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James Samuel Simpson 1816 – 1870 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1816

Birth Location: County Antrim, Northern Ireland

Death Date: 1870

Death Location: Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada

Father: Adam Simpson

Mother: Rachel McBride

Spouse(s): Mary Nesbit

Children(s): John Simpson, Robert Simpson, James Simpson, Samuel Simpson

James Samuel Simpson was born in County Antrim, Northern Ireland in 1816, to Adam Simpson and Rachel McBride. Later in life, James Samuel Simpson married Mary Jane Nesbit; among their children were John Simpson, Robert Simpson, James J. Simpson and Samuel Simpson. James Samuel Simpson died in Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada, 1870.

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Parents

Adam Simpson
1790 – 1871
Birth Location: –
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Rachel McBride
1793 –
Birth Location: –
RM

Spouses(s)

Mary Nesbit
Birth Location: –
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Children(s)

John Simpson
1846 – 1931
Birth Location: Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
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Robert Simpson
1848 – 1929
Birth Location: Kingston, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
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James Simpson
1850 – 1934
Birth Location: Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
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Samuel Simpson
1853 – 1930
Birth Location: Belleville, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 1816
    Event Place: County Antrim, Northern Ireland
    Record Source: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 1870
    Event Place: Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Battersea, Frontenac County, Ontario, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
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