JAMES (1856 - 1914) and AMELIA SIMPSON (1857-1933)
Henry SIMPSON was always known as HARRY and was the second son of JAMES and AMELIA SIMPSON.
The 1901 Census shows the family living at 355 Walkley Lane Sheffield (Nether Hallam), PRO Ref RG13/4343 Page No 4 entry 29
|
SURNAME |
Age |
Relation | Occupation | Place of Birth |
| James SIMPSON | 44 | Head | Sheffield Yorkshire | |
| Amelia SIMPSON | 43 | Wife | Sheffield Yorkshire | |
| Fred SIMPSON | 13 | Son | Sheffield Yorkshire | |
| Harry SIMPSON | 11 | Son | Sheffield Yorkshire | |
| Alice SIMPSON | 8 | Daughter | Sheffield Yorkshire | |
| Charlie SIMPSON | 6 | Son | Sheffield Yorkshire |
No entry was made for James' occupation but the address is the location of a club called the La Plata and so it must be assumed that James and Amelia were the stewards, managers (or even owners) of the club.
355 Walkley Lane Sheffield - Photograph taken February 2007
The 1901 information ties in with the entry twenty years earlier in the 1881 Census which shows James's occupation as a barman. Craven Street was, and still is, in the Netherthorpe, district of Sheffield.
No 4 Craven Street Sheffield
FHL Film 1342123 PRO Ref RG11 Piece Folio 4647/62 Page Number 27
|
SURNAME |
Age |
Rel | Occupation | Place of Birth |
| James SIMPSON | 24 | Head | Barman (Inn Servant) | Sheffield Yorkshire |
| Amelia SIMPSON | 23 | Wife | Sheffield Yorkshire | |
| Amelia FIDLER | 57 | Mother in Law | Nurse (Sub Med) | Holmesfield Derbyshire |
For a few years I made very little progress on investigating this side of my wife's family, but in March 2008 I received further information that enabled me to make significant progress. The first piece of information was this entry in the FreeBMD Indexes
Birth Registered in June 1858 quarter FIDDLER Amelia - Ecclesall Bierlow Volume 9C page 229
but far more importantly was the information I received from a descendent of JAMES and AMELIA and it concerned their respective parents HENRY and SARAH SIMPSON and SAMUEL and AMELIA FIDLER.
As for James and Amelia, they were both buried in St Mary's C of E Cemetery in Walkley, Sheffield. The burial registers give the following information
[Name/date of burial/address or place where death occurred/age/ceremony
by]
Grave reference B320
SIMPSON James 30 Jul 1895 355 Walkley Lane 9
SIMPSON James 7 Dec 1914 355 Walkley Lane 56 T.M. Archer
SIMPSON Sarah 18 Apr 1886 "Hillsbro',Taplin Rd" 2½ Thomas Smith
Grave Reference B350
[Name/date of burial/address or place where death occurred/age/ceremony
by]
SIMPSON Amelia 27 Mar 1933 355 Walkley Lane 72 Guy TS Cook
The information revealed two children that I was unaware of - JAMES and SARAH SIMPSON. Sarah would have been the eldest child, born in late 1883.(GRO REF Ecclesall Bierlow Volume 9C Page310). Her death is registered in the June quarter of 1886 (GRO REF Wortley Volume 9C Page 148). She was just two years of age when she died. Her brother JAMES was born in the same year as she died (GRO REF Wortley Volume 9C Page 265). His death was registered nine years later in the September quarter of 1895 (GRO REF Ecclesall Bierlow Volume 9C Page310)
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