Bill Sims
Honor Code SignatorySigned 15 Oct 2017 | 3,071 contributions | 66 thank-yous | 1,381 connections
Signed 15 Oct 2017 | 3,071 contributions | 66 thank-yous | 1,381 connections
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Bill D. Sims
Born 1940s.
Ancestors 
Son of John William Sims
and Ruth Ann (Rammel) Sims
Brother of
John Sims and [private sister (1940s - unknown)]
Descendants 
Father of
[private daughter (1960s - unknown)], [private son (1960s - unknown)] and [private son (1970s - unknown)]
Profile last modified
| Created 1 Dec 2014
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Biography
William "Bill" Dale Sims was born on 30 JUN 1941 in Moweaqua, Shelby, Illinois. As of today, 17 OCT 2017, Bill and his wife have lived the last 40 some years in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha, South Dakota.
He was, and still is, married to Marguerite Marie Kulhavy on 17 AUG 1963 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo, New Mexico. They moved a short time later to Dallas, Texas.
They have three (3) children: Brenda Marie Sims born in 1964 in Dallas, Texas, Gregory John Sims born in 1967 in Irving, Texas, and Jeffery Dale Sims born in 1972 in Austin, Texas.
So far, they have five (5) grandchildren and two (2) great grandchildren. All the family members live in Sioux Falls at this time, except daughter, Brenda, who lives near Lilliwaup, Washington.
Bill began working on family history in 2013. At that time he inherited the several years of the family work that is mother had completed. So he had a great head-start.
He is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution with three (3) ancestors ... William Humphrey, John VerTrees and Augustine Sims. These follow the bloodline of three (3) of his four (4) grandparents. He would like to find one to complete one for each grandparent. He has identified about 11 more ancestors who he believes fought in the war and maybe some day he will apply for approval by the SAR for the additional Patriots.
Bill and his daughter, Brenda, are members of The Mayflower Society as an ancestor of Richard Warren.
While in Texas Bill was Director of the Computer center at the University of Dallas. He also taught and guest lectured on computer science and business related courses at UofD, SMU, TCU, Univ of Texas and St. Edwards University.
Since he didn't have a PhD, pay was not all that great. So, he left the academic world to join the private sector. At retirement in 1996 he was a senior executive in a large insurance company and on the Board of Directors of several others.
He is new to WikiTree as of this date of 15 OCT 2017. Another member, Alan Sims, told him about the mission and workings of this tool.
However, it is only his 3rd day as a member. He is a firm believer in sharing. Hopefully he can add some information for other and hopefully learn more from others.
Bill Sims
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- private siblings' names
- private children's names (3)
- spouse's name and marriage information
DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Bill or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships by comparing test results with Bill or other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Alan Sims
:
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 37 markers, haplogroup R-M269, FTDNA kit #357800 - Jerry Sims :
Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 67 markers, haplogroup R-A7254, FTDNA kit #B433904
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Bill Sims:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member billsims1941
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Bill is 22 degrees from Emeril Lagasse, 24 degrees from Nigella Lawson, 24 degrees from Maggie Beer, 45 degrees from Mary Hunnings, 28 degrees from Joop Braakhekke, 29 degrees from Michael Chow, 22 degrees from Ree Drummond, 25 degrees from Paul Hollywood, 24 degrees from Matty Matheson, 23 degrees from Martha Stewart, 33 degrees from Danny Trejo and 29 degrees from Molly Yeh on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
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I really haven't been too active in the 1776 project ... but, I do have 27 ancestors I have identified as Revolutionary War Vets ... have 3 confirmed by the SAR, may submit more as time permits ... would like to have at least one for each of my grandparents ... so far I have 3 of them ... missing the Rammel branch, but have some that will likely get approved as I continue to gather proof of all generations.
I also am a member of the Mayflower Society with Richard Warren as my ancestor.
Bill Sims -2606
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Thanks for your feedback.
I am still amazed at how some people did over 1,000 new profiles ... my keyboard doesn't work that fast ... anyway I ran out of people I can really provide good sources ...
