 Joseph Andrew s William Simpson m Sarah McCann b 6 May 1825
      12 October 1835 Margaret Louise d William Simpson m Sarah McCann b 14 July 1834

  • Sources 
    1. [S144] Census, US Federal, 1900, Department of Commerce, (1900).

    2. [S713] Death certificate of John Simpson, County of Humboldt, CA, (24 March 1908).

    3. [S8] Census of Canada, 1881, Ancestry.com.

    4. [S101] Census of Charlotte County, NB 1861, Province of New Brunswick, (New Brunswick Genealogical Society, Charlotte Branch, 1999).

    5. [S16] Census of Canada, 1871, Ancestry.com.

    6. [S6] An Index to Irish Immigrants in the New Brunswick Census of 1851, Edited by: P. M. Toner, (1991).

    7. [S5] Census of New Brunswick 1851, Library and Archives of Canada, (http://www.collectionscanada.ca/archivianet/1851/index-e.html).

    8. [S836] Charlotte County, NB Tax Assessment Books, Charlotte County, NB.

    9. [S170] Charlotte County Marriage Register, Charlotte County, NB.

    10. [S528] Greenoch Presbyterian Church, St Andrews, St Andrews, Charlotte, NB, As transcribed by Shirley O'Neill & Nancy Burnham.

    11. [S167] Hutchinson's Directory, Hutchinson's Directory, (http://archives.gnb.ca/APPS/PrivRecs/HD/?L=EN).

    12. [S538] California Death Search, www.vitalsearch-ca.com, (www.vitalsearch-ca.com).