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Object ID
1961.003.001
Title
Beaded purse.
Date
[ca. 1882].
Description
Made of cotton, faces with black velvet and has an intricate beaded design of leaves in colours of red, blue, green, yellow, white and gold. This purse was acquired by Mrs. Simpson around 1882.
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Simpson, Alice
Alice Graham Ritchie married James Simpson and settled out near 264th St. in 1913. Mrs. Simpson and her children moved to Fort Langley in the early 1929. Her children are James, Mary, John, David, and Janet (Jenny). John and Jim ran the Simpson Bros. Store in Fort Langley, and although David helped out, he ran his own trucking business. Alice died in 1953.
Simpson, Mary Josephine (nee Thompson)
Mary Josephine Simpson (nee Thompson) was born in about 1871 in Ontario. She married Richard Charles Simpson, who worked for the CN Railway, and came to Fort Langley in 1918. Mary died in July 1950, and is buried in the Fort Langley Cemetery. She left her property to Rod Hawkins, who helped her around the house and looked after her in the years after her husband passed.
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