Anyway, it was fun ... and I didn't lost too much sleep ..at at 79 years old what else do I have to do??
Maybe by next year I will find some more ancestors and can contribute again?
Bill
Thanks for all the work you accomplished during our Connect-A-Thon 2020. It is amazing how many more profiles were created and added to our Shared Tree. You have every right to be pleased with your efforts!
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Thanks! Emma :-)
I entered the Mumma profiles when I was (still am!) doing Ogle County profiles, due to having a copy of the History of Ogle County, Illinois, 1878, in my possession. I also have copies of the 1880 Ogle County US Census. The reason that I'm interested in Ogle County is that both the paternal and maternal sides of my family have been in that area since 1852. I was also born and raised there. The relationship finder says that we are 21st cousins twice removed through William Comyn, but not related through the Mummas, as far as I know.
Bill and Jill are 21st cousins twice removed
Bill Sims and Jill (Turkington) Lee are both descendants of William Comyn.
1. Bill is the son of John William Sims [unknown confidence] 2. John is the son of Alice Elizabeth (Drake) Sims [unknown confidence] 3. Alice is the daughter of Nancy Jane (Humphrey) Drake [unknown confidence] 4. Nancy is the daughter of Nathan Humphrey [unknown confidence] 5. Nathan is the son of Squire Humphrey [unknown confidence] 6. Squire is the son of Lydia (Munro) Humphrey [unknown confidence] 7. Lydia is the daughter of Nathan Munro [unknown confidence] 8. Nathan is the son of John Munro [unknown confidence] 9. John is the son of Thomas Munro [unknown confidence] 10. Thomas is the son of John Munro [unknown confidence] 11. John is the son of George Munro [unknown confidence] 12. George is the son of William Munro [unknown confidence] 13. William is the son of Hugh Munro [unknown confidence] 14. Hugh is the son of Robert Munro [unknown confidence] 15. Robert is the son of Hector Munro [confident] 16. Hector is the son of William Munro [unknown confidence] 17. William is the son of John Munro [unknown confidence] 18. John is the son of George Munro [unknown confidence] 19. George is the son of Hugh Munro [unknown confidence] 20. Hugh is the son of Jean (Ross) Munro [unknown confidence] 21. Jean is the daughter of Aodh (Ross) de Ross [unknown confidence] 22. Hugh is the son of Uilleam (Ross) de Ross [unknown confidence] 23. William II is the son of Johanna (Comyn) Ross [unknown confidence] 24. Johanna is the daughter of William Comyn [unknown confidence] This makes William the 22nd great grandfather of Bill.
1. Jill is the daughter of Jack Turkington [confident] 2. Jack is the son of George Edward Turkington Jr. [confident] 3. George is the son of Isabel Minerva (Barrett) Turkington [confident] 4. Isabel is the daughter of Anthony Barrett [confident] 5. Anthony is the son of Jacob Barrett [confident] 6. Jacob is the son of Jonathan Barrett [confident] 7. Jonathan is the son of John Barrett [confident] 8. John is the son of Dorcas (Green) Barrett [unknown confidence] 9. Dorcas is the daughter of Thomas Green [unknown confidence] 10. Thomas is the son of John Greene Sr. [confident] 11. John is the son of Richard Greene [unknown confidence] 12. Richard is the son of Robert Greene [confident] 13. Robert is the son of John Greene Sr [confident] 14. John is the son of John (Greene) Grene [confident] 15. John is the son of Mary (Talbot) Greene [unknown confidence] 16. Mary is the daughter of Richard Talbot [unknown confidence] 17. Richard is the son of Gilbert Talbot [unknown confidence] 18. Gilbert is the son of Elizabeth (Comyn) de Bromwich [unknown confidence] 19. Elizabeth is the daughter of John Comyn [unknown confidence] 20. John is the son of John Comyn II [unknown confidence] 21. John is the son of John Comyn [unknown confidence] 22. John is the son of William Comyn [unknown confidence] This makes William the 20th great grandfather of Jill.
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