Eric Cram Simpson

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193537906
• _FGRAVE: 193537906
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Name:Erie Cram Simpson
Date of Birth:20 Jul 1902
Gender:Male
Birth County or District:Lanark
Father's Name:Homer Simpson
Mother's Name:Minnie Cram
Archive Name:Archives of Ontario
Archive Series:MS929
Archive Reel:158
==========
Name:Orrie Myrtle Simpson
Birth Place:Goulbourn
Age:25
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1900
Father Name:William James Simpson
Mother Name:Sarah Gregg
Spouse Name:Eric Cram Simpson
Spouse's Age:23
Spouse Birth Place:Beckwith
Spouse Father Name:Homer Kemp Simpson
Spouse Mother Name:Mary Cram
Marriage Date:17 Sep 1925
Marriage County or District:Lanark
=================

(Research):A FAMILY ORCHARD: LEAVES FROM THE MILLAR TREE, http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~database/MILLAR.html, accessed Dec 19 2012
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cangmg/ontario/eastont/lanark/beckwith/pinegrov 151229
gravestone, Pinegrove Cemetery, Beckwith., ON


Birth:
A FAMILY ORCHARD: LEAVES FROM THE MILLAR TREE, http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~database/MILLAR.html, accessed Dec 19 2012
+++
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cangmg/ontario/eastont/lanark/beckwith/pinegrov 151229
gravestone, Pinegrove Cemetery, Beckwith., ON

Died:
?b?SIMPSON, Eric Cram
?/b?Suddenly on Wednesday, September 24, 1980, Eric Cram Simpson, in his 74th. year. Beloved husband of Muriel Stevely McNeely and the late Myrtle Simpson, by a previous marriage. Cousin of Olive Dowdall, Carleton Place. Also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. Resting at the Kerry Funneral Home, 61 Lake Avenue West, Carleton Place, where friends may call from 7 to 9 p.m., Thursday and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m.Friday, thence to St. James Anglican Church of Saturday at 10 a.m. for Funeral Service at 11 a.m. Interment United Cemeteries. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. James Memorial Fund or the charity of your choice.

Buried:
Pine Grove East section

Eric married Orrie MYRTLE Simpson on 17 Sep 1925 in Appleton, Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Orrie (daughter of William James Carl Simpson and Sarah Jane Greig) was born on 28 Jul 1900 in Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Jul 1926 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 3 Jul 1926 in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Eric married Muriel Stevely McNeely on 12 Oct 1933 in Bonarlaw, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada. Muriel (daughter of Robert Miller McNeely and Harriet Alice Thompson) was born on 11 Aug 1904 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 11 Nov 1993 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193537909
• _FGRAVE: 193537909
• _FSFTID: K833-3J2
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/K833-3J2
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Couple to Observe Golden Wedding Anniversary Tuesday, Jan. 31 1950
Well known residents of Goulbourn and Beckwith Townships and Carleton Place , Mr. and Mrs. Homer Simpson
will observe their golden wedding anniversary quietly at their home on John street on Tuesday, January 31. Due to
Mrs. Simpson being in indifferent health, the event will be quietly noted. Mr. Simpson, before his retirement from the
farm in Beckwith, had served for 20 years as road commissioner in the township, for 10 years as assessor. He was
born in Goulbourn, son of the late Samuel Simpson and his wife, Sarah Kemp, and was educated there. He took up
farming in Beckwith on the 11th Line where he remained for 50 years. His marriage to the former Minnie Cram,
daughter of the late James Cram and his wife Mary Whyte, took place in the township. The couple attended Zion
United Church in Carleton Place. A few years ago, they came to Carleton Place. They have one son, Eric Simpson,
of Carleton Place. Mr. Simpson had a sister, Mrs. Martin, of town, and Mrs. Simpson has two brothers Ned, of
Beckwith, and Willard of town.

Birth:
www.ancestry.ca 151229
1881 census,Goulbourn, ON
+++
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cangmg/ontario/eastont/lanark/beckwith/pinegrov 151229
gravestone, Pinegrove Cemetery, Beckwith., ON

Died:
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cangmg/ontario/eastont/lanark/beckwith/pinegrov 151229
gravestone, Pinegrove Cemetery, Beckwith., ON
+++
www.ancestry.ca 151230
Ottawa Journal (Birth, Marriage Death Notices), 1885 - 1980

Homer married Mary MINNIE Cram on 31 Jan 1900 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of James Cram and Mary Whyte) was born on 29 Aug 1872 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 4 Apr 1954 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1954 in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Minnie Cram
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193537908
• _FGRAVE: 193537908
• _FSFTID: L8T1-88R
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8T1-88R
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Buried:
Pine Grove East

Notes:

