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Robert James Douglas Simpson fonds [textual record]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1923-1956.

Reference:

R16455-0-5-E, MG9-D7-41

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

103549

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Robert James Douglas Simpson fonds
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Date(s):

1923-1956.

Place of creation:

Ontario

Extent:

1.6 cm of textual records (77 p.).

Language of material:

English

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The fonds consists of a photocopy of the personal register of marriages performed by the Reverend Dr. R. J. D. Simpson. Most of the marriages relate to Toronto. A few for other places appear to be mainly for relatives and friends living for the most part in Simcoe County, Ont.

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Simpson, Robert James Douglas, 1869-1957

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Simpson, Robert James Douglas, 1869-1957 : Rev. Dr. Robert James Douglas Simpson was born of Irish parents at Thornton, Simcoe County, Ont. on 14 December 1869. He became a minister first in the Methodist Church of Canada and then, after the union in 1925, in the United Church of Canada.

He was received on trial by the Toronto Conference of the Methodist Church of Canada in 1894 and served at Malton and Manitowaning in 1894 and 1895 respectively. In 1896 and 1897 he was in Toronto as a student at Victoria College. In 1898 he was received into full connexion and ordained, and served first at Thessalon, 1898-1900. Between 1900 and 1912 he served at Queensville, Toronto, Midland, and Newmarket. From 1913 he was settled in Toronto, where he died, 25 October 1957, at the age of 87.

After a severe nervous breakdown in 1925, he retired from active ministry and later worked for the Dominion of Canada Insurance Company. He was twice married, first to Susan Rebecca Boake (1871-1931), by whom he had two sons and a daughter, and afterwards to Laura E. Wickett, who survived him.

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(Paper) Volume 1 of the Thematic Guide 1206 to Parish Registers provides a summary description of the contents of the unit. A shelf list for the microfilm copy of the material is also available in volume 2 of the guide. (90: Open)

(Electronic) The fonds is available online. (90: Open)
https://heritage.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.lac_reel_h1810/

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General note:

Further information is available in A Goodly Heritage (Ottawa: Heirs of History, 1974), the family history compiled by his daughter Reba R.M. Simpson.

Location of originals note:

Originals with Miss Rebecca Simpson, Ottawa, Ont.

Availability of other formats note:

The fonds is also available on microfilm reel H-1810, from reel image 092 to 170.
Subject heading:

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Toronto (Ont.) - Marriage records, 1923-1956

Simcoe County (Ont.) - Marriage records, [1923-1956]

Marriage celebrants - Ontario, 1923-1956
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Private

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MG9-D7-41
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Textual records

[Consultation90 Open]
The register has been removed from circulation; a microfilm copy, reel H-1810, is available for research purposes.

Volume [MG9 D 7-41] 1--2

[Consultation 90 Open]

Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Microfilm reel H-1810

[Consultation 90 Open]

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