Jennie M. Simpson, D. D. S., whose office is at No. 435 Geary street, San Francisco, has been engaged in the study and practice of dentistry since 1884. She was born in Sierra county, California, the daughter of Hugh R. Simpson, who came to this State in 1849 from Canada. He engaged in mining operations in Sierra county, in which he continued until his death, which occurred in 1868, caused by the caving in of a mine he was operating. The family have been residents of Canada for many generations, being among the early British settlers in that country.
Jennie
M., our subject, received her early education in the public scoools of Ontario,
Canada, and later in the Demill Ladies’ College of Oshawa, Ontario, where she
remained nearly three years. Returning
to California she commenced the study of dentistry in 1884, under the
preceptorship of Dr. Gordon, of Santa Cruz, with whom she studied for one
year. She then entered the College of
Dentistry of the University of California, and graduated in that institution in
1887, receiving the degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery. Soon afterward the Doctor commenced the
practice of her profession in San Francisco, which she has since continued. She holds the position of visiting dentist
to the Childrens’ Hospital and Training School for Nurses, and also the
position of Dentist to the Pacific Free Dispensary, which is connected with
that hospital.
Transcribed by
Donna L. Becker
Source: "The
Bay of San Francisco," Vol. 1, pages 617-618, Lewis Publishing Co, 1892.
©
2004 Donna L. Becker.