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Ellen Rosina (Eyers) Simpson (1872 - 1948)

Ellen Rosina "Nellie" Simpson formerly Eyers
Born in Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Wife of — married 3 Nov 1903 in Toronto, Ontario, Canadamap
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Died at age 75 in Compton, Los Angeles, California, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

Birth

Nellie Eyers was born in Trowbridge, England on July 12, 1872 to Jacob Eyers and Julia (Stokes) Eyers. [1] Her father, Jacob, was a clothworker. [2] Shortly following her birth, Jacob immigrated to North America; [2] it is possible that wife Julia and newborn Nellie accompanied him on this voyage or they may have joined him at a later date.

Immigration to Canada

By 1881, Nellie and her parents had settled in southern Ontario, first living in the community of Paris [3] before arriving in Port Dover, a village on the shores of Lake Erie. [4] Jacob worked there as a dyer. [4]

Marriage and Children

Nellie married John Walter Simpson on November 3, 1903 in Toronto. [5] John was a tailor [6] whose family had immigrated to Port Dover from Scotland around 1892. [7] They had six children together, of whom five survived to adulthood:

Name Sex Date of Birth Place of Birth
Stella Blanche [6] F 20 Jan 1897 Port Dover, ON
Carrie May [8] F 15 Sep 1898 Port Dover, ON
Winnefred Eve [9] F 23 Dec 1900 Port Dover, ON
Emily Subrina [10] F 20 June 1903 Port Dover, ON
Unnamed (stillborn) [11] F 12 Nov 1905 Port Dover, ON
Lawrence Russell [12] M 6 Oct 1906 Port Dover, ON

By 1911 they had moved a few miles north to the city of Brantford. [13]

Immigration to the US

Between 1921 and 1930, Nellie and John immigrated to the United States and took up residence in Long Beach, California, where John worked as a clerk for a steamship company. [14] In the mid to late 1930's, they moved to nearby Wilmington, California. [15]

Second and Third Marriage

John died in 1938; [15] Nellie remarried on January 8, 1946 to Eli Basel in Los Angeles. [16] Eli died only nine months later on October 19, [17] after which Nellie married a third time, this time to Carroll Gott of Oxnard. [18]

Death

Nellie's third marriage would not last much longer than her second. She died twelve months later, on April 12, 1948, at the age of 75. [1] She was buried at Inglewood Park Cemetery in Los Angeles county. [19]

Residence

Year Address Community County/Parish State/Province Country
1881 [3] N/A Paris Brant Ontario Canada
1891 [4] N/A Port Dover Norfolk Ontario Canada
1901 [20] N/A Port Dover Norfolk Ontario Canada
1911 [13] 196 Erie Ave Brantford Brant Ontario Canada
1921 [21] 12 Brunswick St Brantford Brant Ontario Canada
1930 [14] 2395 Locust Ave Long Beach Los Angeles California USA
1938 [15] 1053 King Ave Wilmington Los Angeles California USA
1940 [22] 4264 Lavinia Ave Lynwood Los Angeles California USA
1946 [16] 12008 Cornish Ave Lynwood Los Angeles California USA
1948 [1] 235 W 1st St Oxnard Ventura California USA

Marriages

Date Spouse Location
3 Nov 1903 [5] John Walter Simpson Toronto, Ontario, Canada
8 Jan 1946 [16] Eli Andrew Basel Los Angeles, California, USA
24 March 1947 [18] Carroll F Gott Los Angeles, California, USA

