Janet Harvey

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• Name: Janet Sims
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-25714
• Residence: 1836, Insch, , Aberdeen, Scotland
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Janet married Rev. James Sims 1 Jun 1836, Insch, , Aberdeen, Scotland. James (son of James Sims and Margaret Wisely) was born 1812, Insch, , Aberdeen, Scotland; died 1880; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Janet MacQueen
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-292561
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Janet — John MacQueen. John was born 23 Feb 1827, , Ontario, Canada; died 27 Sep 1905, Hillman, Montmorency, Michigan, USA; was buried , Hillman-Rust Cemetery, Hillman, Montmorency, Michigan, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-292562
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1922, Winnipeg, , Manitoba, Canada

Notes:

Mr. James Sims of Winnipeg, a brother of the late Mr. Peter Sims, has been renewing old acquaintances in the Twin City, the guest of
his nephew, Mr. Harvey J. Sims Kitchener.

The Chronicle Telegraph 5 Oct 1922, p. 4

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• Employer: Merchantile Fire Insurance Co., Waterloo, Ontario; Secretary - Merchantile Fire Insurance Company
• Invention: , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lamp boiler
• Name: P. H. Sims
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151413
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Residence: 1869, Glenelg Twp., Grey Co., Ontario
• Occupation: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Clerk
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Christadelphian
• Occupation: 1881, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Insurance Manager
• Elected Office: 1886, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Councillor - Waterloo
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Illegible
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

Peter H. Sims Dies at Kitchener

Peter H. Sims, of 86 Highland Ave. Toronto, vice-president of the Dominion Life Assurance Company, and late secretary of the British American Assurance Co., died of pneumonia last Saturday at the home of his son, H. J. Sims, in Kitchener. The late Mr. Sims was born seventy-six years ago in Wellesley Township, the son of Rev. James Sims.

In his early days Mr. Sims taught school and was principal of the Waterloo Central School for some time. Later he turned to insurance entering the service of the Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company. In 1875, with a number of others he formed the Mercantile Insurance Company of which he was general manager for seventeen years. He removed to Toronto in 1892 to become secretary of the British America Insurance Company, which post he relinquished in 1912. At the time of his death he was vice-president of the Dominion Life Assurance Company and it was while attending a meeting of the Company at Waterloo that he contracted his fatal illness.

He is survived by his widow, one son. H. J. Sims, barrister, of Kitchener, and a daughter, Mrs. Ross Stewart, of Toronto. The funeral took place in Toronto on Monday

New Hamburg Independent, November 26, 1920

Invention:
No. 131,712. Peter Harvey Sims, of Waterloo, Canada, assignor to Cyrus Miller Taylor, of the same place, for a " Lamp boiler."

Claim.\emdash "1, a lamp boiler, consisting of the metallic chimney B, base A, lamp C, inverted cones H, I, boiler F, and spiral rings Q, G, all constructed, arranged, and operated in the manner and for the purpose set forth. 2, the inverted cone-reflector H, provided with air apertures e, and resting on the upper part of the burner, in combination with the inverted cone 1, resting on the lower rim or the burner, and metallic chimney B and boiler F, as and for the purpose set forth. 3, the spiral wire-rings G, G, hi combination with the metallic chimney Band boiler F, substantially as described."<sup>1a

1a</sup>Great Britian Paten Office, The Commissioners of Patent's Journal. 2 Jul 1872 pg 2431

Peter married Mary Jemima "Jemima" Cook 18 May 1869, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Mary (daughter of James Cook and Elizabeth Williams) was born 4 Oct 1845, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was christened 30 Sep 1855, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 1 Feb 1921, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried , Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-142825
• Residence: 1851, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist
• Occupation: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Factory Hand
• Residence: 1871, Woolwich Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Baptist

Notes:

SIMS-PASSED AWAY ON MONDAY, JULY 21, 1930, William Andrew Sims, aged 85, of 1475 Nelson Ave., Burnaby, survived by his of wife, 3 sons, S. G. of Stonewall, Manitoba; W. H. of Swan River. Man.; H. A. Moose Jaw. Sask.; 1 daughter, Mrs. L. M. Bissinger of Los Angeles. Funeral Wednesday, July 23, at 1:45 p.m. from the chapel of Mt. Pleasant Undertaking Co., Kingsway and 11th Ave. Interment Ocean View Burial Park.

The Vancouver Sun 22 Jul 1930 pg 14

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ISABELLA JEFFERSON SIMS.

The death of Isabella Jefferson Sims occurred Sunday afternoon at the home. of her neice, Mrs. N. S. Irwrn, at the age of 87 years and 3 months.
Born in Guyshow. N S., Isabella Davidson lived in Ontario until 1880, when she was married to Ed. Jefferson. They came to Manitoba and took up a homestead in the Katrime district, now known as the Stanley Seed farm. From there they moved to Portage la Prairie, and it was while on a trip to Chicago in 1894 that Mr. Jefferson died. In 1907, she was married to Wm. A. Sims, and for about. twenty years they resided in the Swan River district. After leaving there they moved to Vancouver, where Mr. Sims died about five years ago. For the past. four years Mrs. Sims has made her home at Beaver.

The funeral took place from the Beaver United Church Tuesday morning, with Rev. S. R. McLeod officiating. Following the service the remains were conveyed to Portage la Prairie, and interment was made in Hillside cemetery.

Floral tributes were placed on the casket from, "Norman, Isabel, and Fam ily."Beaver Ladies Aid and W.M.S."

