William Semple and Anna Bonner

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Husband William Semple ^{1 2 3 4}

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            AKA: William Sample 5
           Born: 11 Nov 1771 - Castle Dawson, northern Ireland 1 2
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         Father: [Father] Semple (      -      )
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       Marriage: 16 May 1801 2

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Wife Anna Bonner ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Nancy Bonner 4
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         Father: Charles Bonner (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Annie [Unk] (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Nancy C. Semple ^{2 4 6 7}

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           Born: 13 Apr 1802 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 7
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         Spouse: John Bissell (1797-1865) 2 4 7 8
           Marr: 13 Jul 1820 7

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2 M Alexander B. Semple ^{1 2}

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3 M William M. Semple ^{1 2}

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4 M Samuel W. Semple ^{1 2}

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5 F Mary C. Semple ^{1 2 9}

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            AKA: Mary Sample 5
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         Spouse: Dr. William Woods, M.D. (1804-1885) 2 5 9

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6 M Charles Semple ¹

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7 M John Bonner Semple ^{1 2}

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           Born: 24 Sep 1815 - Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Mary Jane Blair (      -      ) 1 10
           Marr: 22 Aug 1836 10

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8 F Ellen L. Semple ^{1 2}

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9 M Francis "Frank" Semple ^{1 2}

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General Notes: Husband - William Semple

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He was born at Castle Dawson, in the North of Ireland, and in 1786 emigrated to the United States, settling in South Amboy, New Jersey, and later moving to Trenton, where he studied architecture. About the year 1795 he came to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he worked on the old court-house on the Diamond. He practised his profession until the latter years of his life, during which he was the proprietor of a hardware store on Wood street, near Third avenue. By dint of industry and frugality he prospered, acquiring a competence and becoming the owner of what was later the "Arthur Sullivan estate," overlooking the Monongahela river, a place which was one of Nature's beauty spots ere the advent of mills and factories hopelessly and permanently marred the perfection of her work.
Mr. Semple was one of those active in securing the establishment of a branch of the United States Bank in Pittsburgh, being one of the signers of the memorial endorsed "Petition from citizens of Pittsburgh for a branch at that place, 1817."

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 333.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 110.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D, A Century and a Half of Pittsburg and Her People, Vol. III (New York: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1908), Pg 410.

4 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 74.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 357.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 333, 353.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 1457.

8 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 353.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 1045.

10 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 111.