1864 - 1912 (48 years)
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Name |
George Nicholas Simpson |
Born |
1864 |
Wellington, NSW |
Gender |
Male |
Died |
20 Mar 1912 |
North of Port Hedland, Western Australia |
- Lost at sea when SS Koombana disappeared in a tropical cylcone with the loss of approximately 76 passengers and 74 crew. Other than a small quantity of wreckage, no trace was ever found of the ship, which was presumed sunk along with several other vessels during the same storm. At least a further 15 people died in other ships and near the cyclone. As accurate passenger lists were not kept at the time, the exact number of deaths is not known; however, all on board are presumed to have perished. The loss was almost certainly Australia's worst weather-related maritime disaster in the twentieth century.
[From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Koombana]
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Person ID |
I12261 |
Simpson & Elder |
Last Modified |
17 Dec 2013 |
Father |
William Butler Simpson, b. 12 May 1836, Sydney, NSW , d. 2 Jul 1912, 'Foston', Liverpool Street, Rose, Woollahra, Sydney, NSW (Age 76 years) |
Mother |
Josephine Letitia Hyeronimus, b. c.1845, d. 20 Mar 1925, Rose Bay, Sydney (Age ~ 80 years) |
Married |
4 Jul 1863 |
Wellington, NSW |
Family ID |
F329 |
Group Sheet |
Family |
Amelia Mary Helen Hubert |
Married |
14 Feb 1893 |
St Pauls Church, West Maitland, NSW |
- SIMPSON - HUBERT.
On the 14th February, at St. Paul's Church, West Maitland, New South Wales, by the Rev. B. A. Anderson, 8.A., George N., eldest son of W. B. Simpson, Surveyor, Foxton, Darling Point, Sydney, to Minnie, eldest surviving daughter of H. B. Le T. Hubert, Townsville, North Queensland.
The Queenslander (Brisbane, Qld. : 1866 - 1939) Saturday 4 March 1893
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Children |
| 1. Minna J Simpson, b. 1894, Maitland East, NSW |
| 2. George H Simpson, b. 1895, Stroud, NSW |
| 3. Gwendoline Helen Simpson, b. 1898, Carnarvon, Western Australia , d. 1961, Victoria, Australia (Age 63 years) |
| 4. Unknown Simpson |
| 5. Ruth Gippe Simpson, b. 1902, Cossack, Western Australia |
| 6. Unknown Simpson |
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Last Modified |
19 Dec 2013 |
Family ID |
F1015 |
Group Sheet |
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