Sims family in Riddings Derbys.

[sherlock5]

Never mind, we will get there.  The will shows his daughters' married names and their husbands, would those be of any use to you?

[beanbags]

yes we would be interested in the information it would help to confirm the data we have

[sherlock5]

The will is dated 29 October 1883 when he was living at 63 King St.  Wife is Mary and sons Robert, Joseph,Thomas,William, Edward and Samuel.
Eliza is wife of Isaac Garland, miner,
Mary Ann is wife of Zachariah Homer, forgeman.
Hannah is recorded as wife of Joseph Williams, forgeman.  However I haven't been able to trace a marriage for Williams.  There is one for a Joseph Williamson and Hannah Simms in 1873 and the 1881 census has the Williams family at 3 Fordrough and in 1891 the Williamson family at 3 Fordrough - I suppose it will take a certificate to decide which is correct. (the marriage in 1915 of Hannah Sims and Joseph Williams is that of Robert Sims daughter).
The will does not mention Ann who is on the 1871 census. (That is the only reference to her I have found so far)
John's signature was witnessed by Theophilus Shaw Batchford a pattern maker of Temple St and Joseph Westwood, roller, of Overend St. The executor was Reuben Shaw Batchford.
Hope this is of use but let me know if there is anything else.

[beanbags]

thank you for johns will we had not got hannah or mary annes marriage or husbands names like you i cannot find any infoon anne other thanthe 1871 census where is she? our grandfather was samuel  simms born 1865 he was johns youngest son

[sherlock5]

I've been looking at certificates again this morning and found that when Robert Sims married Louisa Jones (6.8.1878) one of the witnesses was Hannah Williamson - looks as though that might solve the Williams/Williamson question if it was his sister.
The Samuel Simms I have traced married a Sarah Jane - am I on the right track?  There seems to be no standard spelling of Sims in the family which doesn't help does it.

[beanbags]

yes samuel simms married sarah jane parker  born 1887 died  1928  age 61 samuel  died june 1930 age 65  our father told us somewhere along the line a mistake was made  in the spelling from sims to simms it then carried  on as simms i have got roberts details his wife louise died march 1893  age 37 ?  from free b m d 6b 534 if its the right one ? thanks again

[sherlock5]

Yes, Louisa died 28 March 1893 from influenza while in premature labour - she was 5 months pregnant.  I have been told she was buried in a paupers grave in Heath Lane cemetery but the family were kind enough to  put her name on the large family gravestone when her father died 9 months later!
Hope it's been of help.