Bramhalls and Simpsons

The information on this page has been compiled by Harvey Simpson of British Columbia, Canada to whom I am grateful for permission to publish it at this site.

Children:

• i John Bramhall b. 8 Nov 1825, d. 10 Mar 1874, bur: St James, Whitfield.
• 2. ii Betty Bramhall b. 11 Jul 1827.
• 3. iii Lettice Bramhall b. 30 Dec 1829.
• 4. iv Hannah Bramhall b. 7 Feb 1832.

2. Betty Bramhall b. 11 Jul 1827, Glossop, m. 1848, in Glossop, Thomas Wood, b. 1826, Padfield ( see family #64 on the Second Wood Page), occ: Rag Merchant, d. 20 Dec 1903, Glossop, bur: 23 Dec 1903, Glossop Cemetery. Betty died 12 Dec 1909, bur: Dec 1909, Glossop Cemetery. 1881 census gives her age as 53. Thomas: 1881 census gives his age as 55, family at 6 Derby Street, Glossop.

Children:

• 5. i John Wood b. ca 1849.
• ii Nancy Wood b. 1851, bur: 8 Mar 1857, St James' Whitfield.
• iii Harriet Ellen Wood b. 1853, bur: 25 Mar 1857, St James', Whitfield. Aged 3 years 9 months when she died.
• 6. iv Charlotte Wood b. 1856.
• v Harriett Wood b. 1861, Glossop, occ: Cotton weaver, m. Lewis Clegg. 1881 census gives her age as 20.
• vi Elizabeth Wood b. 1863, bur: 30 Mar 1873, Glossop Cemetery.
• vii William Wood b. 1867, Glossop. 1881 census has him as a 14 year old assistant in a rag warehouse.

3. Lettice Bramhall b. 30 Dec 1829, Chunal, m. (1) 6 Aug 1850, in St James', Whitfield, Harvey Simpson, b. ca 1835, Chesterfield, d. 8 Dec 1872, bur: 11 Dec 1872, Glossop Cemetery, m. (2) 9 Nov 1887, in S Mary's, Charlesworth, James Roberts, b. 1832, Glossop, occ: Farmer, bur: 29 Jan 1895, Glossop Cemetery. Lettice died 29 May 1911, Whitfield, bur: 31 May 1911, Glossop Cemetery. 1881 census gives her age as 51 at 69 Charlestown Rd, Whitfield. Harvey: Apprentice to Joseph Robinson at Gnat Hole at time of 1851 Census. James: 1881 census gives his age as 49, at Herod Farm, Glossop.

Children:

• 7. i John Simpson b. 4 Nov 1850.
• 8. ii Ephas Ann Simpson b. 16 Jul 1856.
• 9. iii Harvey Bramhall Simpson b. 4 Nov 1871.

4. Hannah Bramhall b. 7 Feb 1832, bpt: 22 Apr 1832, Glossop Wesleyan Chapel, m. 1854, in Ashton under Lyne, John Chadwick, b. 16 Apr 1830, Gamesley. Died after 1881 census. John: Recorded as a widower in the 1891 census. family at 329 High St W, Glossop in 1881 census.

Children:

• i Martha Ann Chadwick b. 23 Sep 1854, Chunal, occ: Coton weaver.
• ii William Thomas Chadwick b. 8 Oct 1861, Glossop, occ: Pawnbrokers assistant.
• iii Lettice Chadwick b. 22 Jan 1864, Glossop, occ: Cotton weaver.
• iv Mary Chadwick b. 2 May 1866, Glossop, occ: Cotton weaver.
• v John Charles Chadwick b. 6 Sep 1868, Glossop.
• vi Elizabeth Chadwick b. 23 May 1874, Glossop.

5. John Wood b. ca 1849, Glossop, occ: Farmer of 19 acres, m. Eliza Bowden, b. ca 1848, Glossop, bur: 26 Jul 1893, Glossop Cemetery. John bur: 2 Apr 1938, Glossop Cemetery. 1881 census gives his age as 32, family living at Chunal. Eliza: 1881 census gives her age as 33.

