Maggie Elizabeth (Holbrook) Austin Simpson (1900 - 1964)

Born 9 Aug 1900 in Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States

Wife of George Edward Simpson — married 9 Mar 1945 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Died 12 Oct 1964 at age 64 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Native Virginian

The Life Summary of Maggie Elizabeth (Holbrooks) Austin Simpson:

When Maggie Elizabeth Holbrook was born in November 1899, in Abingdon, Washington, Virginia, United States, her father, Robert Washington Holbrook, was 23 and her mother, Virginia Bell Minton, was 24.

In 1900, she was a year old living with her family in Abingdon District, Washington, Virginia, United States.^[1]

She lived in Ervinton, Dickenson, Virginia, United States in 1910^[2] and Copper Creek, Russell, Virginia, United States in 1920.^[3]

Possibly Maggie married Sam Austin in 1922.

By 1930, Sam & Maggie had four (4) children and lived in Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.^[4]

By 1940, she is widowed and head of household with seven (7) children living in Bluefield, Clear Fork Magisterial District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.^[5]

Maggie married George Edward Simpson on March 9, 1945 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States.^[6]

She died on 12 October 1964, in Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Concord United Methodist Church Cemetery, Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJ6-3BN : accessed 10 August 2021), Maggie E Holbrooks in household of Robert W Holbrooks, Abingdon District (south part), Washington, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 105, sheet 8A, family 137, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,731.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPL5-ZQM : accessed 28 May 2022), Maggie Holbrook in household of Robert Holbrook, Ervinton, Dickenson, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 12B, family 194, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1626; FHL microfilm 1,375,639.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJNF-9KM : 4 February 2021), Maggie Halbrook in entry for Robert W Halbrook, 1920.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CJW8-C2M : accessed 28 May 2022), Maggie Austin in household of Sam Austin, Tazewell, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 10, sheet 33B, line 80, family 37, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2462; FHL microfilm 2,342,196.
5. ↑ https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VR1D-N2T
6. ↑ "Virginia, Marriage Certificates, 1936-1988," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9J-WCQP : 20 February 2021), George Edward Simpson and Maggie Elizabeth Austin, 09 Mar 1945; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Tazewell, Virginia, United States, certificate 7198, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16881033/maggie-elizabeth-simpson