Married:
www.ancestry.ca 151229
marriage register, Goulbourn, ON
Name:Minnie Cram
Birth Place:Canada
Age:28
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1872
Father Name:James Cram
Mother Name:Mary Whyte
Spouse Name:Homer K Simpson
Spouse's Age:22
Spouse Birth Place:Canada
Spouse Father Name:Samuel Simpson
Spouse Mother Name:Sarah Kimp
Marriage Date:31 Jan 1900
Marriage County or District:Lanark
+++
Mary McDiarmid scrapbook
Couple to Observe Golden Wedding Anniversary Tuesday, Jan. 31 1950

Well known residents of Goulbourn and Beckwith Townships and Carleton Place , Mr. and Mrs. Homer Simpson will observe their golden wedding anniversary quietly at their home on John street on Tuesday, January 31. Due to Mrs. Simpson being in indifferent health, the event will be quietly noted. Mr. Simpson, before his retirement from the farm in Beckwith, had served for 20 years as road commissioner in the township, for 10 years as assessor. He was born in Goulbourn, son of the late Samuel Simpson and his wife, Sarah Kemp, and was educated there. He took up farming in Beckwith on the 11th Line where he remained for 50 years. His marriage to the former Minnie Cram, daughter of the late James Cram and his wife Mary Whyte, took place in the township. The couple attended Zion United Church in Carleton Place. A few years ago, they came to Carleton Place. They have one son, Eric Simpson, of Carleton Place. Mr. Simpson had a sister, Mrs. Martin, of town, and Mrs. Simpson has two brothers Ned, of Beckwith, and Willard of town.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Samuel Simpson
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203722302
• _FGRAVE: 203722302
• _FSFTID: G3PC-JGY
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3PC-JGY
• _HASHTAG: DNA - Paternal Connection
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Birth:
www.ancestry.ca 151229
1881 census,Goulbourn, ON

_HASHTAG:
a relative on the path between a DNA Match and a common ancestor

Samuel married Sarah Kemp in 1857. Sarah (daughter of William Kemp and Susannah Clarke) was born in 1836 in Lanark County, Canada West; died on 10 Jan 1917 in Goulbourn Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1917 in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/203722303
• _FGRAVE: 203722303
• _FSFTID: G3PZ-94G
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3PZ-94G
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Birth:
www.ancestry.ca 151229
1881 census,Goulbourn, ON

Died:
Carleton Place death register

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187207650
• _FGRAVE: 187207650
• _FSFTID: L8T4-PS7
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8T4-PS7
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
• Alt. Birth: 1840; as indicated on his memorial stone but not diffinitive as to year.

Notes:

Name:James Cram
Birth Place:Beckwith
Residence:Beckwith Township
Age:22
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1840
Father Name:David Cram
Mother Name:Ann Cram
Spouse Name:Mary White
Spouse's Age:25
Spouse Birth Place:Beckwith Township
Spouse Residence:Beckwith Township
Spouse Father Name:Thomas White
Spouse Mother Name:Ellen White
Marriage Date:8 Jul 1862
Marriage Location:Carleton Place
Marriage County or District:Lanark
==================

Birth:
gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON
age 66
+++
www.ancestry.ca [accessed 160417]
1901 census, Beckwith Twp., Lanark Co., ON
+++

Death:
Role: Obituary: family

Died:
gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON

James married Mary Whyte on 8 Jul 1862 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of Thomas Whyte and Ellen Drummond) was born on 6 Jul 1836 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; died on 27 Feb 1895 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• children: ; mother's name
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187207649
• _FGRAVE: 187207649
• _FSFTID: L8RB-LLV
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8RB-LLV
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Birth:
gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON
age 58

Death:
Role: Obituary: family

Died:
gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON
age 58

Notes:

Married:
1. Hancocks, Elizabeth, C.G.,County Marriage Registers of Ontario 1858 - 1869, Volume 30, Lanark County, Global Heritage Press Inc., 2005
==
2. marriage register, Carleton Place, ON

Name:James Crain
Birth Place:Beckwith
Residence:Beckwith Township
Age:22
Estimated Birth Year:abt 1840
Father Name:David Cram
Mother Name:Ann Cram
Spouse Name:Mary White
Spouse's Age:25
Spouse Birth Year:abt 1837
Spouse Birth Place:Beckwith Township
Spouse Residence:Beckwith Township
Spouse Father Name:Thomas White
Spouse Mother Name:Ellen White
Marriage Date:8 Jul 1862
Marriage location:Carleton Place
Marriage County or District:Lanark

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208599179
• _FGRAVE: 208599179
• _FSFTID: G3PC-LPB
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3PC-LPB
• _HASHTAG: DNA - Paternal Common Ancestor
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

_HASHTAG:
a common ancestor between yourself and at least one of your DNA Matches.