Children:

• i Herbert Wood b. ca 1872, Glossop, bur: 22 Jun 1945, Glossop Cemetery. 1881 census gives his age as 9.
• ii Edmund Wood b. ca 1873, bur: 1 Apr 1874, Glossop Cemetery. Aged 9 months when he died
• iii William Wood b. Jan 1875, bur: 17 Apr 1875, Glossop Cemetery. Aged 3 months when he died.
• iv Elizabeth Wood b. ca 1877, Glossop. 1881 census gives her age as 4.
• v Emma Wood b. ca 1879, Glossop, bur: 9 Sep 1885, Glossop Cemetery. 1881 census gives her age as 2.
• vi Harriet Wood b. 1881, Glossop. 1881 census gives her age as 3 months.
• vii Thomas A. Wood b. ca 1884.
• viii Martha Bramhall Wood b. 1887, bur: 12 Jul 1887, Glossop Cemetery. Aged 8 days when she died.
• ix Nancy Wood b. ca 1891.

6. Charlotte Wood b. 856, Glossop, m. Thomas Charles Fielding, b. ca 1851, Glossop, occ: Bookkeeper at cotton mill. 1881 census gives her age as 25. Thomas: 1881 census gives his age as 30, family living at 1 Shaw Street, Glossop.

Children:

• i Fred Fielding b. ca 1879, Glossop. 1881 census gives his age as 2.

7. John Simpson b. 4 Nov 1850, occ: Police Constable, m. (1) 11 Jan 1870, in St James', Whitfield, Betsy Williamson, b. ca 1846, Hague, Cheshire, (daughter of Nathan Williamson and Nancy (Williamson)) m. (2) 1881, in St Pancras, London, Isobella Banks, b. ca 1849, Westmorland, England, d. 1946, Malachi, Ontario, Canada, bur: Malachi Cemetery. John died 13 Oct 1941, Malachi, Ontario, Canada, bur: Malachi Cemetery. 1881 census has him aged 31 living at 69 Leverton St West Side, St Pancras, London. Betsy: 1881 census has her as a 34 year old confectioner born in Mottram, living at 132 West Bar, Sheffield. She is described as married. Isobella: 1881 census gives her age as 32.

Children:

• i Alfred Simpson b. 7 Jun 1871, Glossop. 1881 census has him aged 9 living with his mother.
• ii Levi Simpson b. 4 Jun 1873, Glossop. 1881 census has him aged 7, living with his mother.
• iii John Simpson Banks/Simpson b. 2 Feb 1881, Kentish Town, Middlesex, m. (1) Harriet Jane Thomas, b. 17 Jun 1871, Orono, Clarke Twp, Northumberland, Can, d. 1 Jul 1917, Malachi, Ontario, Canada, bur: Crookston, Minnesota, USA, m. (2) 10 Sep 1918, in Transcona, Manitoba, Canada, Mabel A. Evans, b. 9 Jan 1895, Rome, New York State, USA. John died 15 Dec 1984, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. 1881 census gives his age as 2 months.
• iv William Simpson b. London, England, m. Daisy (Simpson). Immigrated to Canada 1898.
• v Ernest Walter Simpson b. 14 Feb 1885, London, England.
• vi Albert Simpson b. 1890, m. (1) Gertrude Muncer, b. 1895, d. 1 Sep 1947, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, bur: 4 Sep 1947, Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, m. (2) 1949, Ella Clarke. Albert died 1 Oct 1968, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, bur: 4 Oct 1968, Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg..

8. Ephas Ann Simpson b. 16 Jul 1856, Chunal, Glossop, m. 1881, in Ashton under Lyne, Lancs, Thomas Henry Handforth, b. Charlesworth. Ephas died 8 Sep 1897, Whitfield, bur: 11 Sep 1897, Glossop Cemetery. Surname on gravestone inscribed as "Handford".

Children:

• i Robert Handforth b. 8 Mar 1882, Greenfield, Saddleworth, Yorks, m. Margaret Elliott. Robert died 19 Mar 1954, Silver Creek, Salmon Arm, B.C., Canada, bur: 22 Mar 1954, Mt. Ida Cemetery, Salmon Arm, B.C. Can..
• ii Frederick Handforth b. 3 Sep 1884, England, d. 31 Aug 1954, Port Coquitlam, B.C., Canada, bur: Sep 1954, Mt Ida Cemetery, Salmon Arm, B.C., Can.

