See also

Family of Walter Simpson and Hannah Elvina Hitchcock

  • Husband:

  • Walter Simpson (1864-1900)

  • Wife:

  • Hannah Elvina Hitchcock (1863- )

  • Children:

  • Eric Walter Simpson (1889-1939)

  •  

  • Archer Rowland Simpson (1891-1934)

  •  

  • Ethel Maud Simpson (1895- )

  • Marriage Banns:

  • 7 Oct 1888

  • St. Peter's Church, College Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England1

  •  

  • also read on 14th and 21st October 1888, Walter a bachelor of Hadleigh, Elvina a spinster of this parish

  • Marriage:

  • 3 Nov 1888

  • St. Mary's Church, Church Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England2 3

  •  

  • Walter a bachelor of Hadleigh working as a groom and son of Alfred Simpson a gardener, Elvina a spinster of St. peter's Ipswich and daughter of Corbett Hitchcock a fish merchant. Married by banns and witnessed by Charles Simpson and Anna Bauser (sic)

Husband: Walter Simpson

  • Name:

  • Walter Simpson4 5 6

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Alfred Simpson (1833?-1904)

  • Mother:

  • Deborah Anne Phillips (1842?-1911)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • agricultural labourer becoming a groom and domestic servant7 8

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1864

  • Offton, Suffolk, England4 9 7 8

  • Baptism:

  • 26 Mar 1869 (age 4-5)

  • St. Mary's Church, Bildeston Road, Offton, Suffolk, England10 5

  •  

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

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 7)

  • Offton, Suffolk, England9

  •  

  • son living with his parents Alfred and Deborah, and brothers John and Charles. Born in Offton Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 17)

  • Offton, Suffolk, England7

  •  

  • 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, England8

  •  

  • 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 36)

  • Bosmere "Registration District", Suffolk, England6 11 12

  • Burial:

  • 6 Feb 1900

  • St. Mary's Church, Bildeston Road, Offton, Suffolk, England11 12

  •  

  • aged 36 of Great Blakenham

Wife: Hannah Elvina Hitchcock

  • Name:

  • Hannah Elvina Hitchcock13 2

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • servant then as a laundress / washer woman14 15

  • Birth:

  • Q1 1863

  • Woodbridge, Suffolk, England13 14 8 15 16

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1871 (age 9)

  • Theatre Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England17

  •  

  • daughter as Elvina attending school and living with her parents Corbet and Emma, and brothers George and Charles. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 18)

  • East Suffolk Hospital, Anglesea Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England14

  •  

  • an unmarried servant as Elvina who was born in Woodbridge Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 24)

  • Benton Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • 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, England15

  •  

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

  • Census absence:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 48)

  •  

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 50 yrs 4 mns)

  • Bartlett Convalescent Home, Undercliff Road, Felixstowe, Suffolk, England16

  •  

  • a patient as Elvina doing home duties. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk

Child 1: Eric Walter Simpson

  • Name:

  • Eric Walter Simpson18 19

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Spouse:

  • Florence Mary Meadows (1896-1978)

  • Birth:

  • Q2 1889

  • Hadleigh, Suffolk, England18 8 15

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 1)

  • Benton Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • 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, England15

  •  

  • 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, England19

Child 2: Archer Rowland Simpson

  • Name:

  • Archer Rowland Simpson20 15

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Nickname:

  • Archie

  • Spouse:

  • Alice M Hall ( - )

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • soldier21

  • Birth:

  • Mar 1891

  • Hadleigh, Suffolk, England20 8 15 21

  •  

  • 1911 census says born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 1 mn)

  • Benton Street, Hadleigh, Suffolk, England8

  •  

  • 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, England15

  •  

  • 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:4620921 22

  •  

  • leaving due to sickness

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 20)

  • Stanhope & Wellington Lines, Aldershot Military Town, Aldershot, Hampshire, England21

  •  

  • 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, England23

Child 3: Ethel Maud Simpson

  • Name:

  • Ethel Maud Simpson24 25

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • domestic servant26

  • Birth:

  • 6 Jul 1895

  • Great Blakenham, Suffolk, England24 25 15 26

  • Baptism:

  • 31 May 1896 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Stowmarket Road, Great Blakenham, Suffolk, England25

  •  

  • 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, England15

  •  

  • 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, England26

  •  

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

Note on Wife: Hannah Elvina Hitchcock

Following Walter's death Elvina married Tom Johnson in the Woodbridge registration district in the second quarter of 1901, did Hannah die in 1936 in Ipswich registration district? the problem with that record is the age is given as 65, burial says aged 48 but she would have been 7327

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2.

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. Cit. Date: 31 December 2024.

3.

Ancestry Suffolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754-1949, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). Hadleigh St. Mary marriages 1861-1896 page:199 entry:398. Cit. Date: 2 January 2026.

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7.

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8.

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9.

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14.

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England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9464 registration district:214 sub-district:1 enumeration district:12 schedule:2. Cit. Date: 23 October 2025.

17.

England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1759 folio:149 page:32 schedule:220. Cit. Date: 23 October 2025.

18.

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19.

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20.

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21.

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.

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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.

24.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (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.

25.

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.

26.

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.

27.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Woodbridge 1901 quarter:2 volume:4a page:1811. Cit. Date: 23 October 2025.