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Personal data Mary Simpson 

Sources 1, 2

Household of Mary Simpson

She is married to William Stirling.

They got married on December 31, 1896 at Boghead Place, Denny, Stirlingshire, Scotland, she was 24 years old.Source 4

Event (Witness at Marriage) on December 31, 1896 in Boghead Place, Denny, Stirlingshire, Scotland : George Stirling, Janet Simpson.Source 4

Event (Witness at Marriage) on December 31, 1896 in Boghead Place, Denny, Stirlingshire, Scotland .Source 4


Notes about Mary Simpson

1. Informant at death of Mary Simpson d. 1937 is illegible. It may be James Jamieson. There is a James Jamieson marries Jane Simpson
1908 JAMIESON, JAMES, SIMPSON, JANE MILLAR 485/A 40 Larbert.
Further checks required as Jane Millar Simpson has not yet been recorded as a child of Alexander Simpson and Marjory Kirk @ 26.5.20. Possible:-
SIMPSONJANEF1880490/ 336Stirling
SIMPSONJANEF1883470/ 72Alva (Stirling)
SIMPSONJANEF1886479/1 375Falkirk Burgh
SIMPSONJANE MORTON BRIF1893485/B 8Logie (Stirling)
SIMPSONJANE AITKENF1896485/A 120Larbert
SIMPSONJANE CAMERONF1896479/ 123Falkirk

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Mary Simpson

David Simpson
1806-> 1843
Elizabeth Stein
1822-1886
David Kirk
????-
Margaret Penman
????-
Alexander Simpson
± 1841-1902
Margory Kirk
± 1843-1911

Mary Simpson
1872-1937

1896

William Stirling
± 1872-????


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    1. 1911 England Census - Ancestry.com, Record for William John Wallace Class: RG14; Piece: 22061 Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA) Series RG14, 1911. 1911 England Census [Ancestry.com] The 1911 census was taken on Sunday 2 April under provisions in the Census (Great Britain) Act 1910. The records were released on 5 April 2011 following the end of their 100 year closure period. There were new questions relating to fertility of marriage: on duration of marriage; the number of living children born to each marriage; and the number alive at the time of the census. There were changes to several others: categories for people with disabilities were revised and the introductory section to the third report on the 1911 census refers to the intended use of the terms as: lunatic - in cases where the infirmity had been acquired during life imbecile - in extreme cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age feeble-minded - in milder cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age. Includes Map of Birkenhead
      Record for William John Wallace
      Name: William John Wallace
      Age in 1911: 56
      Estimated birth year: abt 1855
      Relation to head: Head
      Gender: Male
      Birth Place: Airdrie, Lancashire, Scotland
      Civil Parish: Liscard
      County/Island: Cheshire
      Country: England
      Street address: 20 Clwyd Streeet New Brighton Cheshire
      Marital status: Married
      Occupation: City Missionary Wholetine
      Registration district: Birkenhead
      Registration District Number: 452
      Sub-registration district: Wallasey
      ED, institution, or vessel: 09
      Piece: 22061
      Household Members:
      Name Age
      William John Wallace 56 Head Airdrie, Lancashire, Scotland Missionary Wholetine
      Margret Wallace 46 Wife Oakley, Fife
      Robert James Wallace 20 Son Liverpool, Lancashire, England Clerk In Shipping Office
      Janet Wallace 19 Daughter Liverpool, Lancashire, England
      Jane Wallace 17 Daughter Liverpool, Lancashire, England Packer & Sorter Steam Laundry
      Mary Wallace 15 Daughter New Brighton, Cheshire, England Office Clerk Steam Laundry
      Margret Wallace 14 Daughter New Brighton, Cheshire, England Assistant In Chandler Shop
    2. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1872 Record for Mary Simpson Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
      Record for Mary Simpson
      Name: Mary Simpson
      Gender: Female
      Birth Date: 29 Nov 1872
      Birth Place: Denny, Stirling, Scotland
      Father: Alexander Simpson
      Mother: Mary Ann Kirk
      FHL Film Number: 6035516
    3. 1911 England Census - Ancestry.com, Record for William Stirling Class: RG14; Piece: 24387 Ancestry.com. 1911 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA) Series RG14, 1911. 1911 England Census [Ancestry.com] The 1911 census was taken on Sunday 2 April under provisions in the Census (Great Britain) Act 1910. The records were released on 5 April 2011 following the end of their 100 year closure period. There were new questions relating to fertility of marriage: on duration of marriage; the number of living children born to each marriage; and the number alive at the time of the census. There were changes to several others: categories for people with disabilities were revised and the introductory section to the third report on the 1911 census refers to the intended use of the terms as: lunatic - in cases where the infirmity had been acquired during life imbecile - in extreme cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age feeble-minded - in milder cases where the infirmity had existed from birth or an early age.
      Name: William Stirling
      Age in 1911: 38
      Estimated Birth Year: 1873
      Relation to head: Head
      Gender: Male
      Birth Place: Bonnybridge, Stirling
      Civil parish: Denton
      County/Island: Lancashire
      Country: England
      Street Address: 87 Taylor Lane Denton
      Marital Status: Married
      Occupation: Moulder
      Registration district:Ashton under Lyne
      Registration District Number: 468
      Sub-registration district: Denton
      ED, institution, or vessel: 02
      Piece: 24387
      Household Members: 2

