Albert Johnson Simpson (1848 - 1927)

Born 25 Dec 1848 in Crawfordsville, Montgomery, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Electa B. (Crandall) Simpson — married 10 Dec 1874 in Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States

Descendants

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Biography

Albert was born 4 miles north of Crawfordsville Indiana December 25 1848. He was born with a twin brother Alfred. When Albert was 2 years old his father Alfred died and Albert went to live with his father's sister Emmeline. He was raised by his aunt and uncle until he was 20 on their farm in Carlisle Iowa. ^[1]The 1850 census shows 2 year old Albert in Monroe Iowa with his siblings and mother.^[2] The 1860 census shows that he was living in Iowa with the family of Johnson and Emmeline (spelled Emeline in the census) Wright.^[3]

He married Electa Crandall on December 10, 1874 at home at 17th and Locust St. in Des Moines Iowa by the minister T. S. Berry, ^[1][4] Son Harry was born July 4, 1877 on a farm near Avon Station. Daughter Nellie was born October 5, 1882 in Malcolm Iowa, near a railway station where they had a flour mill. ^[1]

In 1892 they lost all of their possessions in the Grinell cyclone and came to California with several other families in a chartered car. They first lived in Del Mar for 6 months then moved to Mission Valley.^[1][5] and daughter Luella was born in Mission Valley San Diego.^[1]

The family moved to San Diego in 1896 and to Los Angeles in 1902.^[1] He passed away in 1927 in Los Angeles.^[6][1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Family records in daughter Nellie Meyer's bible, transcribed by Albert's son Harry Simpson and obtained by Norman Perry Laverty in the 1970s
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZ4N-8KS : 4 April 2020), Albert I Simpson in household of Eunice Simpson, Monroe county, Monroe, Iowa, United States; citing family 38, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M822-1NP : 13 December 2017), Albert J Simpson in entry for Johnson T Wright, 1860.
4. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJFP-R27 : 3 September 2017), A. J. Simpson and Electa Crandall, 10 Dec 1874, Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States; citing reference p 251, county courthouses, Iowa; FHL microfilm 1,014,766.
5. ↑ "California Great Registers, 1866-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNN8-ZLX : 25 July 2019), Albert J Simpson, 12 Oct 1892; citing Voter Registration, Mission, San Diego, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 977,095.
6. ↑ "California Death Index, 1905-1939," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKSM-DZ93 : 8 November 2017), Albert J Simpson, 21 Feb 1927; citing 8692, Department of Health Services, Vital Statistics Department, Sacramento; FHL microfilm 1,686,047.