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Mattie Marie (McAlhany) Simpson 1943 - 2016

Mattie Marie (McAlhany) Simpson of Little Egg Harbor Township, Ocean County, New Jersey United States was born on October 22, 1943 in Garfield, Bergen County to Roy Dorn McAlhany and Susan Pieters. She had siblings Jack A McAlhany and Mickey Pagan. She was the mother of Christopher Simpson. Mattie Simpson died at age 72 years old on October 13, 2016 in Little Egg Harbor Township, Ocean County.

Mattie Marie (McAlhany) Simpson

Little Egg Harbor Township, Ocean County, New Jersey United States

October 22, 1943

Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey, 07026, United States

October 13, 2016

Little Egg Harbor Township, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States

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Introduction

Mattie Marie (McAlhany ) Simpson was born on October 22, 1943 in Garfield, New Jersey to Roy Dorn McAlhany (1904 - 1983) and Susan Pitters (1909 - 1990). Mattie's father was born in Augusta, Georgia and her mother, Susan, was born in New Jersey. Mattie had one older brother, Jack Ardland McAlhany (1930 - 2008) and one older sister, Patricia McAlhany (1931 - 2020). Mattie McAlhany married Daniel Simpson in July of 1968 in Dover Township, Ocean County, New Jersey. Mattie and Daniel had a son, Christopher.
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1943

Birthday

October 22, 1943

Birthdate

Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey 07026, United States

Birthplace

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Ethnicity & Family History

Mattie was Caucasian, of German heritage on her maternal line, whose paternal grandfather, John, was born in South Carolina, as was her paternal great-grandfather, Joseph. Joseph's father, John McAlhany was born in 1788 in South Carolina, and John's father, Joseph McAlhany, was born in 1765, also in South Carolina. Mattie's mother, Susan Pitters, was born in New Jersey, Her father, John Pitters, was born in 1878 in Germany. His parents are unknown. Susan's mother, whose date of birth and birthplace are unknown, was named Maria Lichtenberge, which points to a Germanic heritage, indicated by the surname.
Nationality & Locations

Born and raised in Bergen County, New Jersey, Mattie was a lifelong resident of New Jersey. She died in New Jersey at the age of 72 years old,
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2016

Death

October 13, 2016

Death date

Multiple: dementia, brain tumor

Cause of death

Little Egg Harbor Township, Ocean County, New Jersey United States
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Mattie Marie (McAlhany) Simpson lived 3 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 72.

The average age of a McAlhany family member is 75.

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In 1943, in the year that Mattie Marie (McAlhany) Simpson was born, on June 20th through June 22nd, the Detroit Race Riot erupted at Belle Isle Park. The rioting spread throughout the city (made worse by false rumors of attacks on blacks and whites) and resulted in the deployment of 6,000 Federal troops. 34 people were killed, (25 of them black) - mostly by white police or National Guardsmen, 433 were wounded (75 percent of them black) and an estimated $2 million of property was destroyed. The same summer, there were riots in Beaumont, Texas and Harlem, New York.

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In 1950, when she was only 7 years old, on June 25th, the Korean War began when North Korean Communist forces crossed the 38th parallel. The Soviet Union and China backed North Korea and the U.N., primarily the United States backed South Korea.

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