It appears that William may have been married in Illinois before moving to Texas before 1918. Likewise, Della may have married a Hendricks before marrying William. WWI draft registration on 12 Sep 1918 - Wichita Falls, Wichita, TX William Edward Simpkins 3202 Buchanan, Wichita Falls, TX Born 8 Apr 1874 Painter for Wichita Falls Motor Co. Medium height, medium build, brown eyes, grey hair. Nearest relative given as Della Simpkins, same address. 1920 FC - Wichita Falls, Wichita, TX William Simpson, 45, born in Illinois, house painter Della Simpson, wife, 46, born in Texas Willie Hendricks, daughter, 15, born in Oklahoma William Simpson, son, 8, born in Texas Anna Simpson, daughter, 6, born in Texas 1930 FC - Wichita Falls, Wichita, TX William Simpkins, 56, first married at 21, born in Illinois, painter Della Simpkins, 58, first married at 16, born in Texas William Simpkins, 19, born in Texas, common laborer doing odd jobs Anna Simpkins, 14, born in Texas I found these entries on Ancestry.com. This is NOT my family. Stephen Fox -----Original Message----- From: simpkins-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:simpkins-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of katherin.zawacki@comcast.net Sent: Saturday, September 16, 2006 5:34 PM To: SIMPKINS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SIMPKINS] simpkins This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SIMPKINS Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/2AIBAIB/424 Message Board Post: I NEED HELP BAD. MY GRANDFATHER WAS WILLIAM EDWARD SIMPKINS. I CAN NOT FIND ANY INFO. ON HIM. HE WAS B. 1873? D.1959? M. 1904 TO IDELLA DURCILLA MILLER THEY HA A BOY WILLIAM J SIMPKINS(MY DAD) AND GIRL ANNA MARIE. THEY LIVED IN WICHITIA FALLS TEXAS, THEY DIED THERE TOO. I HAVE A DRATF RECORD FROM ILLINOIS,THAT SAYS HE WAS B.THERE. HIS OBIT SAYS HE WAS B. IN TEXAS. DOES ANYONE KNOW ANY SIMPKINS IN ILLINOIS OR TEXAS TO GIVE SOME WHERE TO START? I HAVE HIT A BRICK WALL. THANKS FOR ANY INFO. KOZ _____________________________ To contact the list admin send an email to: SIMPKINS-admin@rootweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to SIMPKINS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message