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Edward SIMPSON
Anna Maria __?__
Husband:  Edward SIMPSON
Birth:  1825-27, PA
Occupation:  farmer, merchant, lumberman
Marriage:
Wife:  Anna Maria / Ann Marie __?__
Birth:  1825/6, MD
Occupation:  homemaker
Children — born in Madison Twp., Luzerne [now Lackawanna] Co., PA:
1.  William SIMPSON, b. 1847/8
2.  Sarah SIMPSON, b. 1851/2
Keywords for search engines:  genealogy; USA, US, United States, Pennsylvania

Sources:

1.  Marriage Record:

2.  1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #13 of 14):  Madison Twp., Luzerne Co., PA, Roll M432_793, p. 229A, 4/5, enumerated 26 Dec 1850, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Edward Simpson 23 M   Farmer   Pa
Ann       " 24 F       Mass
Wm        "  3 M       Pa

3.  1860 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #11 of 26 — indexed "Simper"):  Moscow P.O., Madison, Luzerne Co., PA, Roll M653_1134, p. 499A, PN 242, 1829/1798, enumerated 28 Jul 1860, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1860 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Edward S??p?? 37 M   Merchant 5200 2700 Pa
Am Maire  " 35 F         Mayland?
William   " 12 M         Pa
Sarah     "  8 F         "
May Leng?? 20 F         Ireland
This enumerator's handwriting was dreadful, on top of which he tended to drop letters, entirely.

4.  1870 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #6 of 39):  Moscow P.O., Madison Twp., Luzerne Co., PA, p. 211B, PN 6, 46/46, enumerated 2 Jun 1870, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1870 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
Simpson Edwd 46 M W Farmer & Lumberman 22500 1000 Penn
_______ Annie M 45 F W Keeping House     Maryland
_______ J Wm 22 M W   1000 100 Penn
Smith M A 74 F W Boarding     Maryland
Rollison Robt 24 M W Teamster 400   Penn

5.  1880 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #1 of 23):  Madison Twp., Lackawanna Co., PA, Roll 1138, p. 444A, PN 1, SD 5, ED 49, enumerated 3 Jun 1880, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1880 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1880:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 10 13 24 25 26
9 10 Simpson Edward W M 56     / Farmer PA IRL ENG
    _______ Anna M W F 55 Wife   / Keeping House MD DE MD
    Scanlon Hannah W F 17 Servant /   Servant PA IRL IRL
    Wheeler Nathan W M 17 Boarder /   Farm Laborer PA PA PA

6.  1890 Census:  the 1890 Census Population Schedules were destroyed.

7.  1900 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com, Image #23 of 25):  Madison Twp., Lackawanna Co., PA, Roll T623_1419, p. 65/85A, SN 12, SD 4, ED 33, enumerated 25 Jun 1900, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1900 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):
1900:  for an explanation of the column headings, please see
What the Numbers in the Federal Census Mean (missing columns contained no data).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 19 20 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
285 275 Simpson Anna Head W F Jan 1825 75 WD 2 2 MD DE MD     Y Y Y O M H  
    _______ Harriett Sister W F Aug 1829 70 WD 5 1 MD DE MD     Y Y Y        
    Gomperts William S Nephew W M Dec 1884 15 S     NY NY NY At School   Y Y Y        
    Simpson William H Boarder W M Oct 1854 45 S     PA PA PA Farmer 0 Y Y Y R   F 131
I'll wager that William is Harriet's son and that the enumerator mixed up who was the boarder and who was the nephew.

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