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Edward Alfred SIMPSON (1844 - 1918)

Children	Self + Spouses	Parents	Grandparents	Greatgrandparents
Edith Henrietta SIMPSON (1870 - 1935) Edward Alfred SIMPSON (1874 - ) Fanny Ada SIMPSON (1875 - 1905) Eva Gertrude SIMPSON (1877 - 1904) May Isabel SIMPSON (1879 - 1970) Edward Frederick Samuel SIMPSON (1881 - 1951) Florence Lillian SIMPSON (1884 - 1978) Sidney Leonard Charles SIMPSON (1887 - 1969) Elsie Violet Winifred SIMPSON (1889 - 1972) Gwendoline Effie Augusta SIMPSON (1891 - 1980)	Edward Alfred SIMPSON (1844 - 1918) + Augusta Jane Caroline (JAMES) SANDROCK (1852 - 1946)

b. 1844 at London

m. 1868 Augusta Jane Caroline (JAMES) SANDROCK (1852 - 1946) at Sweers Island, Queensland, Australia

d. 1918 at Bowen, Queensland, Australia aged 74

Near Relatives of Edward Alfred SIMPSON (1844 - 1918)
Relationship	Person	Born	Birth Place	Died	Death Place	Age
Father in Law	George Frederick SANDROCK	1819	Chatham, Kent, England	1909	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	90
Mother in Law	Sarah Maria PAIN	1814	Mornington, Kent, England	1905	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	91
Self	Edward Alfred SIMPSON	1844	London	1918	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	74
Wife	Augusta Jane Caroline (JAMES) SANDROCK	abt 1852		1946	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	94
Daughter	Edith Henrietta SIMPSON	1870	Mornington, Kent, England	1935	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	65
Son	Edward Alfred SIMPSON	1874	East Sussex, England
Daughter	Fanny Ada SIMPSON	1875	Sussex, England	1905	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	30
Daughter	Eva Gertrude SIMPSON	1877	Wisbech, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England	1904	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	27
Daughter	May Isabel SIMPSON	1879	Wisbech, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England	1970	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	91
Son	Edward Frederick Samuel SIMPSON	1881		1951	Cardwell, Queensland, Australia	70
Daughter	Florence Lillian SIMPSON	1884	Ely, East Cambridgeshire, England	1978	Brisbane, Queenland, Australia	94
Son	Sidney Leonard Charles SIMPSON	1887	Queensland, Australia	1969	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	82
Daughter	Elsie Violet Winifred SIMPSON	1889	Queensland, Australia	1972	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	83
Daughter	Gwendoline Effie Augusta SIMPSON	1891	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1980	Normanby, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	89
Son in Law	Walter Donald BOULTER	16 Jul 1870	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	1953	Chatswood, NSW, Australia	83
Son in Law	George William WALE	1869	Isle of Wight, Hampshire, England	1958	Tambo, Queensland, Australia	89
Son in Law	Maurice Nelson CATHCART	1873	Antrim, Ireland	1962	Redcliffe, Brisbane, Queensland	89
Son in Law	Henry Crossley SMETHURST	1868	Broulee, New South Wales, Australia	1959	Lake Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia	91
Daughter in Law	Sarah Harriett SIMPSON	1895		1991	Cardwell, Queensland, Australia	96
Son in Law	George Henry (Gary) BELL	1887	Charters Towers, Queensland, Australia	1955	North Ward, Townsville, Queensland, Australia	68
Daughter in Law	Alice Rebecca CHINN	1896	Aramac, Queensland, Australia	1963	Queensland, Australia	67
Son in Law	Frederick George PAYNE	1886	Queensland, Australia	1966	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	80
Son in Law	Thomas Charles TERRY			1947	Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Son in Law	William Henry REDGWELL			1969	Warwick, Queensland, Australia
Granddaughter	Gwendoline May BOULTER	1902	Sydney, NSW, Australia	1996	Gordon, NSW, Australia	94
Granddaughter	Clare BOULTER	1906	St Leonards, North Sydney, NSW, Australia	2000	Traralgon, Victoria, Australia	94
Granddaughter	Dorothy Eva CATHCART	1902	Queensland, Australia	1991	Townsville, Queensland, Australia	89
Sister in Law	Frances Henrietta SANDROCK	1848	Greenwich, London, England	1923	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia	75
Sister in Law	Emma Catherine SANDROCK	1856	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia	1856	Newtown, Sydney, NSW, Australia	0

