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Note: Robert Stanley Simpson's original Birth Certificate lists his mothers name as Nellie Simpson, with a maiden name of Maney. But, Roberts' marriage license, to Clara J. Hudson, lists his mothers name as Helen
Meney ! ? The question about which names for Father's Mother are correct has been discussed for a few decades. It seems for brother Donald A. and
I, that, Burntisland being a small community, Robert Pitillo, the
Assistant Registrar, when he filled out the Birth Certificate, maybe only
knew her by a nick-name of "Nellie" . In the same context, we would
also assume that he knew the correct spelling of her last name, and
entered "Maney". And, on Robert's Marriage Certificate there are two
instances of apparent mis-spellings of last names (Helen Meney, instead
of Helen Maney, and Minnie Boyer, instead of Minnie Poyer). We can only
guess that these were typing errors !?
Donald and James Simpson, 29 Jan 1995.
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I received a letter from Lillie Mitchell today, 10 Mar 1995. In a P.S.
to the letter she passed on bit of information:
P.S. Thought I would give a little bit of info:
Helen Maney (who married John Simpson in Tayport {Scotland} worked as a
weaver in the jute factory where subsequently my brother John Simpson
Allan became a Director of the Company (Scott & Fyfe). Helen and John went to Burntisland and lived at a house in Leven Street where my mother
was born - Mary Gelley Simpson, and she married James Allan and they
lived at St. James' Park until I was three years old when they moved to
Tayport (Whin Cottage, Golf Road) as my father became Claims Inspector
attached to the District's Manager's Office of the London and North Easter Railway in Dundee. Interesting that my mother went to live in the
town where her Mother used to live and yet I don't remember anybody ever
talking about that and it was only when Ann began probing that my brother
John found out that his grandmother used to work in his factory. My
grandmother was a very proud woman so perhaps she didn't want people to
know she worked as a weaver in a factory. When inquiring into the family
tree Ann came across quite a few things people didn't want uncovered and perhaps we shouldn't pry too much as people have a right to their own privacy. Skeletons in the cupboard one might say, although times have
changed and there isn't the same morality or codes of behaviour as there used to be.
Hope this is of interest. {JTS, Mar 10, 1995}
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