SIMPSON, William Helen Butler Ure

1898 - 1961  (62 years)

• Name	SIMPSON, William Helen Butler Ure  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	11 Aug 1898	Auchenraith, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Hamilton, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	William Simpson  [1]
  Birth	11 Aug 1898	Auchenraith, Blantyre, Lanarkshire, Hamilton, Scotland   [1]
  Arrival	1901  [1]
  Residence	1901	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1]
  Residence	1901	Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2]
  	Relation to Head of House: Son
  Departure	30 Mar 1907	Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland   [1]
  Arrival	12 Apr 1907	Halifax, Nova Scotia   [1]
  Arrival	12 Apr 1907	Halifax, Nova Scotia   [1]
  Departure	Glasgow, Scotland and Moville, Ireland   [1]
  Residence	Lyn, Leeds, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Residence	1 Jun 1921	Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ontario, Canada   [1]
  Residence	1 Jun 1925	Watertown Ward 02, Jefferson, New York, USA   [1]
  Death	24 Apr 1961	Brockville, Ontario, Canada   [1, 3]
  Burial	26 Apr 1961	Roselawn Memorial Gardens, Maitland, Ontario   [1]
  Person ID	I6178	Stark Family Tree
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	SIMPSON, William Ure,   b. 1847, Rumford, Stirlingshire, Falkirk, Scotland d. 10 Mar 1902, Bothwell, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 55 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	STARK, Margaret Mitchell,   b. 29 Apr 1872, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 13 May 1903, Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 31 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	5 Nov 1897	Muirhall, Hamilton, Lanark, Scotland
  	Chapel Square
  Family ID	F108	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Father	ROBINS, Joseph Herbert,   b. 11 Aug 1867, Elizabethtown Township, Leeds, Ontario, Canada d. 25 Feb 1946 (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	CLOW, Isadora A,   b. 22 Aug 1869, Yonge Township, Leeds, Ontario, Canada d. 21 Dec 1947 (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	22 Oct 1902	Leeds, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  Family ID	F2378	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	MATES, Ellen Gertrude,   b. 22 Sep 1902, Lyn, Elizabethtown Twshp., Leeds County, Ont. d. 11 Oct 1979, Mallorytown, Leeds Grenville, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1919	Lyn, Leeds, Ontario, Canada   [1, 5]
  Married	1940	Ottawa, Ontario   [1, 5]
  Children	1. BALDWIN, Mllford  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. SIMPSON, Margaret Jean,   b. 29 Oct 1920, Seelys, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Jun 1998, Fraser Lake, British Columbia, Canada (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 3. SIMPSON, Florence Stark,   b. 23 Jun 1923, Seeley, Brockville, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Apr 1984, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. SIMPSON, William Herbert Bruce,   b. 5 May 1925, Watertown, New York, USA d. 13 Jul 2000, Lyn, Elizabethtown, Leeds, Ont. Canada (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2383	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

  Family 2	CHARLTON, Ethel Blanche Janet,   b. 22 Sep 1902, Leeds, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Apr 1979, Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	27 Dec 1919	Lyn, Leeds, Ontario, Canada
  Children	+ 1. SIMPSON, Margaret Jean,   b. 29 Oct 1920, Seelys, Ontario, Canada d. 10 Jun 1998, Fraser Lake, British Columbia, Canada (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. SIMPSON, Florence Stark,   b. 23 Jun 1923, Seeley, Brockville, Ontario, Canada d. 17 Apr 1984, Milford, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2384	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 1901 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland Residence - Relation to Head of House: Son - 1901 - Hamilton, Lanarkshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos » Slide Show		William Simpson marker for grave
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  		Fairknowe Quarrier Orphan Home
  		Marriage of William and Ethel
  		Sicilian Passenger List
  		William Helen Butler Ure Simpson
  		William Herbert, Jemima Henderson & William Simpson Sr.
  		Fairknowe Orphans Home Orphans who arrived in Canada on board the ss Sicilian in 1906
  		William Simpson0004 Quarrier story
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  		Fairknowe Home Fairknowe Home in 2011. The home was converted into an apartment building in 1937 when the orphanage closed.
  		William Simpson0005 Quarrier Story
  		Jean & William Simpson
  		Alex & Maureen
  		1919 marriage reg William Simpson
  		William Simpson Passenger List for Sicilian Ship bringing William from Scotland to Canada
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  		1919 marriage reg William Simpson Marriage Register
  		William Simpson0003 Quarrier story

  
  

• Sources

  [S16] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for William Ure Simpson http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=6017559089&indiv=try [S88] Ancestry.com, 1901 Scotland Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007;), Parish: Hamilton; ED: 11; Page: 7; Line: 23; Roll: CSSCT1901_337. [S201] Ancestry.com, Beta: Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1940-1955, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2019;), The Ottawa Citizen; Publication Date: 25/ Apr/ 1961; Publication Place: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/457018867/?article=fc2963e2-acd1-4e68-966f-a490cbab9790&focus=0.16006336,0.6093531,0.2771458,0.66567564&xid=2378. [S242] Ancestry.com and Genealogical Research Library (Brampton, Ontario, Canada), Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1936, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 107. Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1936 Archives of Ontario; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Registrations of Marriages, 1869-1928; Reel: 107 [S16] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;). Record for William Helen Butler Ure Simpson http://search.ancestry.com.au/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1030&h=1923423421&indiv=try