John and Harriet SIMS
(née BROWNING)
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John SIMS was born c 1806 in Burley Hants, Circumstantial evidence leads me to believe he may well have been part of the smuggling that was rife in the New Forest in the early/mid 19th century. The SIMS brothers' wives were mostly listed as head of household on the census. NB: In 1851, he has recently been discovered to be a prisoner in Hants County Prison(aged 45-dealer in poultry).(to be followed up) John died in Oct 1884, and was buried in Burley on Oct 11th aged 78. |
Harriet BROWNING was bap. 30 Apr 1809 in Timberscombe, Somerset. Her parents were John and Mary BROWNING (née CALLOWAY). Harriet would have been just 14 when she had an illegitimate daughter- Harriet Matilda BROWNING, and may well account for her journey out of Somerset. Harriet died in March 1893, and was buried in Burley on 1 Apr aged 81. |
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John and Harriet were married by banns in Ringwood church, Hants witnesses were: Lydia TANNER & Moses TANNER (Lydia is nee SIMS) |
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Harriet Matilda BROWNING
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bp.15 Nov 1823, Ringwood. Illegitimate daughter. (Her mother, Harriet would have been just 14 when she had this child, and may well account for her journey out of Somerset.) Appears as Matilda SIMS in 1841. Harriet Matilda BROWNING married Thomas BRADFORD in 1847. They were living in Burley in 1851. After that, in Christchurch. Thomas died in 1899 and Harriet in 1905. |
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Edwin
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b. 13 Mar 1826, Burley. Bap. 23 Oct 1842 Burley. Married Emma HOUGHTON on 11 May 1858 in Burley. He was a railway worker, In 1881 - a railway inspector living in Exeter,Devon, and in 1891 - a railway station master, living in Crediton, Devon. I think he died between 1891 and 1901. |
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Charlotte
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b. 6 Oct 1829, Burley. Bap. 23 Oct 1842 Burley. She appears as a married woman Charlotte PHILLIPS in 1861 and has 2 sons Edward Bernard in 1849. (He died in 1862 aged 13), and Leslie Cecil (bap.8 Jan 1865 (aged 4) at Christchurch). She married George TAYLOR, a forest workman, on 20 May 1869 (as Charlotte SIMS). George was 18 years her senior. They had one child whom they baptised Forestina Henrietta Eva Maude Minnie in Aug 1872, at Burley, when she was a month old. [F H Eva Maud M married Albert GODDARD in 1892 in Burley. In 1901, Charlotte was living with her daughter & son in law]. In 1911, Charlotte was at East Lodge, Burley with her daughter's family.
George TAYLOR died in 1880, and Charlotte in 1915. |
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Jemima
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Bap. 29 May 1831 Bransgore. Married James MILLER by licence on 4 Oct 1875 in Burley. James was 20 years her junior according to the 1881 census which found them in Manston, Dorset, with a daughter, Laura Ethel, aged 4. By 1891, they were living in Sturminster, Dorset. In 1901, they were in Pokesdown, Southampton, Jemima was 67 and James 47. Laura was 24, unmarried, a clerk. |
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Harry
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b. 25 Dec 1832 Burley. Bap. 23 Oct 1842 Burley. In 1851 he was living at home in Burley aged 18. Married Sophia PURKISS in Islington in 1862. Occupation was a railway guard. Three children: Frances, Alice and Harry. In Paddington, between 1871-1891. In Islington in 1901. |
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Ellen
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b. 5 July 1834. Burley. Bap. 23 Oct 1842 Burley. Described as 'cripple' in 1851. Married George DELLOW on 31 Mar 1863 in Christchurch. Click here for more about George and Ellen. They were my 2x gt g'parents. |
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Frederick
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b. 25 Jul 1839. Burley. Bap. 23 Oct 1842 Burley. Married Charlotte --?-- c1860. They had at least 2 children, Frederick and Lily, both born in Wymering, Hants. In 1881, the family was living in Lambeth, and Frederick's occupation was railway guard. In 1901, he was living in Pokesdown, Southampton.
He died in Boscombe in 1903, and was buried in Burley, on 27 Apr 1903. |
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