James Simpson ^{2 3}

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the 1901 England Census in Budle, Northumberland, ENGLAND on 31 March 1901. ²

1901 England Census
Page 27, Folio 133, Piece 4843, Household schedule 122
Budle, Northumberland, England
James Simpson..Head..38
(Living with wife, daughter, and widowed father-in-law.)
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James married Mary Renton Jane Fairbairn, daughter of Walter Fairbairn and Janet Renton, in August 1896 in Wooler, Northumberland, ENGLAND.^{1 2} (Mary Renton Jane Fairbairn was born in May 1869 in Lowick, Northumberland, ENGLAND ^{2 4 5 6} and died after 31 March 1901.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1901 England Census in Budle, Northumberland, ENGLAND on 31 March 1901. ²

1901 England Census
Page 27, Folio 133, Piece 4843, Household schedule 122
Budle, Northumberland, England
James Simpson..Head..38
Mary J. Simpson..Wife..31
Janet Simpson..Dau..3
Walter Fairbairn..Father-in-Law..73..Scotland
Thomas Fairbairn..(???)..7

NOTE - I have not determined who the 7 year old Thomas Fairbairn was. Mary had a younger brother with that name but his age would have been about 30 at the time of the 1901 census. It is possible that Thomas may be a son of Mary, born prior to her marriage to James Simpson. [Brian L. Lightfoot]
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