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG3C-K71W : 1 March 2021), Ellen Gott, 1948.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Massachusetts, Index to Boston Passenger Lists, 1848-1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV51-78P7 : 23 February 2021), Jacob Eyers, 1872; citing Immigration, ship Hecla, NARA microfilm publication M265 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1969), roll #M265.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDZ-VN5 : 2 March 2021), Ellen Eyrs in household of Jacob Eyrs, Paris, Brant, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Jacob Eyrs, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWLG-DGM : 3 August 2016), Helen Eyers, Port Dover, Norfolk South, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148158.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZBL-BFG : 8 March 2021), Wm John Simpson and Ellen R Eyers, 03 Nov 1903; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,280.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMD2-PJD : 2 March 2021), John Simpson in entry for Stella B. Simpson, 20 Jan 1897; citing Birth, Port Dover, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,906,133.
  7. ↑ "Canada Census, 1921," entry for John Simpson in district 68 sub-district 16, Brantford, Ontario (family 116 page 10 line 49). Library Archives Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/Pages/default.aspx; image: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1348612). Accessed 1 Oct 2021.
  8. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMDT-DMS : 2 March 2021), John Simpson in entry for Carrie May Simpson, 15 Sep 1898; citing Birth, Port Dover, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,928,125.
  9. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FLMC-VS9 : 13 February 2020), John Simpson in entry for Winnefred Eve Simpson, 1900.
  10. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FMZY-V9P : 2 March 2021), John Simpson in entry for Emily Subrina Simpson, 20 Jun 1903; citing Birth, Port Dover, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,148,638.
  11. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV94-GL9P : 2 March 2021), Simpson, 12 Nov 1905; citing Birth, Port Dover, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,257,202.
  12. ↑ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9H-SNJ9 : 2 March 2021), John Simpson in entry for Lawrence R Simpson, 06 Oct 1906; citing Birth, Port Dover, Norfolk, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,295,321.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9R-L15C : 16 March 2018), Nellie Simpson in entry for John Simpson, 1911; citing Census, Brant Sub-Districts 1-35, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,691.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJP-9D8 : accessed 24 October 2021), Nellie R Simpson in household of John W Simpson, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1142, sheet 6B, line 65, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 130; FHL microfilm 2,339,865.
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTP-39YD : 1 March 2021), John W Simpson, 1938.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8K3-5P5 : 9 March 2021), Eli Andrew Basel and Ella Rosena Simpon, 08 Jan 1946; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,299.
  17. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3V-YT7P : 1 March 2021), Eli Andrew Basel, 1946.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8K6-J8T : 9 March 2021), Carroll F Gott and Ellen Basel, 24 Mar 1947; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,858.
  19. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SM-FCMJ : 14 September 2020), Ellen Ayers Simpson, ; Burial, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Inglewood Park Cemetery; citing record ID 156284512, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
  20. ↑ "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLP-928 : 23 February 2021), Ellen K Simpson in household of Walter J Simpson, Norfolk (south/sud), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 1, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
  21. ↑ "Canada Census, 1921," entry for Nellie Simpson in district 68 sub-district 16, Brantford, Ontario (family 116 page 10 line 50). Library Archives Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/Pages/default.aspx; image: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1348613). Accessed 24 Oct 2021.
  22. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97F-HZ8 : 5 January 2021), Ellen R Simpson in household of J Cray Trueling Bowen, Compton Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-111, sheet 40B, line 80, family 937, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 224.
  • "Canada Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MVDZ-VN5 : 2 March 2021), Ellen Eyrs in household of Jacob Eyrs, Paris, Brant, Ontario, Canada; from "1881 Canadian Census." Database with images. Ancestry. (www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing Jacob Eyrs, citing Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.
  • "Canada Census, 1891," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWLG-DGM : 3 August 2016), Helen Eyers, Port Dover, Norfolk South, Ontario, Canada; Public Archives, Ottawa, Ontario; Library and Archives Canada film number 30953_148158.
  • "Canada Census, 1901," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KHLP-928 : 23 February 2021), Ellen K Simpson in household of Walter J Simpson, Norfolk (south/sud), Ontario, Canada; citing p. 1, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa.
  • "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKM5-D7KK : 8 March 2021), Wm John Simpson and Ellen R Eyers, 03 Nov 1903; citing registration , Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,266,879.
  • "Recensement du Canada de 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV9R-L15C : 16 March 2018), Nellie Simpson in entry for John Simpson, 1911; citing Census, Brant Sub-Districts 1-35, Ontario, Canada, Library and Archives of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; FHL microfilm 2,417,691.
  • "Canada Census, 1921," entry for Nellie Simpson in district 68 sub-district 16, Brantford, Ontario (family 116 page 10 line 50). Library Archives Canada (https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/Pages/default.aspx; image: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/census/1921/Pages/item.aspx?itemid=1348613). Accessed 24 Oct 2021.
  • "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJP-9D8 : accessed 24 October 2021), Nellie R Simpson in household of John W Simpson, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 1142, sheet 6B, line 65, family 184, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 130; FHL microfilm 2,339,865.
  • "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K97F-HZ8 : 5 January 2021), Ellen R Simpson in household of J Cray Trueling Bowen, Compton Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 19-111, sheet 40B, line 80, family 937, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 224.
  • "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8K3-5P5 : 9 March 2021), Eli Andrew Basel and Ella Rosena Simpon, 08 Jan 1946; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,299.
  • "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8K6-J8T : 9 March 2021), Carroll F Gott and Ellen Basel, 24 Mar 1947; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,858.
  • "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG3C-K71W : 1 March 2021), Ellen Gott, 1948.
  • "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2SM-FCMJ : 14 September 2020), Ellen Ayers Simpson, ; Burial, Inglewood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Inglewood Park Cemetery; citing record ID 156284512, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.




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