Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameGwendoline Catherine WATSON
Birth1894, York, Yorkshire, England
Baptism5 Sep 1994
Spouses
Birthabt 1894, Workington, Cumberland, England
OccupationLocomotive Fireman
FatherGeorge SIMPSON (1860-1910)
MotherMary SLACK (~1856-)
Marriage23 Aug 1919
ChildrenAnnie (1920-1921)
Notes for Gwendoline Catherine WATSON
Parish Records St. Thomas, York, Yorkshire
Baptism September 5, 1994
Gwendoline Catherine Watson, parents Thomas Parker Watson and Annie Elizabeth Myre, abode Briggs Street, father is a draughtsman, ceremony byH. E. Body, Vicar
Notes for Richard (Spouse 1)
There is a Richard Simpson listed in the October to December 1894 birth index, Cockermouth, Cumbria volume 10b page 579.

In 1901 census living at 22 Church Lane, Workington, Cumberland.
George Simpson age 40 labourman (steelworker), born at Park Head, Cumberland.
Wife, Mary Simpson age 42, born at Penrith, Cumberland.
Children Thomas Simpson age 18 born at Burton, Westmorland, labourman (steelworker),
Sarah Simpson age 14 born at Burton, Westmorland,
Richard Simpson age 6 born at Workington, Cumberland and
Agnes Simpson age 3 Workington, Cumberland.

In the 1911 census 15 Woodbine Villas, Reynoldson Street, Sculcoates, Hull, East Yorkshire
Head George Hargreaves, age 44, married 13 years, no children born alive, coach painter, worker, born Penrith,
Annie Hargreaves, age 39, born Penrith.
Richard Simpson, age 16, single, boot and shoe errand boy, worker, born Workington

Richard Simpson mentioned in his father’s probate records as living at Hull, Yorkshire, occupation engineer on August 11, 1913.

Parish Records Augustine of Hippo, Newland St. Hull
Marriage August 23 1919
Richard Simpson, age 24, bachelor, fireman, residence 15 Woodbine Villas Reynoldson, father George Simpson, steel worker and
Gwendoline Catherine Watson, age 25, spinster, residence 15 Woodbine Villas Reynoldson, father Thomas Watson, civil servant
In the presence of George Hargreaves and Annie Hargreaves

In the 1921 census 15 Woodbine Villas, Reynoldson Street, Hull, Wast Yorkshire
Boarder Richard Simpson, age 26 years 9 months, married, born Workington, Cumberland, locomotive fireman - N. E. Railway - Darrycoates, Hull
Wife Gwendoline C. Simpson, age 26 years 11 months, married, born York, Yorkshire, home duties
Boarder Annie Simpson, age 1 year 3 months, parents both alive, born Hull, Yorkshire
[They are boarding with George and Annie Hargreaves.]

A possible entry in the January to March 1926 death index Richard Simpson died age 31, Sculcoates, Yorkshire East Riding, volume 9d, page 298.
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