Brief Life History of William Sowden
When Adm. William Sowden Sims was born on 15 October 1858, in Port Hope, Durham, Ontario, Canada, his father, Alfred William Sims, was 32 and his mother, Adelaide Sowden, was 23. He married Anne Erwin Hitchcock on 21 November 1905, in District of Columbia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States in 1936 and United States in 1936. He died on 28 September 1936, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States.
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- William Simms, "United States Census, 1930"
- William S Sims, "District of Columbia Marriages, 1811-1950"
- William S. Sims, "Rhode Island, Deaths and Burials, 1802-1950"
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World Events (8)
1860 · Abraham Lincoln Elected President
Abraham Lincoln was Elected President of the United States in November of 1860
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
Name Meaning
English (southern):
variant of Sim , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
topographic name for one who lived or worked at the house of someone called Symme (Simon).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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William Sowden Sims, American naval officer, born Port Hope, Upper Canada ( Now Ontario), of American parents. After serving with the Atlantic and Pacific fleets, he was naval attache in Paris and St …
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