Alexander Sim, of Sim's Mills, Collooney

[Forfarian]

Thank you, aghadowey. That's useful! I wonder why she was baptised in Dublin? By extension, maybe that's where they were all baptised. And is Elizabeth a first wife of Alexander Sim jr, or the mother of Alexander Sim jr? (In genealogy, every answer raises two new questions!)

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37 results for Name: Alexander Sim, Event: Birth, Place: Ireland, Event Range: 1840-1920, Country:Ireland
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[aghadowey]

Alexander Sim seems to have been having a bit of difficulty in Sligo at that time according to newspaper reports so perhaps wife was staying in Dublin when she had the baby (christenings usually took place fairly soon after birth).

Belfast Newsletter, 20 June 1882: SIM.- June 17, at The Abbey, collooney, County Sligo, Alexander Sim, Esq., J.P., aged 79 years.

Glasgow Herald, 22 Dec.1887: SIM-SIM.- At St. Mary's Church, Bowden, Cheshire, on the 20th inst., by the Rev. Archdeacon Gore, Alexander Sim, jun., third son of Alex. Sim, late of Sligo, to Alexandrina, daughter of the late Alexander Sim, Esq., J.P., Collooney, county Sligo.

Glasgow Herald, 16 Mar.1889: SIM.- At the Abbey, Colooney, Co. Sligo, on the 14th inst., the wife of Alexander Sim, J.P.; of a daughter.

The Standard (London), 9 Oct.1890: SIM.- Sept. 8, at Camphill House, Collooney, county Sligo, the wife of Alexander Sim, of a daughter.

[Forfarian]

37 results for Name: Alexander Sim, Event: Birth, Place: Ireland, Event Range: 1840-1920, Country:Ireland http://www.rootschat.com/links/01e6p/

Thank you. I have already done that search. Only 17 of the 37 listed actually have given name Alexander/Alexanderina (one of the really annoying features of FamilySearch!)

[Forfarian]

Alexander Sim seems to have been having a bit of difficulty in Sligo at that time according to newspaper reports.

Which newspapers?

Glasgow Herald, 22 Dec.1887: SIM-SIM.- At St. Mary's Church, Bowden, Cheshire, on the 20th inst., by the Rev. Archdeacon Gore, Alexander Sim, jun., third son of Alex. Sim, late of Sligo, to Alexandrina, daughter of the late Alexander Sim, Esq., J.P., Collooney, county Sligo.

Too many Alexanders! FreeBMD has him as Alexander James, and gaffy found that Alexander James was baptised in 1854. What this suggests to me is that the Alexander Sim who died in 1882 is not the husband of Jane Mary Allan Aitken or Sim. Or perhaps Alexander James Sim is not her son.

I wonder if "Alex Sim, late of Sligo" is the one who was a boarder in the home of William John Coffee in the Wirral in 1881 and 1891, and who probably died in Birkenhead in 1892.

[Forfarian]

Which newspapers?

Ah! Got it, or at least one such report.

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37 results for Name: Alexander Sim, Event: Birth, Place: Ireland, Event Range: 1840-1920, Country:Ireland http://www.rootschat.com/links/01e6p/

Thank you. I have already done that search. Only 17 of the 37 listed actually have given name Alexander/Alexanderina (one of the really annoying features of FamilySearch!)

Didn't know that you'd already done it!!

[Forfarian]

No, it was after I'd posted the original query. Your help is much appreciated, thank you.

[poolmac]

Hi there, I am great granddaughter of Eva Sim, daughter of Alexander and Alexandrina Sim of Camphill, Collooney, Co Sligo, so if you have any questions I might be able to help.  I have a tree online on MyHeritage I can invite you to look at if you let me have your email....Jennifer