Samuel married Mary Ann Crawford in 1812 in Ireland. Mary (daughter of Gilbert Crawford and Mary Madole Hamilton) was born in 1793 in Ballynahinch, County Down, Northern Ireland; died on 18 Apr 1899 in Ottawa, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in 1899 in Dewar Cemetery, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/208599209
• _FGRAVE: 208599209
• _FSFTID: G3PC-FBY
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3PC-FBY
• _HASHTAG: DNA - Paternal Common Ancestor
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

_HASHTAG:
a common ancestor between yourself and at least one of your DNA Matches.

Died:
From the Carleton Place Herald

Birth/Marriage/Death Notices, Volume 5, Deaths 1897 - 1904

Source: Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society



SIMPSON

On Apr 8 at the residence of her son-in-law, James Brown, 47 Arthur St., Ottawa, Mary Crawford, wife of the the late Samuel Simpson, age 106 yrs. Oldest woman in Ottawa, formerly of Ashton. Born Co. Down, Ireland, came to Canada c.1814 to Goulbourn, husband helped build Rideau Canal, he died 42 yrs ago. Family of 10, lvs 2: Mrs. James Brown [Agnes Ann] and William Simpson of Goulbourn. Int. Ashton.

(Apr 11, 1899, p.1; col.5 & p.4, col.3)



There is also a story from the Ottawa Evening Citizen from 1898 about Mary and an obituary in the same paper about her death.

Buried:
Inscription
AE 106 Yrs
Native of County Down, Ireland

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219255574
• _FGRAVE: 219255574

Notes:

Buried:
nscription
WILLIAM KEMP
Died Jan. 31, 1841
Aged 44 Years
Also His Wife
SUSANNAH KEMP
Died Aug. 6, 1890
Aged 84 Years
And Two of Their Children
GEORGE & SARAH

William married Susannah Clarke. Susannah (daughter of George Clarke and Margaret Shouldice) was born on 1 Nov 1807; died on 6 Aug 1890 in Hazeldean, March Township, Carleton County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ottawa Municipality, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/219255564
• _FGRAVE: 219255564

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185947952
• _FGRAVE: 185947952
• _FSFTID: L8T4-PJV
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8T4-PJV
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Birth:
1. McCuaig, Carol Bennet, "Founding Families of Beckwith. 1816-1846", 2007
===
2. death register, Carleton Place, ON
age 70 years
===
3. d.o.b. on gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON

Died:
death register, Beckwith, ON
age 70 years,
reported by Samuel G. Cram, his son

Buried:
St. Fillians Section

David married Annie Nicholson on 4 Apr 1837 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West. Annie was born on 1 Dec 1819 in Yorkshire, England; died on 31 Jul 1895 in Carleton Place, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Anne Nicholson
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185947973
• _FGRAVE: 185947973
• _FSFTID: KCPS-WW7
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KCPS-WW7
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Birth:
1. death register, Beckwith, ON
age 77 years
===
2. d.o.b. on gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON

Died:
1. death register, Beckwith, ON
age 77 years
reported by David Cram
===
2. gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON

Lanark Era
Wed. August 12th, 1896
In Beckwith, last Friday, Mrs. David Cram, of the IIIh conc. Born Ann Nicholson, in Yorkshire, England, in 1819, she came with her parents to this country in 1820. Settling first at Elizabethtown, they afterwards moved to Ramsay to Leckie's Crs. In 1838, at the age of 18 years, she married David Cram, son of Peter Cram, the first settler in the twp. John Cram was in fact the first settIer. A brother of David, he came in 1818. She had eleven children of whom eight now survive. Of the Nicholson family, only James Nicholson, of Ramsay, survives at the age of 86 years.

Buried:
St. Fillians Section

Notes:

Married:
1. McCuaig, Carol Bennet, "Founding Families of Beckwith. 1816-1846", 2007
+++
2. gravestone, St. Filian's, Beckwith, ON
+++
Marriages in Bathurst District, part 2
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~maryc/bathurst2.htm
Page 25, April 4, 1837, David CRAM, Beckwith, to Ann NICOLSON, Ramsay. Wit: Daniel Cram, William Nicolson.
+++

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• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185890275
• _FGRAVE: 185890275
• _FSFTID: 942S-ZYR
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/942S-ZYR
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)

Notes:

Buried:
St Fillian's section

Thomas married Ellen Drummond on 13 Mar 1834 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Canada West. Ellen (daughter of Malcolm Drummond, Sr. and Christina Carmichael) was born on 4 Sep 1808 in Dundie, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland; was christened on 4 Sep 1808 in Comrie, Perth, Scotland; died in 1852 in Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried in United Cemeteries, Beckwith Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Helen Drummond
• _FGLINK: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185890287
• _FGRAVE: 185890287
• _FSFTID: L8RL-H54
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L8RL-H54
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)