9. Harvey Bramhall Simpson b. 4 Nov 1871, Chunal, Glossop, m. 15 Feb 1891, in Whitfield, Ruth Thornley, b. 29 Aug 1871, Simmondley, Glossop, (daughter of Robert Thornley and Sarah Harrison see family #17 on the Thornley/Thorniley Page) d. 7 Aug 1932, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, bur: 10 Aug 1932, Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, Man, Can. Harvey died 11 Jan 1920, Malachi, Ontario, Canada, bur: 14 Jan 1920, Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, Man, Can. 1881 census gives his age as 9, living with his mother. Ruth: 1881 census gives her age as 9.

Children:

• i John Bramhall Simpson b. 15 Mar 1891, Glossop, d. 18 Mar 1891, Glossop, bur: 21 Mar 1891, St James', Whitfield.
• ii Lettice Simpson b. 24 Mar 1892, Glossop, d. 31 Oct 1894, Glossop, bur: 2 Nov 1894, Glossop Cemetery.
• iii Thomas Simpson b. 16 Sep 1894, Glossop, m. 9 Sep 1933, in St Phillip's, St Boniface, Manitoba, Elsie June Dunn, b. 17 Jun 1913, Sec 9-20-12W, Westbourne, Manitoba, Can, d. 14 Sep 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, bur: 17 Sep 1976, Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg. Thomas died 30 Nov 1980, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, bur: 3 Dec 1980, Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg..
• iv Annie Simpson b. 14 Feb 1896, Glossop, m. 28 Jun 1916, in Malahi, Ontario, Canada, Arthur Marson, b. 12 Aug 1884, Scarborough, Yorks, England, occ: Mail carrier, d. 12 Mar 1959, St Boniface, Manitoba, Canada, bur: 16 Mar 1959, Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg. Manitoba. Annie died 2 Aug 1974, Oliver, B.C., Canada, bur: 13 Aug 1974, Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg, Manitoba..
• v Alice Simpson b. 23 Jul 1897, Hollingworth, Cheshire, d. 11 Dec 1897, Hollingworth, Cheshire, bur: 14 Dec 1897, Glossop Cemetery.
• vi William Simpson b. 29 Jan 1899, Glossop, d. 21 Apr 1900, Glossop, bur: 24 Apr 1900, Glossop Cemetery.
• vii Robert Simpson b. 1 May 1900, Glossop, d. 8 Nov 1950, Killarney, Manitoba, Canada, bur: 11 Nov 1950, Killarney Cemetery.
• viii Hilda Simpson b. 25 Feb 1902, Glossop, m. 17 Mar 1925, in Transcoma, Manitoba, Canada, Ernest E. Hurley, b. 3 Mar 1882, Halifax, Yorks, England, d. 29 Sep 1958, Ottermere, Ontario, Canada, bur: 3 Oct 1958, Elmwood Cemetery, Canada. Hilda died 31 Jul 1960, Ottermere, Ontario, Canada, bur: 3 Aug 1960, Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg..
• ix Frank Simpson b. 30 Aug 1903, 61 Charlestown Road, Glossop, m. 14 Oct 1944, in Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Genieva Alice Robinson, b. 7 Dec 1920, Leamon, Alta, Canada, d. 2 Apr 1988, Oilver, B.C., Canada, bur: 8 Apr 1988, Cremated. Frank died 19 Dec 1984, Oliver, B.C. Canada, bur: 21 Dec 1984, Cremated..
• x Harvey Simpson b. 22 Nov 1904, Glossop, d. 30 Oct 1966, White Rock, B.C., Canada, bur: 3 Nov 1966, Ocean View, Burnaby, B.C., Canada.
• xi Ruth Simpson b. 4 Apr 1906, Glossop, d. 16 Apr 1907, Glossop, bur: 20 Apr 1907, Glossop Cemetery. Born at 43 Hague Street, Glossop.
• xii Sarah Simpson b. 25 Apr 1910, 61 Charlestown Road, Glossop, m. 29 Sep 1933, in Ninga, Manitoba, Canada, Harry Percival Hillier, b. 4 Apr 1905, Ninga, Manitoba, Canada, (son of Thomas Hillier and Martha Louise Fairhall) occ: Farmer, d. 4 Nov 1972, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, bur: 7 Nov 1972, Rosewood Cemetery, Brandon.

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