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Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 32 Send Message	Helen	Report	20 Mar 2012 18:42
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 32 Send Message	Peter Simpkin born 1866 Pemberton Wigan is living with his father Joseph and sisters Ellen 12 and Mary Ann 17 in 1881 at Highfield Wigan,his mother Alice died 1879. Thank you.Helen.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	20 Mar 2012 18:44
	1871 England Census about Peter Simpkin Name: Peter Simpkin Age: 4 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1867 Relation: Grandson Father's Name: Joseph Simpkin Mother's Name: Alice Simpkin Gender: Male Where born: Orwell, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Orrell Ecclesiastical parish: Pemberton Town: Lamberhead Green County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Registration district: Wigan Sub-registration district: Pemberton ED, institution, or vessel: 12 Household schedule number: 61 Piece: 3896 Folio: 51 Page Number: 12 Household Members: Name Age Peter Molyneux 68 Ellen Molyneux 70 Joseph Simpkin 30 Alice Simpkin 28 Mary Ann Simpkin 7 Peter Simpkin 4 Ellen Simpkin 2
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	20 Mar 2012 18:50
	1891 just to show not at home Name: Joseph Simpkin Age: 50 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841 Relation: Head Gender: Male Where born: Orrell, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Pemberton Ecclesiastical parish: Pemberton St John Town: Newtown County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Wigan Sub-registration district: Pemberton ED, institution, or vessel: 7 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3063 Folio: 154 Page Number: 37 Household Members: Name Age Joseph Simpkin 50 Mary A Ellam 27 Ellen Simpkin 22 John F Simpkin 19 Sarah J A Simpkin 16 Alice A Ellam 3 Occupation in 1881 is pupil teacher so could be anywhere in the county
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	20 Mar 2012 18:51
	1891 England Census about Joseph Simpkin Name: Joseph Simpkin Age: 50 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1841 Relation: Head Gender: Male Where born: Orrell, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Pemberton Ecclesiastical parish: Pemberton St John Town: Newtown County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Wigan Sub-registration district: Pemberton ED, institution, or vessel: 7 Neighbors: View others on page Piece: 3063 Folio: 154 Page Number: 37 Household Members: Name Age Joseph Simpkin 50 Mary A Ellam 27 Ellen Simpkin 22 John F Simpkin 19 Sarah J A Simpkin 16 Alice A Ellam 3 Not with father
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Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	20 Mar 2012 18:53
	1901 just for info Name: Peter Simpkin Age: 37 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1864 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Mary Simpkin Gender: Male Where born: Wigan, Lancashire, England Civil parish: Westhoughton Ecclesiastical parish: West Houghton St Bartholomew Town: Westhoughton County/Island: Lancashire Country: England Street Address: Occupation: Condition as to marriage: Education: Employment status: View image Registration district: Bolton Sub-registration district: Horwich ED, institution, or vessel: 29 Neighbors: View others on page Household schedule number: 121 Piece: 3612 Folio: 111 Page Number: 21 Household Members: Name Age Peter Simpkin 37 Mary Simpkin 36 Richard Simpkin 6 Joseph Simpkin 4 Elizabeth Simpkin 2 William Simpkin 6 Months
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	20 Mar 2012 18:54
	Marriages Sep 1894 (>99%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BOARDMAN Mary Wigan 8c 18 Crankshaw Ellen Wigan 8c 18 Mayoh James Wigan 8c 18 Moore Thomas Wigan 8c 18 Simkin Peter Wigan 8c 18
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	20 Mar 2012 18:55
	Must be mistranscribed on Ancestry as poss in Wigan on 1891 on FMP
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:03
	Different Peter 1891 census - household transcription Person: SIMPKIN, Peter Address: Marsh House Cottage, Moss Pit Row, Aspull -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SIMPKIN, William Head Married M 51 1840 Coal Miner Warrington Lancashire VIEW SIMPKIN, Catherine Wife Married F 48 1843 Aspull Lancashire VIEW SIMPKIN, Peter Son Single M 27 1864 Coal Miner Aspull Lancashire VIEW SIMPKIN, John Son Single M 26 1865 Blacksmith Striker Aspull Lancashire VIEW SIMPKIN, James Son Single M 22 1869 Coal Miner Aspull Lancashire VIEW SIMPKIN, George Son Single M 19 1872 Coal Miner Aspull Lancashire VIEW SIMPKIN, Joseph Son Single M 17 1874 General Labourer Aspull Lancashire VIEW SIMPKIN, Mary Daughter Single F 14 1877 Aspull Lancashire VIEW SIMPKIN, William Son Single M 11 1880 Scholar Aspull Lancashire VIEW SIMPKIN, Richard Son Single M 8 1883 Scholar Aspull Lancashire VIEW --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 33,475 Send Message	GlitterBaby	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:06
