WWI Reg. #2004612
Enlisted Oct. 7, 1916 in the Yukon Infantry Company and Dawson, Yukon and served with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry in France. Discharged Nov. 26, 1918 due to being overage.
Birth: August 12, 1871; Ottawa, Ontario; later stated age as 53 in 1918, and birthdate shown as July 29, 1865.
Next-of-kin: James Cathcart Simpson, brother, at Niverville, Manitoba; parents, deceased.
Trade: Placer miner
Sourdough's Last Wish
Dies With His Clothes On
Declaring that he was going to die with his clothes on, Herbert Simpson, aged 76, a former Yukon prospector and ex-serviceman, fulfilled his last resolution on Saturday.
Mr. Simpson, who resided at 240 Twelfth avenue west, had been ill for some time and, despite encouragement offered by his physician, said he knew he was going to die and for the previous four days had lain in bed clad in his shirt, socks, trousers and sweater.
Born in Ontario, he spent many years placer mining in the Yukon, and was one of the countless prospectors who took part in the Klondike gold rush in 1898.
At the outbreak of war in 1914 he travelled to Winnipeg and joined the P.P.C.L.I., with which he served for the duration of the war. Following the war he came to Calgary and had resided here until the time of his death.
He is survived by his brother, Dr. R. M. Simpson of Winnipeg.
The Calgary Herald, March 18, 1940, page 11
Alberta Death Index
Name: Herbert Simpson
Death: 16 March 1940; Calgary
Birth: 29 July 1864; Ontario
Reg. #1940-08-201248
Enlisted Oct. 7, 1916 in the Yukon Infantry Company and Dawson, Yukon and served with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry in France. Discharged Nov. 26, 1918 due to being overage.
Birth: August 12, 1871; Ottawa, Ontario; later stated age as 53 in 1918, and birthdate shown as July 29, 1865.
Next-of-kin: James Cathcart Simpson, brother, at Niverville, Manitoba; parents, deceased.
Trade: Placer miner
Sourdough's Last Wish
Dies With His Clothes On
Declaring that he was going to die with his clothes on, Herbert Simpson, aged 76, a former Yukon prospector and ex-serviceman, fulfilled his last resolution on Saturday.
Mr. Simpson, who resided at 240 Twelfth avenue west, had been ill for some time and, despite encouragement offered by his physician, said he knew he was going to die and for the previous four days had lain in bed clad in his shirt, socks, trousers and sweater.
Born in Ontario, he spent many years placer mining in the Yukon, and was one of the countless prospectors who took part in the Klondike gold rush in 1898.
At the outbreak of war in 1914 he travelled to Winnipeg and joined the P.P.C.L.I., with which he served for the duration of the war. Following the war he came to Calgary and had resided here until the time of his death.
He is survived by his brother, Dr. R. M. Simpson of Winnipeg.
The Calgary Herald, March 18, 1940, page 11
Alberta Death Index
Name: Herbert Simpson
Death: 16 March 1940; Calgary
Birth: 29 July 1864; Ontario
Reg. #1940-08-201248
WWI Reg. #2004612
Enlisted Oct. 7, 1916 in the Yukon Infantry Company and Dawson, Yukon and served with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry in France. Discharged Nov. 26, 1918 due to being overage.
Birth: August 12, 1871; Ottawa, Ontario; later stated age as 53 in 1918, and birthdate shown as July 29, 1865.
Next-of-kin: James Cathcart Simpson, brother, at Niverville, Manitoba; parents, deceased.
Trade: Placer miner
Sourdough's Last Wish
Dies With His Clothes On
Declaring that he was going to die with his clothes on, Herbert Simpson, aged 76, a former Yukon prospector and ex-serviceman, fulfilled his last resolution on Saturday.
Mr. Simpson, who resided at 240 Twelfth avenue west, had been ill for some time and, despite encouragement offered by his physician, said he knew he was going to die and for the previous four days had lain in bed clad in his shirt, socks, trousers and sweater.
Born in Ontario, he spent many years placer mining in the Yukon, and was one of the countless prospectors who took part in the Klondike gold rush in 1898.
At the outbreak of war in 1914 he travelled to Winnipeg and joined the P.P.C.L.I., with which he served for the duration of the war. Following the war he came to Calgary and had resided here until the time of his death.
He is survived by his brother, Dr. R. M. Simpson of Winnipeg.
The Calgary Herald, March 18, 1940, page 11
Alberta Death Index
Name: Herbert Simpson
Death: 16 March 1940; Calgary
Birth: 29 July 1864; Ontario
Reg. #1940-08-201248
Enlisted Oct. 7, 1916 in the Yukon Infantry Company and Dawson, Yukon and served with the Princess Patricia Canadian Light Infantry in France. Discharged Nov. 26, 1918 due to being overage.
Birth: August 12, 1871; Ottawa, Ontario; later stated age as 53 in 1918, and birthdate shown as July 29, 1865.
Next-of-kin: James Cathcart Simpson, brother, at Niverville, Manitoba; parents, deceased.
Trade: Placer miner
Sourdough's Last Wish
Dies With His Clothes On
Declaring that he was going to die with his clothes on, Herbert Simpson, aged 76, a former Yukon prospector and ex-serviceman, fulfilled his last resolution on Saturday.
Mr. Simpson, who resided at 240 Twelfth avenue west, had been ill for some time and, despite encouragement offered by his physician, said he knew he was going to die and for the previous four days had lain in bed clad in his shirt, socks, trousers and sweater.
Born in Ontario, he spent many years placer mining in the Yukon, and was one of the countless prospectors who took part in the Klondike gold rush in 1898.
At the outbreak of war in 1914 he travelled to Winnipeg and joined the P.P.C.L.I., with which he served for the duration of the war. Following the war he came to Calgary and had resided here until the time of his death.
He is survived by his brother, Dr. R. M. Simpson of Winnipeg.
The Calgary Herald, March 18, 1940, page 11
Alberta Death Index
Name: Herbert Simpson
Death: 16 March 1940; Calgary
Birth: 29 July 1864; Ontario
Reg. #1940-08-201248
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