Emily Alice Bertha Simms1

Female, #44444, (23 Feb 1862 - 23 Feb 1937)

Father*Wiley H. Sims (4 Nov 1811 - 3 Dec 1871)
Mother*Virginia Jefferson Sterling (6 Feb 1825 - a 1900)
Emily Alice Bertha Simms|b. 23 Feb 1862\nd. 23 Feb 1937|p44444.htm|Wiley H. Sims|b. 4 Nov 1811\nd. 3 Dec 1871|p9807.htm|Virginia Jefferson Sterling|b. 6 Feb 1825\nd. after 1900|p9808.htm|Martin Sims|b. say 1785|p45971.htm|Elizabeth Hartsfield|b. 19 Sep 1788\nd. 6 Jan 1831|p45970.htm|Wiley J. Sterling|b. 1 Jul 1796\nd. 7 Nov 1851|p45919.htm|Bethena Bonner|b. 20 Dec 1802\nd. 27 Jun 1881|p45920.htm|

Name Variation  Emily Alice Bertha Simms was also known as Sims. 
Name Variation  Emily Alice Bertha Simms was also known as Emma. 
Birth*23 Feb 1862 Emily was born at Troup Co., Georgia, on 23 Feb 1862.2,3 
 She was the daughter of Wiley H. Sims and Virginia Jefferson Sterling. 
1870 Census1 Jun 1870 Virginia, Charles, Wiley, Adelle, Jefferson, Emily and Clara was listed as a household member (Emma Sims, 8, F, GA) living with Wiley H. Sims on the 1870 Census at Troup Co., Georgia.4 
Probate12 Dec 1871 Wiley, Adelle, Jefferson and Emily received property in Wiley H. Sims's will on 12 Dec 1871.5 
1880 Census1 Jun 1880 Adelle, Emily and Clara was listed as a daughter in Virginia Jefferson Sterling's household on the 1880 Census at East Vernon, Troup Co., Georgia.2 
Married Namecirca 1882  As of circa 1882, her married name was Royal. 
Marriage*circa 1882 She married (?) Royal circa 1882. 
Death*23 Feb 1937 She died at Lee Co., Georgia, on 23 Feb 1937.6 
Biography* The 1880 census shows siblings Charles, Adelle, Emma and Clara B. all living in the HH of their wodowed mother, Virginia Sims. 

Family

(?) Royal (circa 1859 - )

Charts Andrew Hartsfield Descendants
Last Edited 20 Nov 2002

Citations

  1. Harry Stuart Culpepper and Alma Elaine Payne Ancestors, Culpepper/Payne Family Bible, Steven Edward Culpepper, owner, Sandy Springs, GA, (2005).
  2. 1880 Federal Census, United States.
  3. Jean J. Boicourt, compiler, Boicourt Genealogy, Rootsweb: WorldConnect (online family tree).
  4. 1870 Federal Census, United States.
    Page 391, Unknown Townships, Antioch P.O., Troup Co., GA, Ancestry.com image 127 of 236
    W. H. Sims, 59, M, Farmer, RE=$1600, PE=$800, GA
    V. J. Sims, 45, F, Keeping house, GA
    C. L. Sims, 20, M, Farm hand, GA
    W. S. Sims, 19, M, Farm hand, GA
    Adaline Sims, 13, F, GA
    J. D. Sims, 11, M, GA
    Emma Sims, 8, F, GA
    Clara Sims, 3, F, GA.
  5. Wiley H. Simms Probate File, (Transcribed by Warren Culpepper), Troup Co., GA Archives in LaGrange, Call No. Wiley Simms Folder/Loose.
  6. Georgia Health Department / Office of Vital Records, compiler, Georgia Deaths, 1919-1998, Online database at Ancestry.com, 1998.
    http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5426a.htm