Robert Laird (Bobby) Simpson

1901 - 1959  (57 years)

• Name	Robert Laird (Bobby) Simpson
  Birth	9 Dec 1901	Youngs Land, Thorniewood, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [1, 2, 3]
  	Robert Laird Simpson At 4.45 AM Parents: William Simpson, Coal Miner & Mary Simpson MS Laird Married: 1891 June 24th Bothwell Wm Simpson, Father, was present at the birth.
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Sep 1959	Bangour Hospital, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland   [3, 4]
  	Cause: Carcinoma of Stomach - 3 months; Metastatic deposits - months
  	Robert Laird Simpson Coal Miner (Machineman), Married to 1st Jenny Galt; 2nd Catherine Miller or MacDonald At 3pm aged 57yrs Usual res: 1 Peden Street, Eastfield, Harthill Parents: William Simpson, Coal Miner (dec) & Mary Laird (dec) Wm Simpson, Son, 31 Benhar Road, Eastfield, Harthill was the informant
  Death Notice	4 Sep 1959	"West Lothian Courier" Scotland   [5]
  	SIMPSON At Bangour Hospital, on 2nd September, 1959. Robert Laird Simpson, aged 57 years, beloved husband of Catherine Miller, 1 Peden Street, Eastfield, Harthill.
  Burial	7 Sep 1959	Shotts Kirk, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland
  AAA Last Date	29 Jun 2022
  Person ID	I409	Ailsa and Bill Family Histories

  
  

  Father	William Simpson,   b. 17 Aug 1870, West Byres, Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland d. 21 Jan 1953, 6 Donaldson Place, Tannochside, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 82 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Laird,   b. 6 Sep 1870, Thomson's Land, Baillieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 2 Jan 1940, 297 Old Edinburgh Road, Tannochside, Lanarkshire, Scotland (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F150	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Janet Skelton Galt,   b. Abt 1901, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 21 Jul 1943, The Annexe, Bangour Hospital, Broxburn, West Lothian, Scotland (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	3 Apr 1925	The Manse Newarthill, Holytown, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [3, 6]
  	After Publication according to the Forms of the United Free Church of Scotland Robert Laird Simpson, Coal Miner, (Bachelor) aged 23. Usual Res: 8 Birkenshaw Terrace, Uddingston Parents: William Simpson, Coal Miner & Mary Laird Janet Skelton Galt, Dairymaid (spinster) aged 24. Usual Res: 268 High Street, Newarthill Parents: Andrew Galt, Coal Miner (dec) & Jeanie Galt now Tait, MS Skelton Witnesses: Thomas Simpson, 41 Calder Street, Whifflet & Elizabeth Galt, 268 High St, Newarthill
  Number of Children	3 Children
  Children	+ 1. William Simpson,   b. 1926, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 1987, Bathgate, West Lothian, Scotland (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural] + 2. Living + 3. Clarice Whitehead Simpson,   b. Jun 1930, Bellshill, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 28 Jan 2014, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, England (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F273	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Catherine Colligan Miller,   b. 28 Dec 1903, Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland d. 6 Mar 1984, Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	28 Jun 1947	Harthill, Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland   [7]
  	Catherine was previously married to Lewis MacDonald 1928 Dennistoun, who died 19 Oct 1936, aged only 37. They had the following children Catherine Young McDonald b 1929 m 1955 Alfred McCafferty Lewis MacDonald 1930 died 2000 m 1957 Mary McDonald Moffat Weir Gordon MacDonald born and died 9 Jan 1933 Susanna S S (Sutherland Smith) MacDonald b1935 m Gordon Wisby 1961 m (maybe NZ) William Drummond Cook Robert Bowes M MacDonald b 1931 m 1958 Mary Compton Weir Mary Jane Miller MacDonald or Kyle 1940 Shotts - m ? Read died 2017 Hobart Tasmania (father was John Grant Kyle) Under previous married name of MacDonald
  Number of Children	1 Child
  Children	1. Living
  Family ID	F274	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S30] Family Search, Subject: Birth Marriage and Burial Entries, (Name: From 2000;), 7733433/99. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1901, Bothwell Lanark, 625/01 0634. [S1] Certificate held on file:. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1959, Uphall, West Lothian, 672/00 0340. [S10] Newspaper, Type: Various Papers, West Lothian Courier 4 Sept 1959 Page 20 Deaths - via FMP. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1925 Holytown, Lanark, 625/02 0027. [S11] Scotland, Record Office BDM Indexes, Url: www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk, 1947 Shotts (Eastern District), Lanark, 655/02 0035.