Horace SIMS b. 1 Nov 1909 Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England d. 18 May 1996 Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England: Our Family History

1909 - 1996 (86 years)

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Name Horace SIMS

Relationship with Henry Walter ROLFE

Birth 1 Nov 1909 Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

Christening 2 Jun 1910 St. Michael's Church, Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

Gender Male

Census 1911 Town Street, Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Relation	BirthDate	BirthPlace	Age	Gender	Status	Years Married	Children Born	Children Living	Occupation	Comments
Image														Transcript
1	95	Frederick	Sims	Head	1876	Idridgehay	35	Male	Married				Stoker at Blast Furnace for Pig Iron
2	95	Elizabeth	Sims	Wife	1877	Holbrook	34	Female	Married	12	7	7
3	95	Emily	Sims	Daughter	1900	Kilburn	11	Female
4	95	John Frederick	Sims	Son	1904	Holbrook	7	Male
5	95	George William	Sims	Son	1904	Holbrook	7	Male
6	95	Ethel May	Sims	Daughter	1906	Holbrook	5	Female
7	95	Louisa	Sims	Daughter	1908	Holbrook	3	Female
8	95	Horace	Sims	Son	1910	Holbrook	1	Male
9	95	Joseph	Sims	Son	1911	Holbrook	3 Months	Male

PRO Class: RG14 Piece: 20955 RD: 436 SD: 2 ED: 2 SN: 95 Enumerated: 1911 Transcript ID is dbid=9999&iid=800m_4969
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Census 1921 Town Street, Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

UK 1921 Census 2nd page: click to display Page Two

Ln	Hhold	Given	Surname	Relation	BirthDate	BirthPlace	Age	Gender	Status	Occupation	Comments
Image											Transcript
1	133	Elizabeth	Sims	Mother	1877	Holbrook	44	Female	Widow	Domestic
2	133	Emily	Sims	Daughter	1900	Kilburn	21	Female	Single	Silk Winder	English Sewing Cotton Co.
3	133	George William	Sims	Son	1904	Holbrook	17	Male	Single		Out of Work
4	133	Ethel May	Sims	Daughter	1906	Holbrook	15	Female	Single	Left Service at Home
5	133	Louisa	Sims	Daughter	1908	Holbrook	13	Female	Both Alive	Home Help
6	133	Horace	Sims	Son	1910	Holbrook	11	Male	Both Alive
7	133	Joseph	Sims	Son	1911	Holbrook	10	Male	Both Alive
8	133	Walter	Sims	Son	1915	Holbrook	6	Male	Both Alive
9	133	Mary Ellen	Sims	Daughter	1917	Holbrook	4	Female	Both Alive
10	133	Leslie	Sims	Son	1918	Holbrook	3	Male	Both Alive

PRO Class: RG15 Piece: 16338 RD: 436 SD: 2 ED: 2 Enumerated: 19 Jun 1921 Transcript ID is dbid=9999&iid=xwrg_4970
Source Web Site: findmypast.co.uk

Census 1939 36a Penn Street, Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

Cause: Builder's Labourer

Address:
https://rolfe.online/census/uk_register_1939/TNA_R39_5886_5886B_004.jpg

Death 18 May 1996 Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

Cremation Belper Cemetery, Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

FindAGrave Memorial 251801752

Belper Cemetery
Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire

Horace Sims (1909-1996) & Mary Elizabeth Ellen Wheeldon (1911-1985)

Origins

Patriarch & Matriarch

James SIMS, b. Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

d. 8 Feb 1723, Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

(5 x Great Grandfather)

Eliza KENT, b. 1814, Langley Mill, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

(Great Grandmother)

Person ID I87 Rolfe Family Tree

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

Father	Frederick SIMS, b. 25 Jan 1875, Idridgehay, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England d. 8 Dec 1918, Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England (Age 43 years)
Mother	Elizabeth PHIPPS, b. 11 Dec 1876, Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England d. Feb 1962, Babington House, Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England 1948 became Babington Hospital (Age 85 years)
Marriage	24 Apr 1899	Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England
		Marriage Banns (1898-1899) St. Michael's Church, Holbrook
		St. Michael's Church Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire
		Marriage Record (1899 Jan-Apr) St. Michael's Church, Holbrook
Family ID	F2974	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Mary Elizabeth Ellen "Nellie" WHEELDON, b. 1911, Alderwasley, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England d. 16 Jan 1985, Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England (Age 74 years)

Marriage 27 Feb 1932 St. Peter's Church, Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

Marriage Banns (1932 Feb-May)
St. Michael's Church, Holbrook

St. Peter's Church
Belper, Derbyshire

Marriage Record (1932 Feb 6-27)
St. Peter's Church, Belper

Children

+	1. John Norman SIMS, b. 4 Aug 1932, Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England d. 17 Feb 1989, Derby, Derbyshire, England (Age 56 years) ▻ Audrey SPENCER m. 1957

Family ID F19085 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 23 Apr 2025

Event Map

	Birth - 1 Nov 1909 - Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England
	Christening - 2 Jun 1910 - St. Michael's Church, Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England
	Census - 1911 - Town Street, Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England
	Census - 1921 - Town Street, Holbrook, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England
	Marriage - 27 Feb 1932 - St. Peter's Church, Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England
	Death - 18 May 1996 - Duffield, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England
	Cremation - - Belper Cemetery, Belper, Amber Valley, Derbyshire, England

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