Title and statement of responsibility area
Title proper
Sims Family collection.
Title notes
- Source of title proper: Title from content of the collection.
Level of description
Collection
Reference code
SCA369-GA427
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Physical description area
Physical description
1.8 m of textual material; 34 photographs : b&w ; 25 x 18 cm or smaller
Archival description area
Name of creator
(1812-)
Biographical history
The Sims family were early white settlers of what is now Hawkesville, Ontario. Members of the family are the descendants of Reverend James Sims was born ca.1812 in Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. On June 1, 1836, he married the widow Janet Harvey ... »
Scope and content
The Sims family collection encompasses records of the Sims and Cook, Davidson and Garden families retained by members of the two family branches that came together when Harvey James Sims and Florence Katherine Roos married in 1902. Their Sims and ... »
Notes area
Immediate source of acquisition
Donated in 2019 by the Sims Family.
Arrangement
Arranged in series as follows:
- 1.Peter Harvey Sims and Jemima Cook Family
- 2.George Davidson and Margaret Garden Family
- 3. Harvey James Sims and Florence Katherine Roos Family
- 4. Harvey J. Sims: correspondence with William Lyon Mackenzie King
- 5. Harvey ... »
Language of material
- English
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Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Described July 2019 JSB
Language of description
- English