Rufus
William
Sims
Born in Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Rufus Wesley Sims
and Leona Hyde
Brother of
Leroy Sims [half]
Husband of
Mattie Cornelius Olive
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Charles Sims and [private daughter (1940s - unknown)]
Died
at age 74
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Sep 2014
This page has been accessed 202 times.
Biography
Rufus was born in 1907. Rufus was the child of Rufus Sims. Rufus passed away in 1982. [1]
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Sources
- See Also:
- "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK74-M9H : accessed 21 January 2021), Rufus Sims in household of Rufus Sims, Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 62, sheet 15A, family 335, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 21; FHL microfilm 1,374,034.
- "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3LZY-J2M : accessed 21 January 2021), Rufus Sims in household of Rufus W Sims, Florence, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 17, sheet 13B, line 93, family 305, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 34; FHL microfilm 2,339,769.
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Karl Sims
Rufus was a marksman with a gun. He was on a team from Florence that won the 1949 Alabama state championship.
posted 18 Sep 2014 by Karl Sims
[thank Karl]
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rufus 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 Rufus:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rufus 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 Rufus:
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~25.00%
Karl Sims
:
MyHeritage DNA
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~3.12%
Joyce (Blanton) Luker :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member deblwalker
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~1.56%
Debbie Luker :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LN2065133 [compare]
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~1.56%
Sara (Hopkins) Howard :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Dianne (Howard) Farquharson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch JN6833213 [compare], Ancestry member Diannefarqu
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