MacGregory Hearld 24 Feb 1938 pg 8

William — Clara Last. Clara (daughter of Samuel Last and Sarah Ann Alp) was born 1847, Aldeby, , Norfolk, England; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Honoured: Waterloo Hall of Fame
• Name: H. J. Sims
• Name: Harvey J. Sims
• Residence: 26 Ahrens St. West, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189033
• Occupation: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Student
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Public Service: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Council of the Baord of Trade
• Residence: 1906, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Occupation: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Barrister
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Occupation: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Lawyer
• Residence: 1921, 26 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

Born in Waterloo, Harvey J. Sims graduated from Trinity College, University of Toronto, and completed his law course at Osgoode Hall. In 1921 he was made King's Counsel and became a well-known authority on municipal law, acting as Kitchener's solicitor for many years. He was a leading authority on insurance law and was author of Life Insurance Contracts in Canada.

He was one of the founders of the K-W Granite Club, president of the Ontario Lawn Bowling Association and president of the Ontario Curling Association. He was a member of the Kitchener rink which represented Canada at the 1932 winter Olympics. He was a charter member of the K-W Rotary Club and served on the senate of the University of Toronto. His country residence, Chicopee, was one of the outstanding examples of amateur landscaping in the province.


Waterloo Region Hall of Fame https://www.waterlooregionmuseum.com/region-hall-of-fame/inductees-s-to-v/

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HARVEY J. SIMS

Harvey J. Sims, senior member of the law firm of Sims, Bray, Schofield and Lochead, passed away at his home "Chicopee" on June 8th, 1945. Born in Waterloo on December 25th, 1871, the son of the late Peter H. Sims and Jemima Cook, he attended the public school there and later graduated from the Berlin High School. He completed his law course at Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and was called to the bar in 1894 and enrolled as a solicitor of the High Court of Justice (Ontario). Entering the University of Toronto, he took the course in Political Science and Law and received the degree of LL.B. in 1897. From 1894 to 1897 Mr. Sims also attended lectures at Trinity University and received the degree of B.C.L. in 1896, being the gold medallist of the year.

Returning to Berlin, now Kitchener, he entered into partnership with the late Alex. Millar, K.C., with whom he had been articled in 1889. This partnership continued until the death of Mr. Millar in 1918.

Mr. Sims was made a King's Counsel in 1921. For a number of years he acted as city solicitor and became well known as an authority on municipal law. He was the author of "Life Insurance Contracts in Canada" and served for many, years as general counsel of the Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada. Mr. Sims also served as director of the Waterloo Trust and Savings Company and of the Economical Fire Insurance Company. He was a past president of the Waterloo County Bar Association.

Mr. Sims always took an active interest in athletics and field sports, including football, bowling and curling. His life hobby was landscape gardening. In 1920 he purchased "Chicopee" and built his residence there in 1929. Well known as a tree culturist he devoted many years to beautifying the grounds, doing much of the planting himself. His first wife was the former Florence K. Roos, who predeceased him in 1939. He is survived by his widow, Gay Estell Sims, two sons, J. Kenneth Sims and William H. Sims, and one sister. Three grandchildren also survive. Mr. Sims was a Rotarian, a member of Twin City Lodge, A.F. & A.M. In religion he was a Presbyterian, a member of St. Andrew's Church. In politics he was a Liberal.

Waterloo Historical Society's Annual Volume 1945 pg 40

Harvey — Gay Estell. [Group Sheet]

Harvey married Florence Katherine Roos 29 Oct 1902, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Florence (daughter of William Roos and Elizabeth Davidson) was born 22 Dec 1873, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Jun 1938, Chicopee (Kitchener), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: Rella May Stewart
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151416
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Rella — John Ross Stewart. John was born Dec 1879, Uxbridge Twp., Ontario Co., Ontario; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-142855

Notes:

Cattle Breeder S. G. Sims, Dies Aged 83

Samuel George Sims, 83, of Stonewall, Man., known for his work with Holstein-Friesan cattle, died Saturday in Stonewall- Rockwood health unit hospital.

Mr. Sims was born in Galt, Ont. At the age of three, he came to Manitoba with his family, travelling by boat and stagecoach, and settled in St. Boniface. His father was in the woollen business.

The family farmed near Argyle where Mr. Sims received his eduication. Later he served as reeve of Woodlands. He farmed in the Argyle district until 1916 and during this period he began his work with Holstein cattle.

Mr. Sims was responsible for bringing Canary Korndyke Alcartra, holder of a world butterfat record, to the west. He is reported to have developed the early dairy queen, Ruby Nig, and to have master-minded the building of the Crerar herd of Manitoba and the Selkirk Mental hospital herd.

During his active career, Mr. Sims held the posts of agriculture representative for the Winkler region, local manager of the Holstein Western Livestock corporations for the western region, Manitoba director of the Holstein-Friesan association of Canada for 12 years, and president of the association in 1930.

Mr. Sims judged Holstein cattle from the eastern boundary as far west as Vancouver Island.

Surviving are his wife Mary Luke: a son Sam who is an architect with the Manitoba government; a daughter Gail of Stonewall; two brothers, W. H. Sims of Winnipeg and Harvey Sims British Columbia.

Funeral service was Tuesday in the United church, Stonewall, with Rev. G. Wiznuk officiating. Burlal was in Stonewall cemetery. A. D. MacKenzie funeral home, Stonewall, was in charge.

Winnipeg Free Press 18 Aug 1953 pg 9

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-324599
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1921, 26 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

James — Lyla Patterson Hughes. Lyla was born 1904; died Yes, date unknown; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

James — Mabel Alquire Cameron. Mabel was born 19 Jul 1904, Cornwall, Stormont Co., Ontario, Canada; died 10 Aug 1961, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

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• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-189066
• Residence: 1908, 26 Ahrens St. W. Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1911, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian
• Residence: 1921, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

William married Mary Niles Denne Aug 1935. Mary was born 9 Dec 1910; died 12 Jan 1992; was buried , Mount Hope Cemetery, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]