Bothwell Families

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Charles Sims (1846-1926)
Elizabeth (Ryan) Whiteway (1846-1922)

Charles Sims, son of Job Sims and Magdalene Grayson.

b: 3 May 1846, Tasmania (1); bap: 11 Nov 1846, Hobart, Tasmania, (1); d: 8 Apr 1926, Bothwell, Tasmania (2); bur: 10 Apr 1926, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (3).

Spouse - Elizabeth (Ryan) Whiteway, daughter of Joseph Ryan and Ellen Wigmore.

b: 26 Jun 1846, Bothwell, Tasmania (4); bap: 13 Jul 1846, Bothwell, Tasmania (5); m: 20 Feb 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania (6); d: 11 Jan 1922, Bothwell, Tasmania (7); bur: 13 Jan 1922, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (8).

Children of Charles Sims and Elizabeth Ryan:

  1. Ellen Magdalene Sims - b: 2 Dec 1864, Bothwell, Tasmania (9); bap: 8 Jan 1865, Bothwell, Tasmania (10).**

  2. Charles Wigmore Sims - b: 19 Apr 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (11); bap: 26 May 1867, Bothwell, Tasmania (12); d: 14 Feb 1940, Hobart, Tasmania (13); bur: 15 Feb 1940, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (14). Spouse - Agnes Louisa Spurling, daughter of Henry Edwin Spurling and Matilda Rodman, b: abt 1873, Tasmania (15); m: 9 Jan 1895, Hobart, Tasmania (15); d: 3 Jan 1936, Hobart, Tasmania (16); bur: 4 Jan 1936, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (16).

  3. Louisa Emily Sims - b: 19 Apr 1869, Bothwell, Tasmania (17).**

  4. Arthur Edward Sims - b: 1 Sep 1871, Bothwell, Tasmania (18); d: 21 Dec 1943, Sydney, New South Wales (19). Spouse - Ellen Hallett, daughter of Charles Hallett and Elizabeth Baker, b: 14 Mar 1866, Hamilton, Tasmania (20); m: 12 Jun 1912, Bothwell, Tasmania (21); d: 14 Dec 1922, Hobart, Tasmania (22); bur: 16 Dec 1922, Cornelian Bay Cemetery, Hobart, Tasmania (23).

  5. Edward Bowden Sims - b: 30 Mar 1873, Bothwell, Tasmania (24).**

  6. Lucy Kate Sims - b: 2 Apr 1875, Bothwell, Tasmania (25).**

  7. William Robert Sims - b: 22 Nov 1876, Bothwell, Tasmania (26); bap: 28 Jan 1877, Bothwell, Tasmania (27); d: 6 Jan 1948, Launceston, Tasmania (28); crem: 8 Jan 1948, Carr Villa Memorial Park, Launceston, Tasmania (28). Spouse - Alice Sarah North, daughter of William North and Kezia Gaby, b: 23 Oct 1882, Bothwell, Tasmania (29); bap: 24 Nov 1882, Bothwell, Tasmania (30); m: 3 Oct 1907, Bothwell, Tasmania (31); d: 12 Sep 1957, Tasmania (32); bur: 13 Sep 1957, Carr Villa Memorial Park, Launceston, Tasmania (32).

  8. Mary Elizabeth Sims - b: 25 Aug 1880, Bothwell, Tasmania (33); bap: 17 Oct 1880, Bothwell, Tasmania (34); d: 8 Mar 1881, Bothwell, Tasmania (35); bur: aft 8 Mar 1881, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (36).

  9. Alice Mary Sims - b: 21 Jul 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (37); bap: 19 Aug 1883, Bothwell, Tasmania (38).**

  10. Henry Theodore Sims - b: 25 Dec 1885, Bothwell, Tasmania (39); bap: 31 Jan 1886, Bothwell, Tasmania (40); d: 21 Jan 1945, Hobart, Tasmania (41); bur: 23 Jan 1945, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania(42). Spouse - Edith Reardon, daughter of James Reardon and Elizabeth Rushforth, b: 3 Mar 1880, Southport, Tasmania (43); m: 12 Feb 1921, Hobart, Tasmania (44); d: 29 May 1971, Tasmania (45); bur: aft 29 May 1971, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (45).

  11. Frances Gertrude Sims - b: 11 Nov 1887, Bothwell, Tasmania (46); bap: 25 Dec 1887, Bothwell, Tasmania (47).**

  12. Frank Clyde Sims - b: 25 Jun 1890, Bothwell, Tasmania (48); bap: 19 Aug 1890, Bothwell, Tasmania (49); d: 22 Aug 1890, Bothwell, Tasmania (50); bur: aft 22 Aug 1890, Bothwell Cemetery, Tasmania (51).

** No further research undertaken on this individual.

Sources

Family of Charles Sims

  1. FamilySearch: Australia Births & Baptisms, 1792-1981, Charles Simms, 1846, Hobart, Tasmania (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTXL-129).

