Brief Life History of Mary Dowson
When Mary Dowson Simpson was born on 10 April 1896, in Durham, Durham, England, United Kingdom, her father, William Simpson, was 28 and her mother, Mary Hannah Heaviside, was 20. She married Harry Blenkinsopp about 1917, in Butterknowle, Durham, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Lynesack, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1901 and Softley, Durham, England, United Kingdom in 1911.
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- Mary Dawson Simpson in household of William Simpson, "England and Wales Census, 1911"
- Simpson, "England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005"
- Mary Dowson Simpson in household of William Simpson, "England and Wales Census, 1901"
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World Events (8)
1904 · The Entente Cordiale
The Entente Cordiale was signed between Britain and France on April 8, 1904, to reconcile imperial interests and pave the way for future diplomatic cooperation. This ended hundreds of years of conflict between the two states.
1908
London, United Kingdom hosts Summer Olympic Games.
1928 · Women Granted Right to Vote
Women in England over the age of 21 were granted the right to vote on May 7, 1928.
Name Meaning
Scottish (Lanarkshire) and English: patronymic from the Middle English and Older Scots personal name Sim(m), Sime (see Sim ) + -son.
English: occasionally a variant of Sumsion with unrounding of the vowel before the nasal consonant, a dialect feature of southwestern England.
English: habitational name from any of the three places called Simpson or one called Zemson, all in Devon. The one in Holsworthy parish derives from an uncertain first element + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’, while the one in Diptford comes from the Old English personal name Sigewine (genitive Sigewines) + Old English tūn. Both the one in Torbryan and Zempson in Dean Prior probably also have the same origin as the Diptford placename.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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