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Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms 1924–2001 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 19 Feb 1924

Birth Location: Islington, Greater London

Death Date: 10 Apr 2001

Death Location: Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

Father: Henry Sims

Mother: Lydia (dup)

Spouse(s): Douglas Beard

Children(s):

In 1924, Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms entered the world in Islington, Greater London, born to Henry Joseph Ted Sims And Lydia Turner Dup. In 1939, Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms resided in Essex, England. Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms married Douglas Leslie Robert Beard, and had children including Sheila M Beard. Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms passed away in 2001 in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.

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Biography

  • In 1924, Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms entered the world in Islington, Greater London, born to Henry Joseph Ted Sims And Lydia Turner Dup.
  • In 1939, Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms resided in Essex, England.
  • Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms married Douglas Leslie Robert Beard, and had children including Sheila M Beard.
  • Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms passed away in 2001 in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Peggy Simms's Ancestors

Self
Peggy Simms
1924–2001
Birth Place: Islington, Greater London
Parents
Henry Joseph “Ted” Sims
1897–1975
27 Hermes Street, Holborn, London
Lydia (Turner) (dup)
1897–1948
Islington, Middlesex, England
Grandparents
John (Edward) Simms
1876–1917
Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England
Florence (Ada) Shaw
1876–1933
15 Brooksby Street, Islington, Middlesex, England
David (Frederick) Turner
1858–1932
Waddesdon, Buckinghamshire, England
Ellen (Hardham) Norris
1857–1939
Henfield, Sussex, England
Great-Grandparents
Henry Sims
1852–
Agnes
1854–
John Shaw
1811–1890
Catherine Mardell
1839–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
John Shaw
1774–1819
Susannah Jones
1781–1859
Edmund Mardell
1810–
Sarah Clark
1819–

Peggy Simms's Timeline

3 Records

1924
19 Feb 1924
Birth of Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms in Islington, Greater London
Islington, Greater London
1939
1939
Age 15
Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms resided here in Essex, England
Essex, England
2001
10 Apr 2001
Age 77
Death of Peggy Elsie Gwendoline Simms in Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 19 Feb 1924
    Event Place: Islington, Greater London
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005, General Register Office; United Kingdom
    [2] England & Wales, Birth Index:, General Register Office; United Kingdom; Reference: Volume 1b, Page 424
    [3] 1939 England and Wales Register

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1939
    Event Place: Essex, England
    Record Source: 1939 England and Wales Register

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: Harlow, Essex, England
    Record Source: England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2019, GreyPower Deceased Data; compiled by Wilmington Millennium; West Yorkshire, England; England and Wales Death Indexes

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 10 Apr 2001
    Event Place: Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales, Death Index: 1984-2005, General Register Office; United Kingdom
    [2] England and Wales, Death Index, 1989-2019, GreyPower Deceased Data; compiled by Wilmington Millennium; West Yorkshire, England; England and Wales Death Indexes

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