James Sims

James Sims

Male Abt 1781 - 1824  (~ 43 years)

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  • Name James Sims 
    Born Abt 1781  Stratton, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 07 Aug 1824 
    Notes 
    • Penrose Diary 1906 Address book entry:
      James Sims (grandfather)
      Corner Cambridge St.
      Hackney Rd. (see church)
    • Marriage: SIMS, James jnr., batchelor, to Jemima HORNBLOWER, spinster, 3 Feb 1803, both signed, James Sems, James Bawden, witness. Marriage by Licence.

    • James Sims and the mining engineer James Sims i31633 of Redruth (1795-1875) were second cousins.
    Person ID I1518  Complete
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2010 

    Father James Seymes, III,   b. 8 Feb 1751/1752, Kenwyn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 Aug 1826, London, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Ann Truran,   b. 1756, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 8 May 1779  Kenwyn, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F0158  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jemima Hornblower,   b. 21 Apr 1784, Chacewater, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1855, St Luke Parish, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 3 Feb 1803  Gwennap, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Matilda Sims,   b. 22 Aug 1804, Stratton, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1887, London, Surrey, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
     2. Roxanna Elvira Sims,   b. 01 Jul 1807, Truro, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1893  (Age 85 years)
     3. Elvira Sims,   b. Abt 1809, Stratton, Cornwall, England Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Juliana Sims,   b. 18 Jul 1814,   d. 1855, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 40 years)
    +5. James Hornblower or Henry James Hornblower Sims,   b. 1815/16, England Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jan 1900, New South Wales, Australia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
    Family ID F0142  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - Abt 1781 - Stratton, Cornwall, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 3 Feb 1803 - Gwennap, Cornwall, England Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    On the Road to Cornwall
    On the Road to Cornwall
    Miner on Fore Street, Redruth
    Miner on Fore Street, Redruth
    Redruth was a mining center for centuries.
    Redruth Clock Tower
    Redruth Clock Tower
    The tower was built in 1828 to replace an earlier clock tower.
    Redruth Baptist Church and Viaduct
    Redruth Baptist Church and Viaduct
    Old Mining Exchange
    Old Mining Exchange
    On Alma Place, near Fore Street
    Tinners Hounds
    Tinners Hounds
    A tribute to the hounds that worked in the mines. Fore Street, Redruth.
    Chapel Street, Redruth
    Chapel Street, Redruth
    Looking towards Bank.
    West End, Redruth
    West End, Redruth
    A drapery store, reminding us that Richard Penrose 1773 was a draper as well as a miner.
    Cornish Engines & Discovery Center
    Cornish Engines & Discovery Center
    EPAL is East Poole and Agar Limited
    Old Mining buildings
    Old Mining buildings
    The Cornish flag can be seen at upper left: a white cross on a black background
    Another view of an old building
    Another view of an old building
    Abandoned buildings in Redruth
    Abandoned buildings in Redruth
    Relics of another age
    Relics of another age
    Display at Truro, Cornwall, museum
    Display at Truro, Cornwall, museum
    A variety of tin stamps. The lamb and the flag was adopted as the town of Redruth.

    Histories
    Will of James Sims
    Will of James Sims
    James Sims 1750-1826 was the grandfather of Matilda Sims Penrose. In his will he names four children of his son James: Matilda, Roxana, Juliana, and James Hornblower Sims. The child listed as Elvira on James Sims and Jemima Hornblower's family is probably Roxana Elvira.

    Albums
    Redruth, Cornwall, England
    Redruth, Cornwall, England (14)
    Photos taken in Cornwall in June of 2008 including Redruth, Truro, and Land's End