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07-07-21, 18:51
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Sim family of Gamrie
Still searching for James Sim!
I'm investigating this family: James Sim born c. 1840 at Forgue, Aberdeen wife Helen children William, James, Helen, Alexander Smith Marriage: SIM JAMES LORIMER HELEN Year 1861 Ref. 149/ 3 Place Boyndie 1861 Census Braeface Of Collconard, Banff Landward, Banffshire James Sim Servant Mar M 21 Ploughman Born Forgue, Aberdeenshire wife not with him Working for the Hart family 1871 Census Montbletton, Gamrie, Banffshire, Scotland James Sim Head M 31 yob 1840 Ag Lab Born Forgue, Aberdeenshire Helen Sim Wife F 30 yob 1841 Born Boyndie, Banffshire William Sim Son M 9 yob 1862 Scholar Born Boyndie, Banffshire James Sim Son M 7 yob 1864 Scholar Born Boyndie, Banffshire Helen Sim Daughter F 1 yob 1870 Born Gamrie, Banffshire 1881 Census Montbletton, Gamrie, Banffshire, Scotland James Sim Head Married M 41 yob 1840 Cattleman born Forgue, Aberdeenshire Helen Sim Wife Married F 41 yob 1840 born Boyndie, Banffshire James Sim Son Unm M 17 yob 1864 Writer born Boyndie, Banffshire Helen Sim Daughter F 11 yob 1870 Scholar born Gamrie, Banffshire Alexander Smith Son M 0 yob 1881 born Gamrie, Banffshire 1891 Census Silverhillocks, Gamrie, Macduff, Banffshire, Scotland James Sime Head Mar M 51 yob 1840 Crofter born Banffshire Helen Sime Wife Mar F 51 yob 1840 born Boyndie, Banffshire Helen Sim Daughter Unm F 21 yob 1870 born Banffshire Alexander S Sime Son M 10 yob 1881 Scholar born Gamrie, Banffshire 1901 Census Silver Hillocks Croft, Gamrie, Macduff, Banffshire, Scotland James Sim Head Mar M 61 yob 1940 Crofter born Banffshire Helen Sim Wife Mar F 61 yob 1840 Crofter’s wife born Boyndie, Banffshire Annabella Porter Servant Single F 14 yob 1887 General Servant born Turriff, Aberdeenshire 
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#2
07-07-21, 18:56
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Part 2:
It seems that William and Alexander Smith Sim went to New York: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/...nder-smith-sim William is buried there too. I found this on Ancestry: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-v...=successSource Nellie must be Helen. There is an obituary on Ancestry for Dr Alexander Smith Sim and other information, which I can't view as I don't have a worldwide subscription. Could someone please tell me what the obituary says? I'm hoping if the father James Sim is the father of my Isabella Richardson a DNA match might pop up sometime. I still have to eliminate the other James Sims!
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08-07-21, 07:17
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Among other interesting things, Elizabeth, it says:
"Dr. Alexander S. Sim, 51, head of the Delsim Sanatorium, 61 Greene ave., and a practising physician in Brooklyn for the past 25 years, died yesterday in his home, 400 Clinton ave. Death was due to heart disease.I've PM'd you.
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08-07-21, 07:21
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Even with a World Wide sub I can't access those obituaries because it directs you to Newspapers.com.
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08-07-21, 07:24
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Janet, many thanks! Dr Alexander Smith Sim did well for the son of an ag. lab. / crofter.
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08-07-21, 07:31
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08-07-21, 07:56
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Hm, this cause of death contradicts the newspaper obit which said he had a heart attack.
https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/...=successSource They've also mistranscribed his wife's name as Loma rather than Lorna and possibly his birth date as well. Not to mention the word 'Occuring' which appears as 'Accuning' - ouch. Have you examined that gravestone pictured on Find A Grave closely enough to see the several other names and dates at its base? I think my access to newspapers.com must have come bundled with a discounted Fold3 sub I picked up a while back.
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08-07-21, 08:24
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Janet, it's hard to read the gravestone. You'd need a better image.
I can't view the Ancestry link because I don't have a worldwide subscription.
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#9
08-07-21, 20:10
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Alexander S Sim
in the New York, New York, U.S., Index to Death Certificates, 1862-1948 Name: Alexander S Sim Gender: Male Race: White Marital status: Married Age: 50 Birth Date: 29 May 1880 Birth Place: Scotland Years in US: 30 Years Death Date: 15 Sep 1930 Death Street Address: 400 Clinton Av Death Place: New York City, Brooklyn, New York, USA Cause of Death: Cerebral Hemorrhage Accuning in Sleep Burial Date: 18 Sep 1930 Burial Place: Evergreen Cemetery Occupation: Physician Father's Birth Place: Scotland Mother's Birth Place: Scotland Father: James Sim Mother: Helen Sim Executor: Loma Lyons Sim Executor Relationship: Wife Certificate Number: 18373 ================================================== === On Find A Grave, go to the third photo and right-click on it, then 'Open image in new tab' and from there if necessary you might blow it up even more. But here it is. (Scroll down.) https://images.findagrave.com/photos...1426816001.jpg
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#10
08-07-21, 21:01
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Thanks, Janet, it all ties up nicely.
I'd really like to know if his father James Sim is my great-great-grandfather or not!
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