Leslie Earl Simpson

1921 - 1937  (16 years)

• Name	Leslie Earl Simpson  [1]
  Birth	05 Feb 1921	Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas
  Gender	Male
  Death	20 Mar 1937	Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas (drowned)
  	d.c., 16 years old, single, father Richard Simpson, TX, mother Belle Canevaro, Texas "Where did injury occur? at Goose Island" "Specify whether injury occurred in Industry, in home, or in public place. petroleum industry, slipped and fell into Bartel Channel while pulling boat drowning." "Was disease or injury in any way related to occupation or of deceased: No." informant: W.W. Wilkinson, of Rockport
  		Simpson, Leslie Earl death certificate (son of Belle Canevaro and Richard Simpson)
  		Court Family, Seven Drownings Thomas Court, John Adams Court, Fred Court, Leslie Simpson, Francis Smith, Sr, Jr, and III, living separate lives at different times, but All worked on the river and all met their demise from drowning. (d)
  Burial	Rockport Cem, Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas
  		Rockport Cemetery 2040 Tule Park Drive, Rockport, Texas 78382 feature photo found here: http://www.wmisc.com/travel/Texas_08.htm 1.25 mi. E of SH 35, Rockport, TX, USA Latitude & Longitude: 28° 2' 37.698", -157° 2' 15.3996" S Texas State Historical Marker This cemetery has served the citizens of Rockport and Fulton for over a century. The oldest marked grave is that of Emma Fulton (d. 1876), granddaughter of George Ware Fulton, who was instrumental in the development of the area and was interred in the cemetery in 1893. A large number of burials took place here in 1918, the year of a devastating influenza epidemic. The cemetery contains the graves of veterans of the Texas Revolution, Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. The Rockport Cemetery Association maintains the historic graveyard. (1988) http://www.stoppingpoints.com/texas/sights.cgi?marker=Rockport+Cemetery&cnty=aransas
  Notes	drowned at age 16.
  Person ID	I9696	Roots
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2011

  
  

  Father	Richard Simpson, Sr,   b. 9 Sep 1878, St.Mary's, Refugio Co, Texas d. 16 Jan 1961, Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas (Age 82 years)
  Mother	Isabella Virginia Canevaro,   b. 11 May 1881, Fulton, Aransas Co, Texas d. Oct 1952, Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	15 Apr 1901	Aransas Co, Texas
  Family ID	F267	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 05 Feb 1921 - Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas Burial - - Rockport Cem, Rockport, Aransas Co, Texas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Albums

  Court Family Drownings (2) Seven Family Members died from drowning

  
  

• Sources

  [S214] Cindy Owens (cindyo@staffnet.com).