Thread: Sir James Young Simpson

Does this look like the right family, he is not listed as Sir.

1861 Scotland Census
Name: James Y Simpson
Age: 49 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
Relationship: Head Gender: Male
Where born: Bathgate, Linlithgow
Registration Number: 685/2
Registration district: St Andrew
Civil parish: Edinburgh St George
County: Midlothian
Address: 52 Queen St
Occupation: M D Edinr Professer &c
ED: 2 Household schedule number: 95 Line: 9
Roll: CSSCT1861_126
James Y Simpson 49
David I Simpson 19
Alexr R Simpson 25
Jane Docher 40
Cecelia Hill 36
Euphemia Bathe 19

See site below:

http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/co...ndex.aspx?1166

1851 Scotland Census
Name: James G Simpson [James Y Simpson] ?
Age: 38 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1813
Relationship: Head Spouse's Name: Jessie Simpson
Gender: Male
Where born: Bathgate, Linlithgow
Parish Number: 685/1 Civil parish: Edinburgh St George County: Midlothian
Address: 52 Queen St
Occupation: F R C P E Proft Of Midusfrey Vienausity Of Edin Coumty Phip
ED: 7B Page: 15
Household schedule number: 38 Line: 14 Roll: CSSCT1851_179
James G Simpson 38 Jessie Simpson 37
David S Simpson 9 Walter Simpson 7 James Simpson 4 Jessie Simpson 2 William Simpson 10 MO

Not certain on this one, you need to check the origin census on Genealogy Scottish family birth records census ancestry Scotland uk - ScotlandsPeople I do not have any credits left.

1841 Scotland Census
Name: James Simpson
Age: 29 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1812
Gender: Male
Where born: Scotland Civil parish: Edinburgh St Mary
County: Midlothian
Address: 22 Albany St
Occupation: Professer
Parish Number: 685/1
Household Members: Name Age
James Simpson 29
Janet Simpson 25
Margt Simpson 8 MO

http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...pson_james.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Young_Simpson

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com...INO5-0006.html

Just picked this up so the 1841 census could be right Wife was know as Janet and Jessie.
James Young Simpson (son of David Simpson and Mary Jervay) was born 7 June 1811 in Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland, and died 6 May 1870 in 52 Queen St., Edinburgh, Scotland. He married Janet "Jessie" Grindlay on 26 December 1839 in St. Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Scotland.


His will: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/co...anscript57.htm

I assume you must be related via one of his children, which one, whats your line back?

Thank you so much for your help noggin. I am trying to find out where my line goes back so have now tried working backwards from Sir James Young Simpson. This is my Mum's side of the family who are now spread out all over the world. My Great Aunt Mary Young (in Australia) wrote a book about their early days called 'Come with Me' as they were a very interesting family. My Mum's parents were Dundas Simpson b.1892 and Julia Lowther b.1898 they divorced when my Mum was little, Mum was sent off to boarding school and wasn't allowed any contact with her Mum who eventually went to live in South Africa. In 1938 Dundas remarried, Ellen Gadd an alcoholic who ruined him, and Mum only ever saw him a few more times. The next generation are Dundas Simpson b.1868 and Mary Lyon b.1867. Then there is either James or John Simpson b.1839 and Margaret Brunton b.1841. Dundas Simpson and Mary Lyon moved around a lot between England and Scotland and each generation had huge families. Dundas ended up leaving the family and went to New Zealand where he died. That's as far as I am at the mo. that I can actually list. Mum always said that Sir James Young Simpson was a relation and my cousin's son in South Africa has his own website on the Simpson family where he mentions that he was named after him.