Simpson, Edward

Edward Simpson: He was the son of Thomas, a private watchman born about 1829 at Lancaster, Lancashire, and Mary Ann (nee Sowden; she had been born about 1831 at Barnsley, Yorkshire) Simpson, who had married 1 December 1850 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, where he also had been born in early 1865. His known brothers and sisters were Isabella, b. 1855, Richard, b. 1857, John, b. 1859, Hannah, b. 1860, Polly, b. 1862, Thomas, b. 1865, Henry, b. 1868, and Mary Ann, b. 8 April 1874 (married Milner Lister). In 1871 he lived with his family in Horton, in/near Bradford, and in 1881 he was noted as a worsted spinner living at Holme Top Lane, Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire, with his family. He left Liverpool 21 September 1909 as a steerage (i. e. third class) passenger on the steamship Saxonia and came to Boston, Massachusetts, 29 September 1909. He was bound for 59 Chelmsford Street, Lawrence, Massachusetts, which was the home of his sister, Mrs. Mary A. Lister. His closest relative in England was stated to have been his mother, Mrs. Simpson, who lived at 6 Britte (?) Square in Great Horton, Bradford. He stated he was a retired corporation servant aged 44. He stood 5’3”, had iron grey hair and blue eyes. He had ‘strabismus’ noted as a mark of identification.  In 1910, he lived with Milner Lister, his brother-in-law, and family in Lawrence, Massachusetts, and was listed as a yardman at a woolen mill. In 1915, he lived at 158 Exchange Street, Lawrence, Mass. He had worked in the mills for several years. He was going to make his home in England for a long time if not permanently. The Cunard Line stated Edward Simpson was 50 years of age and that his point of origin was Lawrence, Massachusetts. Edward Simpson was one of the survivors of the Lusitania disaster.  The material presented on this page has been researched by Peter Engberg-Klarström. Copyright 2017 Peter Engberg-Klarström. Feel free to use the research, but please refer to my research if used in publications or if published or posted on other pages on the Internet