Events in Edward Alfred SIMPSON (1844 - 1918)'s life
Date	Age	Event	Place	Notes	Src
1844		Edward Alfred SIMPSON was born	London	See Obit
1868	24	Married Augusta Jane Caroline (JAMES) SANDROCK (aged 16)	Sweers Island, Queensland, Australia	Note 1
1870	26	Birth of daughter Edith Henrietta SIMPSON	Mornington, Kent, England	Note 2	68
1874	30	Birth of son Edward Alfred SIMPSON	East Sussex, England	Note 3
1875	31	Birth of daughter Fanny Ada SIMPSON	Sussex, England	Note 4
1877	33	Birth of daughter Eva Gertrude SIMPSON	Wisbech, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England	Note 5
1879	35	Birth of daughter May Isabel SIMPSON	Wisbech, Fenland District, Cambridgeshire, England	Note 6
1881	37	Birth of son Edward Frederick Samuel SIMPSON		Note 7
1884	40	Birth of daughter Florence Lillian SIMPSON	Ely, East Cambridgeshire, England	Burial info
1887	43	Birth of son Sidney Leonard Charles SIMPSON	Queensland, Australia	Note 8	52
1889	45	Birth of daughter Elsie Violet Winifred SIMPSON	Queensland, Australia	Burial info
1891	47	Birth of daughter Gwendoline Effie Augusta SIMPSON	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 9	52
1904	60	Death of daughter Eva Gertrude SIMPSON (aged 27)	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 10	52
1905	61	Death of daughter Fanny Ada SIMPSON (aged 30)	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 11	52
1918	74	Edward Alfred SIMPSON died	Bowen, Queensland, Australia	Note 12	60
1918	74	Burial	Bowen General Cemetery	Note 13	90

Note 1: Edward Alfred Hargraves ??????? in the Australia, Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Name: Edward Alfred Hargraves Marriage Date: 17 Jun 1868 Marriage Place: Queensland [ ] Registration Date: 1868 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Spouse: Augusta Jane Caroline Sandrock Registration Number: 000017 Page number: 6146

Note 2: Ancestry trees Edith Henrietta Simpson in the England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 Name: Edith Henrietta Simpson Gender: Female Baptism Date: 31 Jul 1870 Baptism Place: Nonington, Kent, England Father: Edward Alfred Simpson Mother: Augusta Jane Simpson FHL Film Number: 1835534

Note 3: Edward Alfred Simpson (groom). 15th July 1874 in the East Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 Name: Edward Alfred Simpson Gender: Male Parish as it Appears: Christ Church Spouse: Augusta Jane Caroline Simpson Child: Edward Alfred Simpson

Note 4: Fanny Ada Simpson in the East Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920 Name: Fanny Ada Simpson Baptism Date: 15 Aug 1875 Baptism Place: St Leonards Christ Church, Sussex, England Parish as it Appears: Christ Church Father: Edward Alfred Simpson (coachman) Mother: Augusta Jane Simps

Note 5: Census info c 1878 Burial info

Note 6: May Isabel Simpson  in the Norfolk, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1919 Name: May Isabel Simpson Baptism Date: 5 Mar 1882 Baptism Place: St John the Evangelist, King's Lynn, England Search Photos: Search for 'St John the Evangelist, King's Lynn' in the UK City, Town and Village Photos collection Father: Edward Alfred Simpson Mother: Augusta Jane Caroline Simpson

Note 7: Age 4 on immigration records in 1885

Note 8: Sidney Leonard Charles Simpson in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Sidney Leonard Charles Simpson Birth Date: 7 Oct 1887 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1887 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Edward Alfred Simpson Mother: Augusta Jane Caroline Sandrock Page number: 13643 Registration Number: 000358

