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Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	3 Jul 2017 13:33
	Please can anyone spot George and Sarah after the 1858 marriage? A possible son..... ?? SIMS, GEORGE WILLIAM MMN MILLER GRO Reference: 1859 M Quarter in SAINT GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 476
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,387 Send Message	Maddie	Report	3 Jul 2017 13:52
	SADLY GEORGE WILLIAM Last name SIMS Gender Male Birth day - Birth month - Birth year - Age - Death quarter 1 Death year 1859 District St. George in the East County London Volume 1C Page 334 Country England Record set England & Wales Deaths 1837-2007 Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records Subcategory Deaths & burials Collections from Great Britain, England
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	3 Jul 2017 14:02
	Oh dear. :-(
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	3 Jul 2017 14:04
	Possibly a daughter...... ?? SIMS, SARAH ANN MMN MILLER GRO Reference: 1863 J Quarter in SAINT GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 468
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,387 Send Message	Maddie	Report	3 Jul 2017 14:27
	??????? Name: Sarah Ann Sims Age: 5/12 Birth Date: abt 1863 Burial Date: 16 Nov 1863 Burial Place: London, England Reference Number: CTHC/01/013 DONCASTER STREET OLD GRAVEL LANE
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,387 Send Message	Maddie	Report	3 Jul 2017 14:42
	Name: Sarah Eliza Sims Age: 42 Birth Date: abt 1825 Burial Date: 18 Aug 1867 Burial Place: London, England Reference Number: CTHC/01/016 Bostock Street St George East
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	3 Jul 2017 14:47
	Oh no! Boo hooo. :-(
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: December 2009 Posts: 13,387 Send Message	Maddie	Report	3 Jul 2017 14:52
	sorry :-( :-(
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	3 Jul 2017 15:04
	Thank you for hanging in here with me Maddie. Just going to take a short break to stretch my legs. Prickles. x
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17,958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	3 Jul 2017 16:29
	(that William Milner/Miller and Porter Marriage not jumping out!) (you did say it was tricky, lol, not kiddin') Chris :)
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	3 Jul 2017 17:52
	I am slowly making progress. It doesn't help that poeple can't make their mind up of exactly where they were born! Thank you so much Maddie and Chris for all the help. Always appreciated. Andrew..........i haven't got round to checking out the Alexander Henry Porter/Selina Hook marriage yet Haing said that, i couldn't find an Alexander Henry Porter with father William Occ: Carpenter. Prickles. ;o))
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17,958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	3 Jul 2017 19:38
	(as that 1852 Baptism for Alexander gives MEOT for Abode, wondering about below Burial, also MEOT for Abode, on London, Ancestry) William Miller abt 1793 24 Jun 1856 St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney Tower Hamlets Burial MILLER, WILLIAM (63) GRO Reference: 1856 J Quarter in WHITECHAPEL Volume 01C Page 222 Chris :) (would say you already know MEOT, is Mile End Old Town)
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	3 Jul 2017 20:00
	Evening Chris. I am still at it! :-S That death looks good to me.
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: August 2007 Posts: 10,049 Send Message	safc	Report	3 Jul 2017 21:16
	???? looks like sims or sins on the image, but occupation wrong 1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 15, Single Street West Side, Stepney, Mile End Old Town, London, England Learn more Print transcription View image Household Members First name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place George Sino Head Married Male 42 1819 Submarine Driver Bradford, Wiltshire, England Transcription Sarah Sino Wife Married Female 35 1826 Sempstress Limehouse, Middlesex, England
	Researching: Abby says please do not send messages to safc, always reply on your thread, as Abby is just a paying member of genes reunited. helping other members. thank you.
