William
Sims
Born before in Marston, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Son of Robert Sims
and Martha (Bleay) Sims
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Eleanor (Higgins) Judd
— married
8 Feb 1842 (to 1868) in Oxford St Paul, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
[children unknown]
Died
after age 52
in Victoria, Australia
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Biography
William Sims was born in Oxfordshire, England.
Birth
William was baptised at St Nicholas, Marston, Oxfordshire on 7th April 1816.[1] He was the son of Robert Sims and Martha (Bleay) Sims. His father stated on the register that he was a farmer.
Marriage
William Sims and Ellen Higgins were married after banns on 8th February 1842 at St Paul's, Oxford, Oxfordshire. [2] They were bachelor and spinster and both living in Clarendon Street at the time of the marriage. William was of full age, working as a coal merchant and the son of Robert Sims who was a farmer. Ellen was a minor and the daughter of William Higgins who was a plasterer. They both signed their own names on the register and the witnesses to the marriage were George Higgins and Emma Wilson.[3]
They had somewhere between six and twelve children. They moved to Victoria, Australia before 1853.
Death
William died in 1868 at the age of 52 years.[4][5]
Sources
- ↑ Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1915 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data: Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre. Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR165/1/R2/1 Image
- ↑ Register of Marriages: GRO Reference: 1842 M Quarter in Headington Volume 16 Page 94
- ↑ Marriage: Ancestry.com. Oxfordshire, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. Original data:Anglican Parish Registers, Oxfordshire Family History Society and Oxfordshire History Centre. Oxfordshire Family History Society; Oxford, Oxfordshire, England; Anglican Parish Registers; Reference Number: PAR212/1/R3/1 Image
- ↑ Death: VIC BDM 3086/1868
- ↑ Burial: "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KBYX-WNM : 6 January 2017), William Sims, died 01 Jun 1868; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Ballarat New Cemetery, Invermay Park, Ballarat City, Victoria, Australia.
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