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Harry Simpson 1919–2000 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Oct 1919

Birth Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Death Date: Feb 2000

Death Location: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Father: Harry Simpson

Mother: Jane Wigelsworth

Spouse(s): Gladys Gourlay

Children(s): Keith Simpson

Harry Simpson was born in 1919 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the child of Harry Simpson And Jane Harriette Preston Wigelsworth. Harry Simpson married Gladys Cameron Gourlay, and had children including Jennifer Simpson Jennifer Roussel, Keith Simpson. Harry Simpson passed away in 2000 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Biography

  • Harry Simpson was born in 1919 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, the child of Harry Simpson And Jane Harriette Preston Wigelsworth.
  • Harry Simpson married Gladys Cameron Gourlay, and had children including Jennifer Simpson Jennifer Roussel, Keith Simpson.
  • Harry Simpson passed away in 2000 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.

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Harry Simpson's Ancestors

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Harry Simpson
1919–2000
Birth Place: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Parents
Harry Simpson
1870–1937
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Jane (Harriette Preston) Wigelsworth
1883–1962
Lisburn, Down, Northern Ireland
Grandparents
John (Jackson) Wigelsworth
1853–
Church Park, Roscommon, Ireland
Anne Wilson
1850–1916
Dungannon, Tyrone, Northern Ireland
Great-Grandparents
Robert II
1801–1867
Mary Gallagher
1827–1868
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Robert Wigelsworth
1758–1807
Sarah Robinson
–1808

Harry Simpson's Descendants

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Harry Simpson (19 Oct 1919–Feb 2000) m. Gladys (Cameron) Gourlay (26 Oct 1917–26 Feb 2012)
  1. 1. Keith Simpson 1950–2004

Harry Simpson's Timeline

2 Records

1919
19 Oct 1919
Birth of Harry Simpson in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
2000
Feb 2000
Age 81
Death of Harry Simpson in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Oct 1919
    Event Place: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: Feb 2000
    Event Place: Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

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