	Oh bother Well I can not find him in England in 1891
	Researching: PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 5,616 Send Message	MaureeninNY	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:07
	Who is that Peter Atherton Simpkin who ends up in the US?? Maureen
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 32 Send Message	Helen	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:15
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 32 Send Message	Thank you Maureen, I do not know, but Peter Simkin's mother was Alice Molyneux and her mother was Ellen Atherton, so could be a relation.When was Peter A Simpin in US? Helen.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:15
	1900 United States Federal Census about P A Simpkin Name: P A Simpkin Age: 34 Birth Date: May 1866 Birthplace: England Home in 1900: Gallup, Bernalillo, New Mexico [Bernalillo] Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1888 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Kate M Simpkin Marriage Year: 1890 Years Married: 10 Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Birthplace: England Occupation: View on Image Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age P A Simpkin 34 Kate M Simpkin 33 Alice G Simpkin 9 Joseph W Simpkin 8 John M Simpkin 5
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:17
	Cook County, Illinois, Marriages Index, 1871-1920 about Peter Atherton Simpkin Name: Peter Atherton Simpkin Age: 24 Gender: Male Birth Year: abt 1866 Marriage Type: Marriage Marriage Date: 9 Jul 1890 Spouse Name: Kate Maria Stryker Spouse Age: 23 Spouse Gender: Female FHL Film Number: 1030192
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 5,616 Send Message	MaureeninNY	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:25
	Thanks,jax. Darned computer keeps crashing! So do we think it's the same person?? Maureen
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 32 Send Message	Helen	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:33
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 32 Send Message	Thank you Maureen, I personally think it is the same person, do you know his occupation? Helen.
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:38
	He was a Clergyman and had been in the states since 1888 Cannot see a birth for a Peter Atherton Simpkin ...can anyone else?
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 32 Send Message	Helen	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:42
Member Since: May 2004 Posts: 32 Send Message	Thank yoy Jax ,thats really interesting as Peter's uncle was a Wesleyan Methodist Local Preacher, so perhaps he went to USA with the Methodist Church. Helen.
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 5,616 Send Message	MaureeninNY	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:43
	No-I can't but on his Naturalization records(1920) he says he was born May 28th 1866 in Pemberton. Probably just threw the Atherton in there to make his name sound a little posher! Maureen
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 21,069 Send Message	jax	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:43
	1910 United States Federal Census about Peter A Simpkins Name: Peter A Simpkins Age in 1910: 43 Birth Year: 1867 Birthplace: England Home in 1910: Salt Lake City Ward 1, Salt Lake, Utah Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1888 Relation to Head of House: Head [Self (Head)] Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Kate M Simpkins Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Birthplace: England Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Peter A Simpkins 43 Kate M Simpkins 42 Grace Alice Simpkins 18 Joseph W Simpkins 17 John M Simpkins 15 1920 United States Federal Census about Peter A Simpkin Name: Peter A Simpkin Age: 53 Birth Year: abt 1867 Birthplace: England Home in 1920: Salt Lake City Ward 5, Salt Lake, Utah Race: White Gender: Male Immigration Year: 1888 Relation to Head of House: Head Marital Status: Married Spouse's Name: Julia B Simpkin Father's Birthplace: England Mother's Birthplace: France Home Owned: Rent Able to Read: Yes Able to Write: Yes Neighbors: View others on page Household Members: Name Age Peter A Simpkin 53 Julia B Simpkin 45 ?? Different wife Also says his mother was French? French sounding name so perhaps he just assumed?
	Researching: Nothing much
Member Since: December 2004 Posts: 5,616 Send Message	MaureeninNY	Report	20 Mar 2012 19:44
	Shame that the 1890 US census is damaged/destroyed. Maureen

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