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William Parkinson Simister

(abt.1851 - 1899)

Father:	not known
Mother:	not known

Siblings:

Children:

With Margaret Alice Dixon

Timeline

Date	Event	Information	Sources
abt.1851	Birth		Estimated from census
1871-04-02	Census	Abode: 14 Browning Street, Salford, Lancashire Age: 20 Occupation: Bleacher Birthplace: Manchester, Lancashire	Census record RG10-4016-69-32: F1 F2 T1
1871-06-01	Marriage Margaret Alice Dixon (1850 - 1903)	Place: Cathedral, Manchester, Lancashire	lancashirebmd: T2 familysearch.org: Link T3
1881-04-03	Census	Age: 30 Occupation: Fireman Dyeworks Abode: 31 Auckland Street, Pendleton, Salford	Census record RG11-3947-66-41: F3
1891-04-05	Census	Age: 40 Occupation: Boiler Stoker - Stationary E.D. Abode: 16 River Pl. Salford	Census record RG12-3215-68-38: F4
abt.1899-11	Death	Note: This seems to be the best match, but is uncertain. Assumed death before 1901 census; see Margaret Alice Dixon [770]	freebmd: T4

Transcripts of sources

Ref.	Transcript
T1	1871 census RG10 piece 4016 folio 69 page 32 Civil Parish or Township of Salford City or Municipal Borough of Salford Municipal Ward of St Stephen Parliamentary Borough of Salford Town of [blank] Village or Hamlet, &c, of [blank] Local Board or Improvement Commissioners District of [blank] Ecclesiastical District of St Philips Schedule 185 14 Browning St Lucy Dickson Head W 52 Lancashire Marsden Robinson Dickson son Unm 30 Clogger Lancashire Marsden Ann Dickson daur Unm 25 Office Cleaner Lancashire Marsden Margaret Dickson daur Unm 21 Sticher Bleach Works Lancashire Salford James Dickson son Unm 17 Plumber (apprentice) Lancashire Salford Hannah Dickson daur Unm 15 Sticher Lancashire Salford William Simister Lodger Unm 20 Bleacher Lancashire Manchester Transcribed from Census-1871-RG10-4016-69-32.jpeg by dh
T2	Lancashire Marriage indexes for the years: 1871 SIMISTER William P DIXON Margaret A Manchester Cathedral (formerly Manchester Collegiate Church) Manchester CATH/184/227
T3	Groom's Name: William Parkinson Simister Bride's Name: Margaret Alice Dixon Marriage Date: 01 Jun 1871 Marriage Place: Cathedral,Manchester,Lancashire,England Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M09789-6 System Origin: England-ODM Source Film Number: 438229, 438230, 438231, 438232, 438233
T4	Deaths Dec 1899 Simister William 46 Salford 8d 89

File sources

Ref.	Type	File name
F1	Image	Census-1871-RG10-4016-69-32.jpeg
F2	Transcript	Census-1871-RG10-4016-69-32-Dickson.text
F3	Image	Census-1881-RG11-3947-66-41.jpeg
F4	Image	Census-1891-RG12-3215-68-38.jpeg

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