George Sims
George Sims (1822-1865) was born 4 Mar. 1822 in London, Middlesex, England. He was the son of Alexander William Sims and Hester Jelfs. He married Caroline Hilliker on 22 Jun. 1845 in Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent, England; participated in plural marriage. He was baptized 3 Sep. 1848. He spoke in several meetings that Wilford Woodruff attended from 1857 to 1862. He died 23 Oct. 1865 in the North Platte River, unorganized U.S. Territory.
Footnote: George Sims (KWVH-F5R), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 15 Oct. 2022). George Sims, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/george-sims, accessed 15 Oct. 2022). "London, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1923," database with images, Ancestry.com (https://ancestry.com, accessed 15 Oct. 2022); George Sims, 7 Apr. 1822, St. Giles in the Fields, Holborn, Middlesex, England, p. 142; citing "Board of Guardian Records and Church of England Parish Registers, London Metropolitan Archives, London." "England, Middlesex, Westminster, Parish Registers, 1538-1912," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 15 Oct. 2022); Alexander William Sims and Hester Jelfs, marriage, 20 May 1821, St. Martin in the Fields, Westminster, Middlesex, England, no. 629; citing Church of England, St. Martin in the Fields Church (Westminster, Middlesex), “Parish registers for St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church, Westminster, 1550-1926,” image 458/700; DGS 5108433. "England, Kent, Parish Registers, 1538-1911," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 15 Oct. 2022); George Sims and Caroline Hilliker, marriage, 22 Jun. 1845, Milton-next-Gravesend, Kent, England, no. 335; citing Church of England, Parish Church of Milton-next-Gravesend (Kent), “Parish registers for Milton-next-Gravesend, 1558-1879,” image 40/714; DGS 4989830. “Missionary Department missionary registers, 1860-1959 / Book B, 1860 April 25-1894 April 27,” entry for George Simms, p. 3, no. 120, image 4/148, CR 301 22; Church History Library (https://catalog.churchofjesuschrist.org/, accessed 15 Oct. 2022). “Death of Elder George Sims,” The Latter-day Saints Millennial Star, vol. 27, (9 Dec. 1865), p. 779; database with images, Google Books (https://books.google.com/, accessed 29 Oct. 2022). “George Sims” (1822-1865), memorial no. 83156367; Find A Grave (https://findagrave.com, accessed 29 Oct. 2022).
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