Simpson

Brief Life History of Simpson

When Simpson was born in 1880, in Texas, United States, his father, Joseph Simpson Jr, was 40 and his mother, Eleanor Gooden Holt, was 37. He lived in Justice Precinct 1, Grayson, Texas, United States in 1880.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Simpson Jr
1840–1916
Eleanor Gooden Holt
1843–1900
J C Simpson
1860–
Sarah Simpson
1868–
Richard Simpson
1872–
Dora Ann Simpson
1861–1940
Mac Dallas Simpson
1866–1935
Daniel Simpson
1871–
Walter Lee Simpson
1875–1952
Josephine Mae Joe Simpson
1877–1943
James Simpson
1879–
Simpson
1880–
Dollie May Simpson
1883–1940

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    World Events (8)

    1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway

    Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.

    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    1912 · The Girl Scouts

    Like the Boy Scouts of America, The Girl Scouts is a youth organization for girls in the United States. Its purpose is to prepare girls to empower themselves and by acquiring practical skills.

    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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