• Born: 7 Jun 1876, Bolennow, Camborne, Cornwall ^{1 4}
• Married: 1904, Redruth District, Cornwall ²
• Died: 21 Jul 1925, Highland Park, Wayne, MI, USA ³

  Research Notes:

In 1901 Simon D. Sims, aged 24, born in Camborne Cornwall, tin miner, was with his parents in Bolenowe, Camborne.

In 1911 Simon Davies Sims, aged 34, born in Bolenowe, Camborne, tin miner, and wife of 6 years Annie Sims, aged 28, born in Bolenowe (mother of 2 children), were living Newton Moors near Camborne. With them were children William Henry (6) of Brea Camborne, and Florence Annie (4) of Newton Moors, and Annie's mother, Lousia Prisk (60) of Illogan Cornwall, widow.

On 29 Apr 1914 Simon Davies Sims, aged 43, born June 7th, 1876, at Camborne, England, arrived in New York, USA aboard the vessel Oceanic. His wife Annie was at this time residing in Camborne. ^{4 5}