This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: winsweep Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.simpkins/6.10.47.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: George Beaton Simpkins (1855-1923) married Mary Elizabeth Stanley (1837-1957). They had several children, two of whom were James Elisha Simpkins and Rebecca Annie Simpkins. James Elisha Simpkins (1877-1929) married Ardecie (yes, spelled Ardecie) Frances Ford (1876-1958) and they had James Ottis Simpkins (1900-1961). James Elisha Simpkins' sister, Rebecca Annie Simpkins (1882-1934) married Arthur Clifford Oakes on 14 Oct 1909 (in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia) and they had my father, Homer Charles Oakes (1910-1998). They divorced - when? where? Rebecca probably kept the Oakes surname since she had a child. About 1928 Rebecca (probably Oakes) married George T. Edmondson (1866-1953). When Rebecca was an Edmondson, she died (25 Dec 1934) but apparently the state of Georgia records gave ancestry.com the name Jacobson rather than Edmondson. As far as I know, Rebecca had no other children. There is info that James Elisha Simpkins used Elisha Simpkins as his name. The children of George Beaton Simpkins & Mary Elizabeth Stanley were the following: James Elisha Simpkins 1877 - 1929; Bertha Jane Simpkins 1879 - 1942; Rebecca Annie Simpkins 1882 - 1934; Ida Belle Simpkins 1886 - 2006; John L Simpkins 1889 - 1973; Carl Newton Simpkins 1893 - 1950; Elizabeth P Simpkins 1895 - ?? ; Isaac Almand Simpkins 1898 - 1965 (he went by Almand); Zelma Prudence Simpkins 1900 - 1983 (she went by Prudence) and she helped raise my father. These people are listed on my family tree (called the Wilkerson and Oakes Family Tree). Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.