  2. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Sims, 9 Apr 1926, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/29440447).

  3. Tasmania: Bothwell Cemetery Records, Charles Sims, 1926, section A21, site 1-3.

  4. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Given Name Not Recorded Ryan, no 54/1846, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-26-p218j2k).

  5. Bothwell Presbyterian Church Registers (NS592), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS592/1/1, Elizabeth Ryan, baptism, no 48/1846.

  6. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Sims-Ryan, no 1/1864, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-23p1j2k).

  7. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Sims, 13 Jan 1922, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/23538461).

  8. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Elizabeth Sims, 1922, section A21, site 1-3.

  9. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ellen Magdelene Sims, no 35/1865, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-42p067j2k).

  10. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), Tasmanian Archives, microfilm Z2238, NS1854/1/1, Ellen Magdalen Sims, no 319/1865.

  11. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Charles Wigmore Sims, no 7/1867, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-45p796j2k).

  12. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Charles Wigmore Sims, no 359/1867.

  13. TROVE: The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Sims, 14 Feb 1940, p9 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/25783809).

  14. Tasmania: Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Charles Wignora Sims, 1940, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=34009).

  15. Registers of Marriages, Tasmania (RGD37), Sims-Spurling, no 160/1895, Hobart (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD37-1-54p110j2k).

  16. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths & Funerals," Sims, 4 Jan 1936, p1 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/30071141).

  17. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Louisa Emily Sims, no 12/1869, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-47p551j2k).

  18. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Arthur Edward Sims, no 25/1871), Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-49p283j2k).

  19. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Sims, 30 Dec 1943, p7 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26000872).

  20. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Ellen Hallett, no 643/1866, Hamilton (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-44p631j2k).

  21. Libraries Tasmania: Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Sims-Hallett, marriage, no 17/1902, Bothwell.

  22. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Sims, 15 Dec 1922, p1 (https://trove.nla.ov.au/newspaper/article/23654023).

  23. Millingtons Funerals & Cemeteries, Ellen Sims, 1922, Cornelian Bay (https://server2.admin.millingtons.com.au:81/ASP/search_details.asp?RecordID=22412).

  24. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edward Bowden Sims, no 9/1873, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-51p763j2k).

  25. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Lucy Kate Sims, no 10/1875, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-53p462j2k).

  26. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), William Robert Sims, no 29/1876, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-54p733j2k).

  27. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, William Robert Sims, no 547/1877.

  28. TROVE: The Examiner (Launceston, TAS : 1900-1954), "Deaths," Sims, 7 Jan 1948, p7 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/52623548).

  29. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Alice Sarah North, no 736/1882, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-60p202j2k).

  30. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Alice Sarah North, no 663/1882.

  31. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Sims-North, marriage, no 39/1907, Bothwell.

  32. Find A Grave, Alice Sarah Sims, 1957, Memorial ID 212949970, citing Carr Villa Memorial Park, Kings Meadows, Tasmania, Australia; maintained by !woowoo, contributor 49949980 (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/212949970/alice-sarah-sims).

  33. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Mary Elizabeth Sims, no 511/1880, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-58p331j2k).

  34. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Mary Elizabeth Sims, no 606/1880.

  35. Libraries Tasmania: Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Mary Elizabeth Sims, no 34/1881, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-50p45j2k).

  36. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Mary Elizabeth Sims, 1881, section A21, site 1-3.

  37. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Alice Mary Sims, no 140/1883, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-62p512j2k).

  38. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Alice Mary Sims, no 677/1883.

  39. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Henry Theodore Sims, no 825/1886, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-65p105j2k).

  40. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Henry Theodore Sims, no 782/1886.

  41. The Mercury (Hobart, TAS : 1860-1954), "Deaths," Sims, 22 Jan 1945, p8 (https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26059872).

  42. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Henry Theodore Sims, 1945, section A21, site 1-3.

  43. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Edith Reardon, no 944/1880, Esperance (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-58p378j2k).

  44. Tasmanian Federation Index 1900-1930, Sims-Reardon, marriage, no 367/1921, Hobart.

  45. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Edith Sims, 1971, section A21, site 1-3.

  46. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Frances Gertrude Sims, no 894/1887, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-66p500j2k).

  47. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Frances Gertrude Sims, no 848/1887.

  48. Registers of Births, Tasmania (RGD33), Frank Clyde Sims, no 848/1890, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD33-1-69p125j2k).

  49. Baptismal Register of the Bothwell Church of England (NS1854), NS1854/1/1, Frank Clyde Sims, no 953/1890.

  50. Registers of Deaths, Tasmania (RGD35), Frank Clyde Sims, no 461/1890, Bothwell (https://libraries.tas.gov.au/Digital/RGD35-1-59p49j2k).

  51. Bothwell Cemetery Records, Frank Clyde Sims, 1890, section A21, site 1-3.