Sarah Louisa (Barnes) Simms (1853 - 1913)

Born 3 Oct 1853 in London, England, United Kingdom

Ancestors

Wife of William Simms — married 1884 (to 8 Jan 1913) in Victoria, Australia

Descendants

Died 8 Jan 1913 at age 59 in Lake Charm, Victoria, Australia

Biography

Sarah Louisa Barnes was born in 1853 to Louisa Susannah Barnes and Thomas John Barnes. in Stepney, Middlesex, England.

She was baptised on October 30, 1853 in St George in the East, Tower Hamlets, England^[1] / 21 Oct 1853, St Mary Whitechapel, Stepney, Middlesex, England,^[2]

She came to Australia with her parents and two sisters Eliza Jane and Anne Maria and arrived in Sydney, Australia on 4 October 1857 on board the clipper ship "Light of the Age" which sailed from London.

'They travelled from England with her (her mother) older brother Thomas James Punch and his family and younger sister Louisa Charlotte and her husband Charles Young. The three families made their way south to Bendigo where their brother, John Joseph was already established . On the NSW Inspection, Sarah stated that she had two brothers in the Colony - John Joseph and Charles Alexander and they were at the Jones Creek Diggings, Victoria. With her three siblings and their children, John and Sarah made their way to the Victorian Gold Rush in early 1858.'^[3]

On the 10 december 1884 she married William Simms at Reedy Lake, Kerang area, Victoria.^[4] (William died September 9, 1928)^[5]

They had children: George Albert Percival Stanley Edward William Frank Nicol Walter Harold Sydney Murray Louisa May

She died 8 January 1913 at the Bedford farm and Lake Charm/ Kerang. ^[6] and buried in Kerang cemetery. ^[7] grave inscription: Sacred to The Memory of Sarah Louisa Beloved Wife of William Simms Who Departed This Life 8th January 1913 Aged 59 Years. Percival Stanley SIMMS Died June 18th 1891 Aged 5 Years.

Death notice: The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954) Tue 14 Jan 1913 - SIMMS.—On the 8th January, at Bedford Farm, Lake Charm, Sarah Louise, the dearly beloved wife of William Simms, aged 59 years. ^[8]

WILLS AND ESTATES. (1928, December 4). The Age William Simms, late of Kerang, retired farmer, who died on the 9th of September last, -left by wil dated 15th of March, 1028. real estate valued £4588 and personal property valued at £1598 to his widow and children. ^[9]

Sources

1. ↑ London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: p93/geo/022
2. ↑ Name Sarah Louisa Barnes Sex Female Baptism Date 13 Nov 1853 Baptism Place Middlesex, England, United Kingdom Baptism Place (Original) St. Mary Whitechapel Birth Date 21 Oct 1853 Father's Name Thomas John Barnes Father's Sex Male Mother's Name Louisa Susannah Barnes Mother's Sex Female Event Type Baptism
3. ↑ http://www.roosen.com.au/Punch/Sarah_Ann_Punch_1829.html
4. ↑ Victoria Marriage registration #6592/1884
5. ↑ https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204258514
6. ↑ Event:deaths Registration number2144 / 1913 Family name:SIMMS Given name(s)Sarah Louise Place of event:Kerang, Australia Personal detail Mother's name<Unknown Family Name>, Sarah Mother's family name at birthUNKNOWN Father's Name:<Unknown Family Name>, Barnes Geo
7. ↑ Sarah Louisa Barnes Simms BIRTH unknown DEATH 8 Jan 1913 BURIAL Kerang Cemetery Kerang, Gannawarra Shire, Victoria, Australia PLOT C/E 11 - 4 - 049 MEMORIAL ID 229563863 https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229563863/sarah-louisa-simms
8. ↑ Family Notices (1913, January 14). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 1. Retrieved November 5, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article201133139
9. ↑ WILLS AND ESTATES. (1928, December 4). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 10. Retrieved November 5, 2022, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article204258514https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/201133139