Member Since: September 2015 Posts: 5,278 Send Message	AustinQ	Report	4 Jul 2017 07:56
	That looks good Safc. Sarah died in 1867 Bostock Street. George remarried in 1868 to Mary Porter. In 1881 George was still in Bostock Street- occupation matching the 1861 census: 1881 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription 1, Bostock Street, St George in the East, London, England George Sims Head Married Male 62 1819 Diver (Eng) Wiltshire, England Mary Sims Wife Married Female 41 1840 - Scotland Annie Sims Daughter Single Female 10 1871 Scholar St George, Middlesex, England Winefried Sims Daughter Single Female 4 1877 Scholar St George, Middlesex, England Jane Sims Daughter Single Female 2 1879 - St George, Middlesex, England ------------------------------------ Birth of daughter: SIMS, ANNA ELIZABETH mmn: PORTER GRO Reference: 1870 S Quarter in SAINT GEORGE IN THE EAST Volume 01C Page 436
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	4 Jul 2017 09:06
	Morning Safc and Austin One of my missions today was to find out what happened to Sarah's husband George Sims. I am thrilled that you have both worked that one out for me already. It seems the only children George and Sarah had together were the two that sadly died. Thank you both. x
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: April 2004 Posts: 17,958 Send Message	Chris Ho :)	Report	4 Jul 2017 09:14
	(yes, well done you two, as I've been sittin' here too long already and hadn't got round to Sims yet!) Any chance on that William Milner/Miller Eliz. Porter Marriage, bit annoying that, to say the least!) Chris :)
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	4 Jul 2017 09:36
	Morning Chris ;o)) I'm not having any luck with that marriage either. On page one......Andrew posted this possible marriage for Alexander "Porter" Miller Name: Alexander "Henry" Miller (Bachelor) Carman Spouse: Selina Hook (Spinster) One Address given....Cardigan Street Record Type: Marriage Event Date: 14 Sep 1868 Parish: St Mary, Lambeth Borough: Lambeth Father Name: William Miller......Occ Carpenter (Deceased) Spouse Father: Thomas Hook Register Type: Parish Register Witnesses: W Chevaler? and Mary Ann Chevaler? Can anyone please see if they can find an Alexander "Henry" Porter with a father William......Occ: Carpenter? I looked yesterday but didn't manage to find one. This is the 1871 census and his age does look to be 31 on the image...... Res: 17 Ingleton Street, Lambeth Name: Alexander Miller Estimated birth year: abt 1834 Relation: Head Spouse's Name: Selina Miller Gender: Male Where born: Stepney, Middlesex, England Civil Parish: Lambeth St Mary Ecclesiastical parish: St Michael Stockwell County/Island: Surrey Country: England Registration district: Lambeth Sub-registration district: Kennington Second ED, institution, or vessel: 20 Household schedule number: 178 Piece: 678 Folio: 95 Page Number: 31 Household Members: Name Age Alexander Miller 37 Carman Unemployed (looks more like 31 on image........so born 1840) Selina Miller 28 Henry Miller 4 (Edit: My Alexander was living at 8 Ingleborough Street, Lambeth on the 1861 census.) This is my Alexander Porter Miller........ Alexander Porter Miller in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 Name: Alexander Porter Miller.......*.MMN PORTER* Registration Year: 1840 Registration Quarter: Jan-Feb-Mar Registration district: Stepney Inferred County: London Volume: 2 Page: 435
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	4 Jul 2017 10:14
	Hang on.......... George Sims remarried a Mary Porter born Scotland A penny has just dropped..........be right back >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>..
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))
Member Since: June 2007 Posts: 31,288 Send Message	PricklyHolly	Report	4 Jul 2017 10:35
	Ok........i have just figured it out. Sarah Eliza Porter who married George Sims is my 1st Cousin 4x removed. George's second wife Mary Porter is my 3rd Grt Aunt.....born 1841 Midlothian, Leith Scotland. (She is actuallu Mary C (Christian?) Porter) The daughter of my 3x Grt Grandparents Daniel and Christian Porter. I kid you not! :-S Phew! :-D
	Researching: "If I don't see you through the week.........I will see you through the window". :o))

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