The Family of Elizabeth Ann Simpson

Elizabeth Ann Simpson was the daughter of Thomas Simpson and Jane Worswick, who were married in Preston in 1866.

Sometime after the birth of their first child, Sarah, that same year, the family moved to Manchester where they had at least 2 other children - including Elizabeth Ann.

By the night of the 1881 Census the family had returned to Preston:

1881 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Thomas Simpson	Head	Married	M	37	Tobacconist	Preston, Lancashire
Jane Simpson	Wife	Married	F	37	-	Carlisle, Cumberland
Sarah Simpson	Daughter	-	F	15	-	Preston, Lancashire
John Simpson	Son	-	M	12	Scholar	Manchester, Lancashire
Elizabeth A Simpson	Daughter	-	F	9	Scholar	Manchester, Lancashire
Marion Brooks	Boarder	Unmarried	F	24	Shop Assistant	Ireland

NOTES:
1:	Living at 45 Church Street, Preston. (RG11-4228 folio 96, page 4)
2:	The above information is from the census returns on microfiche at the Lancashire Archives.

Thomas Simpson died aged just 44 years and was buried in Preston Cemetery on 22 February 1888. By the night of the 1911 Census his widow Jane was living with her daughter Sarah, who had married Norval William Campbell in 1890:

1911 CENSUS OF PRESTON, LANCASHIRE:
NAME:	RELATION:	CONDITION:	SEX:	AGE:	OCCUPATION:	BIRTHPLACE:
Sarah Campbell	Head	Married	F	42	House Keeper	Preston, Lancashire
Hilda Campbell	Daughter	Unmarried	F	16	Dress Maker	Preston, Lancashire
Mary Campbell	Daughter	-	F	12	School	Preston, Lancashire
Jane Simpson	Mother	Widow	F	66	-	Carlisle, Cumberland

NOTES:
1:	Living at 37 Fishergate Hill, Preston, Lancashire.
2:	Sarah was listed as having been married 19 years and had given birth to 3 children, with 2 now living.
3:	Sarah is listed as married but her husband was not at home on the night of the Census and I cannot locate him elsewhere in the Census.
4:	Sarah also had 2 boarders living at her address.
5:	The above information is from the census returns on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk.

Jane (Worswick) Simpson died aged 75 years and was buried on 20 June 1922 in the same grave as her husband. The grave, B 110 in a Catholic section of Preston Cemetery, contains six burials:

Thomas Simpson, 22 Feb 1888, age 44
William Simpson, 6 May 1889, age 54
Elizabeth May Campbell, 31 Jul 1893, age 3 months
Jane Simpson, 20 Jun 1922, age 75
William Swarbrick, 27 Apr 1954, age 82
Elizabeth Swarbrick, 9 Apr 1957, age 86

The grave was purchased by Jane Simpson upon the death of her husband Thomas in 1888.