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Object Description
Object ID
0752
Title
George and Margaret Simpson with their children, George Jr., Annie and James.
Date
1891.
Description
George and Margaret Simpson with their children (left to right): Margaret Simpson (nee Mowat), Annie Simpson (later Allen), George Simpson Jr., Geroge SImpson Sr., James Simpson (small boy standing in front of George Sr.).
Photo Inscription/Caption
Inscription in ink: names, age and birthdate of George Jr.
People/Subject
Allen, Annie (nee Simpson)
Annie Allen (nee Simpson) married James (Jim) Allen on December 26, 1906, in New Westminster. The couple had at least two children, Mary M. (b. 1908) and Barbara (b. 1909). She died May 4, 1953, and was buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery.
Simpson, George, Jr.
George Simpson, Jr. was born in Scotland to parents George and Margaret Simpson (nee Mowat). George moved with his family, including brother James and sister Annie to Sedro Wooley, Washington, in 1891, to join his uncle James Mowat. They moved to Fort Langley the following year.
Simpson, George, Sr.
George Simpson was born in Scotland in 1857. He married Margaret Mowat in Rathen, Aberdeenshire, in 1881. With his wife and three children, George, Jr., James, and Annie, George came to Sedro Wooley, Washington, in 1891 to join his brother-in-law James Mowat, and moved to Fort Langley the following year. He operated a farm in Fort Langley and was one of the original members of the Delta-Surrey-Langley Pioneers Assoc. The family bought their home-site from James Mackie, where George lived until his death in August 1941 at the age of 84.
Simpson, James
Father of George Bruce Simpson.
Term Source: HPC Records (HPC-228/1024)
Simpson, Margaret, 1861-1939
Margaret Simpson (nee Mowat) was born in Huntley, Scotland, in 1860, and married George Simpson in Rathen, Aberdeenshire, in 1881. With her husband and three children, George, Jr., James, and Annie, she came to Sedro Wooley, Washington, in 1891 to join her brother James Mowat, and moved to Fort Langley the following year. The family bought their home-site from James Mackie, where Margaret resided until her death in July 1939, at the age of 79.
Term Source: HPC Records (HPC-227/1023), Cemetery Burial Binder, chpt. Fort Langley, pg. 35 (Township of Langley).
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