Brief Life History of George
When George Simpson was born on 9 July 1813, in Burslem, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, Thomas Simpson, was 26 and his mother, Hannah Lawton, was 37. He married Mary Ann White on 28 December 1835, in Newcastle under Lyme, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States in 1855 and lived in Rushton, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 28 May 1855, in Atchison, Atchison, Kansas, United States, at the age of 41.
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- George Simpson, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
- George Simpson, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- George Simpson, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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