      Name: Mary Stirling
      Age in 1911: 38
      Estimated Birth Year: 1873
      Relation to head: Wife
      Gender: Female
      Birth Place: Denny, Stirling
      Civil parish: Denton
      County/Island: Lancashire
      Country: England
      Street Address: 87 Taylor Lane Denton
      Marital Status: Married
      Registration district:Ashton under Lyne
      Registration District Number: 468
      Sub-registration district: Denton
      ED, institution, or vessel: 02
      Piece: 24387
      Household Members: 2
    4. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1896 STIRLING, WILLIAM, MARY SIMPSON (Statutory registers Marriages 476/1 4) Downloaded from Ancestry
      1896 STIRLING, WILLIAM, MARY SIMPSON(Statutory registers Marriages 476/1 4)

      Marriages in the District of Denny in the County of Stirling 1895.
      1895 Thirty First December,
      Boghead Place, Denny
      After Banns according to the Forms of the Free Church
      (Signed)
      William Stirling. Ironmoulder (Jorneyman) (Bachelor) Age 23
      129 Chapel Road, Hollinwood, Oldham
      Parents: thomas Stirling, Ironmoulder, (Jorneyman)
      Agnes Stirling M.S. Campbell
      (Signed)
      Mary Simpson
      (Spinster) Age 23
      Boghead Place, Denny
      Parents: Alexander Simpson, Miner
      Mary Ann Simpson M.S. Kirk
      (Signed)
      PC Durward Minister
      (Signed)
      George Stirling, Witnwess
      Janet Simpson, Witness
      Registered 1896 January 3, Denny
      James S. Ritchie, Registrar
    5. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1937 SIMPSON, MARY (Statutory registers Deaths 685/7 131 Morningside) Downloaded from Ancestry
      1937 SIMPSON, MARY (Statutory registers Deaths 685/7 131 Morningside)
      Deaths in the District of Morningside in the City of Edinburgh 1937.
      Mary Stirling
      Widow of William Stirling, Iron Moulder
      1937 January Twentyeighth 3h20m PM
      15 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh
      (Usual residence 9 Burnbrae Place
      Grahamston, Falkirk) F. 64 Years
      Parents: Alexander Simpson,
      Coal Miner (deceased)
      Mary Ann Simpson M.S. Kirk (deceased)
      COD: Myocarditis, 3 Months
      as cert by
      Henry R Dodson M.B.
      Inf. Illegible possible James Jamieson Brother in Law
      15 Gilmore Place, Edinburgh, Present
      Registered
      1937 January 29th, Edinburgh
      D Dinnae
      Registrar

    Historical events

    Birthday November 29, 1872

    • The temperature on November 29, 1872 was about 8.4 °C. There was 0.5 mm of rain. The air pressure was 6 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southwest. The atmospheric humidity was 84%. Source: KNMI
    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from January 4, 1871 to July 6, 1872 the cabinet Thorbecke III, with Mr. J.R. Thorbecke (liberaal) as prime minister.
    • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
    • In the year 1872: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • February 20 » The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City.
      • February 22 » The Prohibition Party holds its first national convention in Columbus, Ohio, nominating James Black as its presidential nominee.
      • May 22 » Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
      • July 18 » The Ballot Act 1872 in the United Kingdom introduced the requirement that parliamentary and local government elections be held by secret ballot.
      • November 29 » American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
      • December 4 » The crewless American brigantine Mary Celeste, drifting in the Atlantic, is discovered by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship has been abandoned for nine days but is only slightly damaged. Her master Benjamin Briggs and all nine others known to have been on board are never accounted for.

    Day of marriage December 31, 1896

    • The temperature on December 31, 1896 was about 5.5 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 100%. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • Regentes Emma (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1898 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from May 9, 1894 to July 27, 1897 the cabinet Roëll, with Jonkheer mr. J. Roëll (oud-liberaal) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1896: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 5.1 million citizens.
      • February 1 » La bohème premieres in Turin at the Teatro Regio (Turin), conducted by the young Arturo Toscanini.
      • April 6 » In Athens, the opening of the first modern Olympic Games is celebrated, 1,500 years after the original games are banned by Roman emperor Theodosius I.
      • May 18 » The United States Supreme Court rules in Plessy v. Ferguson that the "separate but equal" doctrine is constitutional.
      • May 26 » Charles Dow publishes the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
      • May 26 » Nicholas II becomes the last Tsar of Imperial Russia.
      • September 21 » Anglo-Egyptian conquest of Sudan: British forces under the command of Horatio Kitchener take Dongola.

    Day of death January 28, 1937

    • The temperature on January 28, 1937 was between -8.1 °C and -4.3 °C and averaged -6.2 °C. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the east-northeast. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 31, 1935 to June 24, 1937 the cabinet Colijn III, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1937: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
      • May 27 » In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
      • June 14 » U.S. House of Representatives passes the Marihuana Tax Act.
      • July 29 » Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
      • August 13 » Second Sino-Japanese War: The Battle of Shanghai begins.
      • December 12 » Second Sino-Japanese War: USS Panay incident: Japanese aircraft bomb and sink U.S. gunboat USSPanay on the Yangtze river in China.
      • December 21 » Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length animated feature, premieres at the Carthay Circle Theatre.
    

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    Source: Wikipedia

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