 1868 - 1947 (79 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Edward Graham Simpson was born 16 Apr 1868, West Brompton; was christened 13 May 1868, St Luke, Chelsea, Middlesex; died 4 Aug 1947. Other Events:
- Career: 100 St Martins Lane, London; 1890s: Took over the family firm W.B.Simpson and Sons with his brother Frederick http://wbsimpsonsons.co.uk/history/
- Awards: 1 Dec 1891; Granted Freedom of City of London, by patrimony in the Company of Haberdashers
- Census: 1901, 2 Canley Villas, Muswell Hill Road; Edward Graham Simpson, Head, M, 33, Art Decorator, Employer, London
Ethel Marguerite Simpson, Wife, M, 23, Leighton Buzzard Beds
Graham Colin Simpson, Son, S, 7 Months, Muswell Hill Road
Priscilla Timbrell, Servant, S, 45, Domestic Nurse, London Tottenham Court Road
Florence Lilian Simpson, Servant, S, 20, General Servant, Luton Bedford
- Census: 1911, Links View, Stormont Road, Highgate N; Edward Graham Simpson, Head, 43, Married, Decorative Artist, Employer, London
Ethel Marguerite Simpson, Wife, 33, Married, Leighton Buzzard, Beds
Colin Graham Simpson*, Son, 10, Single, Muswell Hill N (*actually Graham Colin Simpson)
Lilian Janet Graham Simpson, daughter, 7, Single, Muswell Hill N
Beryl Graham Simpson, daughter, 2, Single, Highgate
Elizabeth Holland Sharman, Visitor, 62, Married, Private means, Boston Lincolnshire
Elizabeth Susan Eason, Cook domestic, 31, Single, Swavesey Cambridge
Amy Pantling, Nurse, 31, Single, Eggington Bedfordshire
Florence Maud Brown, Housemaid, 20, Single, Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire
Amelia Wilson, Between maid, 18, Holloway London
- Probate: 1 Nov 1947, Nottingham; Simpson, Edward Graham of Mapletree Farm Chartridge Buckinghamshire died 4 August 1947 Probate Nottingham 1 November to Ethel Marguerite Simpson widow Graham Colin Simpson contractor George Thornton Simpson solicitor and Stanley Thompson chartered accountant. Effects £101089 18s. 3d.
Edward married Ethel Marguerite Sharman Apr-Jun 1897, St George Hanover Square district. Ethel was born Oct-Dec 1876, Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire; died 31 May 1957. [Group Sheet]
Children:
- 2. Graham Colin Simpson
 was born 2 Aug1900, 'Inglecroft', Muswell Hill Road, Hornsey, Middlesex; died Jul - Sep 1978, Trafford district, Cheshire.
- 3. Lilian Janet Graham Simpson was born Jan - Feb 1904, Muswell Hill N, Edmonton, Middlesex; was christened 13 Feb 1904, St James, Muswell Hill.
- 4. Beryl Graham Simpson was born Jan-Mar 1909, Highgate; died 21 Oct 1949, The Cottage Hospital, Chesham, Buckinghamshire.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Graham Colin Simpson (1.Edward1) was born 2 Aug1900, 'Inglecroft', Muswell Hill Road, Hornsey, Middlesex; died Jul - Sep 1978, Trafford district, Cheshire. Other Events:
- Awards: 20 Sep 1921; Granted Freedom of City of London, by patrimony in the Company of Haberdashers
- Career: 1925; Became Director of family firm W.B.Simpson and Sons, and took full control in 1929 with Lionel Eric Coleridge Simpson. Retired in 1946.
http://wbsimpsonsons.co.uk/history/
Notes:
Birth:
From Freedom of City of London document
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| 4. | Beryl Graham Simpson (1.Edward1) was born Jan-Mar 1909, Highgate; died 21 Oct 1949, The Cottage Hospital, Chesham, Buckinghamshire. Other Events:
- .: 14 Mar 1938, From Jakarta, Indonesia to Southampton; Mrs Graham Beryl Simpson age 29 sails first class on the 'Christiaan Huygens' from Jakarta, Indonesia to Southampton, arriving on 14 Mar 1938. Address Chartridge, Chesham, Buckinghamshire, no occupation
- Probate: 21 Dec 1949, Nottingham; MARTHEWS Beryl Graham of Mapletree Farm Chartridge Buckinghamshire widow died 21 October at The Cottage Hospital Chesham Buckinghamshire Probate Nottingham 21 December to Alan Gilbert underwriter and George Thornton Simpson solicitor. Effects £19336 13s.9d.
Notes:
Died:
This date and also husband's surname deduced from Probate record showing George Thornton Simpson as Executor.
Beryl married F/O Roy Herbert Marthews, LDS RAF Oct-Dec 1945, Westminster district. Roy was born Oct-Dec 1906, Acton, Middlesex; died 27 Mar 1948, Princess Mary's Hospital, Halton, Buckinghamshire. [Group Sheet]
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