See also

Family of Walter Simpson and Elvina Hitchcock

Husband: Walter Simpson

  • Name:

  • Walter Simpson2,3

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Alfred Simpson (1833?-1904)

  • Mother:

  • Deborah Anne Phillips (1842?-1911)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural labourer becoming a groom and domestic servant4,5

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1864

  • Offton, Suffolk, England2,4,5,6

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Mar 1869 (age 4-5)

  • St. Mary's Church, Bildeston Road, Offton, Suffolk, England3,7

  •  

  • son of Alfred Simpson (gardener) and Deborah Anne of Offton, baptised with brothers Charles and James

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 7)

  • Offton Place, Offton, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • son aged 7, living with parents and two brothers. Born in Offton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 17)

  • Offton, Suffolk, England4

  •  

  • unmarried son working as an agricultural labourer and living with his parents Alfred and Deberah (sic), brother Charles, and sisters Frances and Emma. Born in Offton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 27)

  • Benton Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married head of the household working as a groom and domestic servant and living with his wife Elvina, and sons Eric and Archer. Born in Offton Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Feb 1900 (age 35-36)

  • Suffolk, England8,9

  • Burial:

  • 6 Feb 1900

  • St. Mary's Church, Bildeston Road, Offton, Suffolk, England8,10,11

  •  

  • aged 36 of Great Blakenham

Wife: Elvina Hitchcock

  • Name:

  • Elvina Hitchcock1

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • laundress / washer woman12

  • Birth:

  • 1867 (app)

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England5,12

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 24)

  • Benton Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • married wife living with her husband Walter, and sons Eric and Archer. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 29)

  • Castle Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • widowed head of the household working as a laundress and living in four rooms with her sons Eric and Archie, and daughter Ethel. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

Child 1: Eric Walter Simpson

  • Name:

  • Eric Walter Simpson13,14

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Florence Mary Meadows (1896-1978)

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1889

  • Hadleigh, Suffolk, England5,12,13

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 1)

  • Benton Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son living with his parents Walter and Elvina, and brother Archer. Born in Hadleigh Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 11)

  • Castle Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • son living in four rooms with his widowed mother Elvina, brother Archie, and sister Ethel. Born in Hadleigh Suffolk

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 21-22)

  •  

  • Death:

  • Q1 1939 (age 46)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England14

Child 2: Archer Rowland Simpson

  • Name:

  • Archer Rowland Simpson12,15

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Archie

  • Spouse:

  • Alice M Hall ( - )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • soldier16

  • Birth:

  • Mar 1891

  • Hadleigh, Suffolk, England5,12,15,16

  •  

  • 1911 census says born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 1 mn)

  • Benton Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son living with his parents Walter and Elvina, and brother Eric. Born in Hadleigh Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 10)

  • Castle Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • son as Archie living in four rooms with his widowed mother Elvina, brother Eric, and sister Ethel. Born in Hadleigh Suffolk

  • Military Service:

  • btw 13 Aug 1908 and 24 May 1917 (age 17-26)

  • Suffolk Regiment no:4620916,17

  •  

  • leaving due to sickness

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 20)

  • Stanhope & Wellington Lines, Aldershot Military Town, Aldershot, Hampshire, England16

  •  

  • an unmarried private in the 2nd Battalion Suffolk Regiment as Archie Simpson. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Death:

  • Q2 1934 (age 43)

  • Ipswich "Registration District", Suffolk, England18

Child 3: Ethel Maud Simpson

  • Name:

  • Ethel Maud Simpson19,20

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant21

  • Birth:

  • 6 Jul 1895

  • Great Blakenham, Suffolk, England12,19,20,21

  • Baptism:

  • 31 May 1896 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, England20

  •  

  • daughter of Walter Simpson (gardener) and Elbina fo Great Blakenham, born on 6th July 1895

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 5)

  • Castle Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England12

  •  

  • daughter living in four rooms with her widowed mother Elvina, and brothers Eric and Archie. Born in Great Blakenham Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 15)

  • Hazel Dell, Grove Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England21

  •  

  • an unmarried general domestic servant living in seven rooms with Walter and Kate Taylor and family. Born in Great Blakenham Suffolk

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Cosford 1888 quarter:4 volume:4a page:1147.

2.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1864 quarter:1 volume:4a page:594. Cit. Date: 28 November 2022.

3.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1813-1900, (2008 SFK-BPI-11 own copy). Offton St. Mary entry:618. Cit. Date: 28 November 2022.

4.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1863 folio:43 page:8 schedule 879. Cit. Date: 28 November 2022.

5.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1446 folio:78 page:8. Cit. Date: 22 October 2019.

6.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1745 folio:40 page:7.

7.

Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). C132141 0952468 0952470.

8.

Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Offton St. Mary burial register FB16/D1/16. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

9.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1900 quarter:1 volume:4a page:646.

10.

Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy).

11.

The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).

12.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1786 folio:95 page:16. Cit. Date: 22 October 2019.

13.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Cosford 1889 quarter:2 volume:4a page:711. Cit. Date: 22 October 2019.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1939 quarter:1 volume:4a page:1509. Cit. Date: 30 March 2020.

15.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Cosford 1891 quarter:1 volume:4a page:745. Cit. Date: 22 October 2019.

16.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3122 registration district:34 sub-district:2 enumeration district:13 schedule:9999. Cit. Date: 22 October 2019.

17.

Ancestry British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). RHA Depot no:46209. Cit. Date: 22 October 2019.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1934 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1142. Cit. Date: 22 October 2019.

19.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Bosmere 1895 quarter:3 volume:4a page:857. Cit. Date: 22 October 2019.

20.

Suffolk Family History Society - Bosmere and Claydon Baptisms 1813-1900, (2008 SFK-BPI-11 own copy). Great Blakenham St. Mary baptisms entry:664. Cit. Date: 22 October 2019.

21.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10852 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:27 schedule:149. Cit. Date: 22 October 2019.