Peerage Record – 36241

     Brig.-Gen. Bethel Wood Simpson was the son of Wendell Lee Simpson.² He married Mary Laure Cecelia Byrne, daughter of Colonel Charles Borromeo Byrne and Anais T. Artaud, on 21 October 1912.¹ He died on 17 February 1955.¹
     He lived at Lansing, Michigan, U.S.A.^G.¹ He was awarded the Legion of Merit.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army.¹ He developed and commanded Ordnance Replacement Training Centers in World War II.¹

     Colonel Charles Lee Simpson Simpson is the son of Brig.-Gen. Bethel Wood Simpson and Mary Laure Cecelia Byrne.²
     He lived at Sierre Madre, California, U.S.A.^G.¹ He gained the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army.¹

     May Simpson is the daughter of Brig.-Gen. Bethel Wood Simpson and Mary Laure Cecelia Byrne.² She married Wyatt R. Flock.¹
     Her married name became Flock.

     Wyatt R. Flock married May Simpson, daughter of Brig.-Gen. Bethel Wood Simpson and Mary Laure Cecelia Byrne.¹
     He lived at Pasadena, California, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Mellette Traster married Major Charles Lawrence Byrne, son of Colonel Charles Borromeo Byrne and Anais T. Artaud.¹ She died in 1947.
     Her married name became Byrne. She lived at Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.^G.¹

     Lt.-Col. Charles Artaud Byrne was born on 7 September 1923.¹ He is the son of Major Charles Lawrence Byrne and Mellette Traster.² He married, secondly, Sylvia Gabriele Christine Bleeke, daughter of Karl David Wilhelm Bleeke, in 1967.¹
     He was educated at U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York, U.S.A.^G.¹ He graduated with a Master of Science (M.S.)¹ He fought in the Korean War in 1951.¹ He was awarded the Bronze Star.¹ He was awarded the Navy Commendation Medal.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the U.S. Air Force.¹ He was awarded the Air Medal.¹ He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.)¹ He fought in the Vietnam War between 1969 and 1970.¹ He lived in 1976 at 23 Chartier Circle, Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.A.^G.¹ He lived in 1976 at Waril Hall, Worlington, Suffolk, England^G.¹

     Leslie Eugenia Byrne was born on 10 November 1958.¹ She is the daughter of Lt.-Col. Charles Artaud Byrne.²

     Karl David Wilhelm Bleeke lived at Cologne, Germany^G.¹ He lived at Eltville am Rhein, Germany^G.¹

     Sylvia Gabriele Christine Bleeke is the daughter of Karl David Wilhelm Bleeke.² She married Lt.-Col. Charles Artaud Byrne, son of Major Charles Lawrence Byrne and Mellette Traster, in 1967.¹
     From 1967, her married name became Byrne.