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Looking for info on Mary Nixon born 1886 in Newbiggin-in-Teesdale Co Durham emigrated to Australia (Somewhere?) in 1918, she became Mary Simpson and was still alive in 1932 and living somewhere in Aus.
Any info would be great.
Thanks Cyndi

Do you already have her birth certificate ?


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Births Sep 1886
Nixon Mary - Teesdale 10a 256

possible

1901 census
Address Hoodgill
Civil Parish Newbiggin Entire
Rural District Barnard Castle
Town or Village or Hamlet Newbiggin
Ecclesiastical Parish Middleton In Teesdale
Parliamentary Borough or Division Barnard Castle
County Borough, Municipal Borough or Urban District
Administrative County Durham

Householder 1
Name Adam Nixon
Relation to Head of Family Head
Condition as to Marriage Married
Age Last Birthday 63
Sex Male
Profession or Occupation Stonebreaker &Farmer
Employment Status
Where Born Durham Forest &Frith
Language
Infirmity

Householder 2
Name Isabella Nixon
Relation to Head of Family Wife
Condition as to Marriage Married
Age Last Birthday 55
Sex Female
Profession or Occupation
Employment Status
Where Born Cumberland Penrith
Language
Infirmity

Householder 3
Name Lizzie Nixon
Relation to Head of Family Daughter
Condition as to Marriage Single
Age Last Birthday 23
Sex Female
Profession or Occupation
Employment Status
Where Born Durham Newbiggin
Language
Infirmity

Householder 4
Name Mary Nixon
Relation to Head of Family Daughter
Condition as to Marriage Single
Age Last Birthday 14
Sex Female
Profession or Occupation
Employment Status
Where Born Durham Newbiggin
Language
Infirmity

Householder 5
Name William Nixon
Relation to Head of Family Son
Condition as to Marriage Single
Age Last Birthday 17
Sex Male
Profession or Occupation Stonebreaker
Employment Status
Where Born Durham Newbiggin
Language
Infirmity

1891 census
Name Mary Nixon
Age 4
Estimated Year of Birth 1887
Relationship to Head of Household Daughter
Occupation Juvenile
Address Hoodgill, North Road
District Teesdale, Middelton
Parish Newbiggin
Administrative County Durham
Birth Place Newbiggin, Co Durham
Birth County
in house
adam head 53
isabella wife 45
thomas son 22
ellen daughter 19
elizabeth daughter 12
william son 6
mary daughter 4
RG 12 / 4082

Are you sure about the 1918?

Name: Mary NIXON
Date of departure: 9 October 1909
Port of departure: Liverpool
Passenger destination port: Sydney, Australia
Passenger destination: Sydney, Australia

Date of Birth:
Age:
Marital status: Single
Sex: Female
Occupation: Domestic
Passenger recorded on: Page 5 of 10

Name: Mary Nixon
Spouse Name: Joseph H Stmpson
Marriage Date: 1909
Marriage Place: New South Wales
Registration Place: Sydney, New South Wales
Registration Year: 1909
Registration Number: 10244


Don't think there is enough time for her to leave in October 1909 and marry the same year so a strong possibility that it is not her.

Well maybe they were writing to each other because that is the only NIXON-SIMPSON marriage that fits. Or it was a whirlwind romance!

And the 1935 death notice (NLA Trove newspaper site) seems to confirm - age fits, assuming Joseph H was known as Henry Joseph...

The Sydney Morning Herald, Tuesday 19 November 1935
SIMPSON -November 18, 1935, at her residence, Shap, Hill-street, Cabramatta, Mary, beloved wife of the late Henry Joseph Simpson and loved mother of May (Mrs W. Jarvis), Olive (Mrs E. O. Sparks), Joseph, Jack and Tom, aged 49 years.

She was buried at the Methodist section in New Liverpool.

Marriages
3754/1930
JARVIS WILLIAM S
SIMPSON MARY I
BALMAIN SOUTH

9550/1931
SPARKS ERIC O
SIMPSON MARGARET O
LIVERPOOL

12674/1946
SIMPSON THOMAS NIXON
JOHNSON LAURA PEARL
LIVERPOOL


Deaths
20631/1954
SIMPSON
THOMAS NIXON
[father] JOSEPH HENRY
[mother] MARY
PARRAMATTA

WWI enlistment

SIMPSON Joseph Henry : Service Number - N10133 3093 : Place of Birth - Shap [Westmoreland] England : Place of Enlistment - Narrabri NSW : Next of Kin - (Wife) SIMPSON Mary

At the time of his first enlistment in Feb 1916 aged 30 yrs and 9 months, he was a farmer and they were living at Boggabri NSW. He was discharged as medically unfit. He re-enlisted in May 1918 aged 33 and was a shunter on the NSW govt railway. At this time the children were aged 7 (Mary), 6 (Olive), Joseph (3) and Jack (baby). His date of birth is shown as April 13th, 1885. Sadly he died while serving, of bronchial pneumonia, on 29th November 1918. He was buried at Etaples Military Cemetery, France. Mary and the children later moved to 'Kaluga', Denham St, Bondi by Dec 1922, and then by 1924 to 7 Perrett St, Rozelle NSW.

Joseph's service record is 94 pages and is online at NAA Recordsearch. See also CWGC.org and http://www.cwgc.org/search/certificate.aspx?casualty=496785

Name: SIMPSON, JOSEPH HENRY
Initials: J H
Nationality: Australian
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Australian Engineers
Unit Text: 1st Rly. Operating Sect. (Details)
Age: 33
Date of Death: 29/11/1918
Service No: 3093
Additional information: Son of John and Mary Agnes Dodd Simpson; husband of Mary Simpson, of Burton St., Boggabri, New South Wales. Native of Shap, Westmorland, England.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: LI. D. 9.
Cemetery: ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY


His birth -

Births Jun 1885 (>99%)
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Simpson Joseph Henry W. Ward 10b 723

Ryerson Index
SPARKS Eric Oliver Death notice 05JAN1994 Death 83 late of Yagoona Sydney Morning Herald 08JAN1994

Note youngest son, Thomas (Tom) was born not long after his father enlisted the 2nd time. Tom served in WWII -

SIMPSON THOMAS NIXON : Service Number - NX33177 : Date of birth - 19 Jun 1918 : Place of birth - BALMAIN NSW : Place of enlistment - PADDINGTON NSW : Next of Kin - JARVIS MARY

The Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 11 August 1954
SIMPSON, Thomas Nixon.-August 10, 1954, at his residence, 7 Boyle Street, Ermington, beloved husband of Laura, loved father of Venett and Carol, dear brother of May, Olive, Joe and Jack, aged 33 years. For funeral notice see Thursday's Herald.

The Sydney Morning Herald, Thursday 12 August 1954
SIMPSON -The Funeral of the late THOMAS NIXON SIMPSON Will leave the Baptist Church, Liverpool,This Thursday, after service commencing at 1 p.m., for the Liverpool Cemetery.

Thank You all so much for your replies regarding Mary Nixon/Simpson.
I am so greatful to you all for your help! the info given is my late Great Aunt Mary I hope to find some of her living relations as my Mother was named after her and i have a photo of Mary she was the double of my late Mother.
Thanks again.
Cynthia (Cyndi)