Note 9: Burial info Gwendoline Augusta Effie Simpson in the Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 Name: Gwendoline Augusta Effie Simpson Birth Date: 26 Nov 1891 Birth Place: Queensland Registration Year: 1892 Registration Place: Queensland, Australia Father: Edward Alfred Simpson Mother: Augusta Jane Caroline Sandrock Page number: 23976 Registration Number: 000378

Note 10: Eva Gertrude Cathcart in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Eva Gertrude Cathcart Death Date: 11 Oct 1904 Death Place: Queensland Registration Date: 1904 Registration Place: Australia Father: Edward Alfred Simpson Mother: Augusta Jane Caroline Sandrock Registration Number: 003986 Page number: 4157

Note 11: Fanny Ada Wale in the Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985 Name: Fanny Ada Wale Death Date: 30 Sep 1905 Death Place: Queensland Registration Date: 1905 Registration Place: Australia Father: Edward Simpson Mother: Augustus Sandrock Registration Number: 004231 Page number: 26934

Note 12: Edward Alfred Simpson Birth 29 Dec 1841 Death 5 Dec 1918 (aged 76) Burial Bowen General Cemetery Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia Bowen Independent 10 Dec 1918 DEATH OF MR. A. E. SIMPSON, Another old resident in the person of Albert Edward Simpson, better known as Ted Simpson; joined the great majority on, Wednesday last; death. taking place at the Kennedy Hospital from senile decay the age of 77 years. The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon, Mr. C. Whitehead, in the absence of Rev. Mc- Keown (Church of England) in the coun try; peforming the last sad rites at the graveside. The late Mr Simpson was born in London, England, and as a young man was coachman and groom to the Prince of Wales (the late King Edward) He came out to Australia as a midship man in the Navy. Went overland with Suryeyor James Landsborough to Burke- town and afterwards was in the Customs service at Swears Island in the Gulf. Married the second daughter of Mr. G. F. Sandrock, (for many years Sub-Collector of Customs here) and leaves a wife, now residing at Brisbane, and grown up family of 2 sons and five daughters, 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild to mourn their loss, his daughters being Mrs. W. Boulter, Sydney, Mrs Terry, Goondiwindi, Mrs H. C. Smethurst and Mrs F. Payne, Don River.

Note 13: Edward Alfred Simpson Birth 29 Dec 1841 Death 5 Dec 1918 (aged 76) Burial Bowen General Cemetery Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia

Personal Notes:

from burial records of dau

Source References:

60. Type: Newspaper, Title: Trove, http://trove.nla.gov.au

- Reference = (Death)

- Notes: Bowen Independent 10 Dec 1918 DEATH OF MR. A. E. SIMPSON, Another old resident in the person of Albert Edward Simpson, better known as Ted Simpson; joined the great,majority on, Wednesday last; death. taking place at the Kennedy Hospital from senile decay the age of 77 years. The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon, Mr. C. Whitehead, in the absence of Rev. Mc- Keown (Church of England) in the coun try; peforming the last sad rites at the graveside. The late Mr Simpson was born in London, England, and as a young man was coachman and groom to the Prince of Wales (the late King Edward) He came out to Australia as a midship man in the Navy. Went overland with Suryeyor James Landsborough to Burke- town and afterwards was in the Customs service at Swears Island in the Gulf. Married the second daughter of Mr. G. F. Sandrock, (for many years Sub-Collector of Customs here) and leaves a wife, now residing at Brisbane, and grown up family of 2 sons and five daughters, 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild to mourn their loss, his daughters being Mrs. W. Boulter, Sydney, Mrs Terry, Goondiwindi, Mrs H. C. Smethurst and Mrs F. Payne, Don River.

90. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Find A Grave, Title: Findagrave.com

- Reference = (Burial)

- Notes: Edward Alfred Simpson Birth 29 Dec 1841 Death 5 Dec 1918 (aged 76) Burial Bowen General Cemetery Bowen, Whitsunday Region, Queensland, Australia

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