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Samuel Sims

Samuel Sims

Male Abt 1813 - 1892  (~ 79 years)

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  • Name Samuel Sims 
    Born Abt 1813  North Cadbury, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Occupation 1840  Lower Wear, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Brick maker 
    Died 8 Apr 1892  Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Person ID I255  Algonquin Highlands Settlers
    Last Modified 21 Jun 2021 

    Family Ann White,   b. 1817, Weare, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. John Sims,   b. 31 Jul 1840, Weare, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 1925, Fenelon Falls, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)
     2. Fanny Sims,   b. 7 Apr 1843, Weare, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1923, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. George Sims,   b. 1846, Weare, Somerset, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Mar 1891, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2017 
    Family ID F187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Samuel Sims
    Samuel Sims
    Haliburton Echo Pic of the Past

  • Sources 
    1. [S10] 1851 England Census, Class: HO107; Piece: 1936; Folio: 210; Page: 4; GSU roll: 221095.
      Birth date: abt 1814 Birth place: No Cadbury, Somerset, England Residence date: 1851 Residence place: Weare, Somerset, England
      http://search.ancestry.ca/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=uki1851&h=7390483&ti=5543&indiv=try&gss=pt


    2. [S4] 1861 Census of Canada, Canada West / Peterborough / Minden & Stanhope / Page 5, Line 26.
      Widowed, with three children.

    3. [S9] 1871 Census of Canada, Ontario / Peterborough North / Stanhope & Sherborne / Pg 8, Family 26.
      Age 57 on this census.

    4. [S8] 1881 Census of Canada, Year: 1881; Census Place: Stanhope and Sherborne and McClintock, Peterborough East, Ontario; Roll: C_13240; Page: 21; Family No: 126.

    5. [S25] 1891 Census of Canada, Ontario / Victoria North / Stanhope / Page 2, Family 9.
      Age 77 on this census. Living alone. Surname is spelled Sims on this census.

    6. [S86] Somerset, England, Church of England Baptisms.
      Occupation given on 1840 parish register baptism of son John.

    7. [S24] Ontario Death Registrations, Reg# 07040-92.
      Age 78, born Somerset, England. Cause: Old age, three weeks. Surname spelled Sims.