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William Simpson 1775-1848 Elizabeth Caldwell Peden circa 1777-1850

William Simpson 1 surgeon 2 born 2 February 1809, Larne, County Antrim 3 died 21 November 1863, Tulbagh 4 Notes: The dates of birth, his, his wife's and the those of the children, come from family information collected by Ada Ethel Simpson (1874 - 1953) and supplied by the late Andrew McMurray. The other information comes from their death notices, Cape Archives. At the census of 1841 the family was living at no 110 Guildford Street, Holborn. Agnes Simpson, aged 20, born Ireland was with them, and two children William, aged 6 and John aged 6 months. According to the family story that their youngest daughter, Elizabeth, was born at sea (3rd November 1849), during a storm off the Cape of Good Hope while her parents were in transit with their family to the Cape, gives a date for the family's arrival at the Cape. Belfast Commercial Chronicle - Saturday 25 April 1829 Mr William Simpson, Jun. of Larne, on his examination before the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh, on his skill in Anatomy, Surgery and Pharmacy, was found fully qualified to practise these arts.

married 27 September 1833 [Belfast] 5 Helen McCammon 1811-1870

William Dan Barklimore 1835 - 1867 children John Collins 1840 - 1920 James Caldwell b.1843 children Charles Napier 1845 - 1872 children Mary Beatty 1847 - 1850 Elizabeth Anne 1849 - 1924 children

children of William and Helen Simpson William Dan Barklimore Simpson 1835-1867 born 7 February 1835, London baptized 7 April 1835, St. Pancras Old Church, London died 3 April 1867, Calvinia  married 21 December 1854 Holy Trinity Church, Harrington Street, Cape Town Elizabeth Adams 6 1830-1904 John Collins Simpson 1840-1920 born 1 November 1840 7 baptized 25 December 1840, St. Pancras Old Church, London 8 died 1920 9 alive as at 1870 10 James Caldwell Simpson born 1843 born 18 August 1843, 4 High Street, St. Giles, London  married 26 October 1870 Elizabeth Adams 11 1830-1904 Charles Napier Simpson 1845-1872 born 19 June 1845, London died 21 April 1872, Blinkfontein, Orange River  married Johanna Margaretha De Wit 12 Mary Beatty Simpson 1847-1850 born 22 November 1847, 4 High Street, St. Giles, London 13 died 6 June 1850, Wellington, Cape 14 Elizabeth Anne Simpson 1849-1924 born 3 November 1849, at sea baptized 11 November 1849, at sea died 4 June 1924  married 23 October 1876 Ceres Johannes Petrus Janse Van Rensburg 1853-1931 farmer of Wagenbooms Rivier, Ceres

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14 Death notice - Simpson, William - 21 Nov 1863 Mary Beatty, dead South African Commercial Advertiser, eGGSA Libralry Newspapers Wednesday 26 June 1850 DIED at Wellington, Cape of Good Hope on the 6th inst, Mary Beatty, eldest daughter of Doctor SIMPSON, late of London.

13 Simpson Family Collected Information, Ethel Ada Simpson (compiler), collected together from various, unnamed sources, before 1953., Andrew McMurray Simpson Mary Beatty (b.22 Nov 1847) Birth Certificate - Simpson, Mary Beatty - 1847, supplied by Ian Godfrey of Australia supplied by Ian Godfrey of Australia St Giles in the Fields Registration District born twenty second November 1847 at 4 High Street name: Mary Beatty sex: girl fatther: William Simpson mother: Helen Simpson, formerly McCammon father's occupation: surgeon

12 Death notice - Simpson, Charles Napier - 1872, Filed on: 23/07/1872, Cape Archives, MOOC 6/9/140 Ref no:8384 not mentioned on the Death Notice but on an accompanying document

11 Death notice - Simpson, William Dan B. - 1867 the name of Elizabeth for the wife of William Dan Simpson is conjectural - Elizabeth Simpson signed the death notice 1867 Death notice - Simpson, James - 1915 Mother: Elizabeth Adams - Calvinia - deceased

10 Death notice - Simpson, Helen - 1870 listed as a child who was over 21, not mentioned as deceased

9 Simpson Family Collected Information, Ethel Ada Simpson (compiler), collected together from various, unnamed sources, before 1953., Andrew McMurray Simpson John Collins (b.1 Nov 1840

8 Church Registers - St. Pancras Old Church, London - LDS extraction C047933/4 John Collins SIMPSON, Christening: 25 Dec 1840, Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, parents: William SIMPSON and Helen

7 Simpson Family Collected Information, Ethel Ada Simpson (compiler), collected together from various, unnamed sources, before 1953., Andrew McMurray Simpson John Collins (b.1 Nov 1840

6 Death notice - Simpson, William Dan B. - 1867 the name of Elizabeth for the wife of William Dan Simpson is conjectural - Elizabeth Simpson signed the death notice 1867 Death notice - Simpson, James - 1915 Mother: Elizabeth Adams - Calvinia - deceased

5 Northern Whig Monday 30 September 1833 Married. On Friday morning, by the Rev. John Porter, William Simpson, Esq., surgeon, of London, to Helen, youngest daughter of the late John M'Cammon of King-street, Esq.

4 Death notice - Simpson, William - 21 Nov 1863

3 Death notice - Simpson, William - 21 Nov 1863 Simpson Family Collected Information, Ethel Ada Simpson (compiler), collected together from various, unnamed sources, before 1953., Andrew McMurray 2. Dr. William Simpson (Doctor) (b.2 Feb 1809-Larne Mills,Co Antrim,Ireland

2 Death notice - Simpson, William - 21 Nov 1863

1 Death notice - Van Rensburg, Elizabeth Anne Janse (born Simpson) - 1924