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Title: Rev. Thomas Simpson. Correspondence and other papers.,
Date (inclusive): 1936-1942
Collection number: MSS 0460
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 microfilm reel in one
box.)
Repository:
Mandeville Special Collections Library, UCSD
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175
Shelf Location: For current information on the location of these
materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language:
English.
Material may not be reproduced in published form without the written permission of Mrs.
Margaret L. Henderson, 11 Fourth Road, Belair, SA, 5052, Australia.
Rev. Thomas Simpson. Correspondence and other papers., MSS 0460. Mandeville Special
Collections Library, UCSD.
Correspondence from Thomas Simpson to Nellie Ludlow and from Thomas and Nellie Simpson to
Nellie's family. The collection also includes news clippings and related documents for
the period 1936-1942.
The collection has been arranged and briefly described by the Simpson's daughter,
Margaret Henderson.
Microfilm prepared by Pacific Manuscripts Bureau. [PMB 1114].
Thomas Nevison Simpson was born in London on 18 March 1909. When he was 15, he arrived in
Adelaide with the last group of boys under the Barwell Scheme of South Australia. In 1928
he took the local preachers' examination and became a member of the Methodist Church. In
1936, he completed studies at Wesley College in Adelaide and at the University of Sydney.
In August 1936, he was sent to the Methodist Mission in Rabaul, New Britain, and then to
the Mission at Kavieng in New Ireland where he was Assistant Minister. In December 1936,
Simpson was sent as the first Methodist Missionary to New Hanover where he was stationed
at Ranmelek.
Nellie and Thomas Simpson were married in Rabaul in September 1937. Nellie and their
daughter Margaret were evacuated from Kavieng in December 1941, but Thomas Simpson
remained behind at Ranmelek where he was captured by the Japanese. The last communication
from Thomas Simpson was dated 5 January 1942. Nellie Simpson died in July 1992.