George
Washington
Sims
Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Son of William Sims
and Louisa (Stokes) Sims
Brother of
Joseph R Sims, Margaret Sims, Jacob William Sims, Mary Anne (Sims) Bowman, John Willis Sims, Emma Jane Sims and Fanny Matilda Sims
Husband of
Mary Grace (Eade) Sims
— married
10 Dec 1878 in Hawley, Pennsylvania
Descendants 
Father of
Alice Grace (Sims) MacQueen, Vivian Sims, Lawrence George Sims, Norman Eade Sims Sr and George William Sims
Died
at age 38
in Falls Church, Virginia
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Sep 2014
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George Washington Sims was born on 6 Nov 1856 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, the 6th child of English immigrants William and Louisa (Stokes) Sims. On 4 July 1861, William was orphaned when his parents were killed in a fire caused by a kerosene lamp explosion. According to family lore, George was taken in by the Hoskins family.
On 10 Dec 1878, George marries Mary Grace Eade in Hawley, Pennsylvania. According to the 1880 US Federal Census, George is a cabinet maker and lives next door to his in-laws. George and Mary have 4 children while living in Pennsylvania.
Around 1893, the family moved to Falls Church, Virginia where George opened an office for the Keystone Plaster Company. Sadly, he died of typhoid fever only 2 years later on 18 July 1895. George never saw his youngest son. George William Sims was born 6 months after his father's death.
Sources
- 1860 United States Federal Census Census Place: Scranton, Luzerne, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1135; Page: 898; Family History Library Film: 805135
- 1880 United states Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Palmyra, Pike, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1165; Family History Film: 1255165; Page: 308D; Enumeration District: 236
- District of Columbia, Select Deaths and Burials Index, 1769-1960
- Find A Grave https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/68471397
- The Morning Times (Washington DC) 1895-1897, July 20, 1895, Page 5, Image 5.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with George by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with George:
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~6.25%
~6.25%
Susan (Randall) Murphy 
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