Mary Jemima "Jemima" Cook

Other Events:

• Name: Jemima Cook
• Name: Mary Jemima "Jemima" Sims
• Eby ID Number: Waterloo-151414
• Residence: 1861, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Residence: 1869, Waterloo Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1871, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Methodist
• Family Photograph: 1882, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
• Residence: 1891, Waterloo City, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; Presbyterian

Notes:

MARRIED.

By the Rev. T. A. Ferguson, Wesleyan Minister of Berlin, at the residence of the bride's father on the 18th alt., Mr. Peter H. Sims of Salem, to Miss Mary Jemima Cook, daughter of James Cook Esq., of Preston.

Waterloo Chronicle 3 Jun 1869, p. 2

Family Photograph:
Standing, left to right: Alice Elvira, Margaret Angeline, Elizabeth Jane, Cordelia Diana, Melinda Caroline
Middle Row: Jacob Cook
Seated, left to right: Ellen Roselia, Hannah Maria, Mary Jemima, Anna Christina, Henrietta Josephine. Taken at Preston, Ontario in 1882

Mary married Councillor Peter Harvey Sims 18 May 1869, Preston (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Peter (son of Rev. James Sims and Janet Harvey) was born 18 May 1844, Hawkesville, Wellesley Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; died 20 Nov 1920, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada; was buried , Forest Lawn Mausoleum, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• 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]

Other Events:

• 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]

Other Events:

• 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]

Other Events:

• 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]