Samuel SIMPSON
1806 - 1892 (85 years)
Generation: 1
1. Samuel SIMPSON was born on 6 Nov 1806 in , , Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland; died on 26 Apr 1892 in McNab Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; was buried in McNab Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada. Other Events and Attributes:
- Census: 1851, McNab Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation: 1851, McNab Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; shoemaker
- Census: 1871, McNab Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
- Census: 1881, McNab Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
- Census: 1891, McNab Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada
- Occupation: 1982, McNab Twp., Renfrew, Ontario, Canada; farmer & shoe maker
Notes:
Samuel Simpson and his wife Mary Curry, from Ireland settled McNab Tw p. He was talented in the building of log structures for he had perfected the art of dove-tailing the logs that was so necessary at the time. He also had a trade of making boots and shoes. He went from house to house and took feet measurements then made the footwear by hand. Th is trade was called "whip-the-cat"(Zion Line WI)