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I am trying to find any family or persons knowing of the sims/Scotcher family who lived in/around the Romford/Hornchurch/Rainham Essex area. The late Lucy Violet Sims was my Grandmother, she married my Grandfather William Frederick Scotcher and lived at 179 Lyndhurst Drive Hornchurch. If you know/knew of this family I would love to hear from you, as trying to trace my family tree (Mother's side) the late Pearl Rosemary Argent nee Scotcher!

I know this is an old post......I also know you are using the boards today

1911 census

Person: SIMS, Lucy Address: 46 Dryden Road


SIMS, Harry Head Married M 31 1880 Flower Seller Tooting Surrey VIEW
SIMS, Mary Wife Single F 33 1878 Battersea London VIEW
KNIGHT, Lavinia Sister In Law Single F 16 1895 Battersea London VIEW
SIMS, Phoebe Daughter F 11 1900 School Battersea London VIEW
SIMS, Lucy Daughter F 9 1902 School Tooting Surrey VIEW
SIMS, Edith Daughter F 8 1903 School South End Essex VIEW
SIMS, Harry Son M 6 1905 School Battersea London VIEW
SIMS, William Son M 4 1907 Wimbledon Surrey VIEW
SIMS, Dorothy Daughter F 1 1910 Wimbledon Surrey


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1911 census


Person: SCOTCHER, William Address: 21 Blewitts Cottages S Hornchurch

SCOTCHER, William Head Married M 33 1878 Boiler Stoker Great Baddow Essex VIEW
SCOTCHER, Louisa Wife Married4 years F 27 1884 Islip Oxfordshire VIEW
SCOTCHER, William Son M 3 1908 Hornchurch Essex VIEW
SCOTCHER, Charlotte Daughter F 1 1910 Hornchurch Essex VIEW RG number: RG14 Piece: 9940 Reference: RG14PN9940 RG78PN523 RD191 SD4 ED7 SN109 Registration District: Romford Sub District: Hornchurch Enumeration District: 7 Parish: Hornchurch

Name: Harry Russel Sims
Age (Original): 1
Gender: Male
Birth Year: 1880
Birthplace: Tooting, Surrey, England
Relationship to Head of Household: Son
Marital Status: Single
Occupation:
Address: 4 Trevelyan Terrace
Event Place: Lower Tooting Aka Tooting Graveney, Surrey, England
Disability:
Record Type: Household
GS Film number: 1341155
Affiliate Publication Number: RG11
Piece/Folio: 668 / 92
Page Number: 6
Household Gender Age Birthplace
Head William E Sims M 23 Buxton, Surrey, England
Wife Lucy Sims F 24 Merton, Surrey, England
Son Harry Russel Sims M 1 Tooting, Surrey, England

Hi Reggie - I've sent a message to Rosemary to come back

Ann,

Thank you so very much you are wonderful, where on earth do you get all this information? I don't know who Reggie is either so please Thank him for me too, bless you both.

With much appreciation

Rosemary x

The 1911 info is from FMP

You now have info to help you to work back further......................use freebmd to look for the marriages of both sets of parents

This confirms that it's the right Lucy in 1911

Death

Name: SCOTCHER, Lucy Violet
Registration district: Barking
County: Essex
Year of registration: 1978
Quarter of registration: Jan-Feb-Mar
Date of Birth:6 August 1901
Volume no: 11
Page no: 0190

London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906

Name: Harry Russell Sims
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 28 Dec 1879 - born 30 October
Father's Name: William Sims - a gardener
Mother's Name: Lucy Sims
Parish or Poor Law Union: Tooting Graveney
Borough: Wandsworth
Register Type: Parish Registers

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921

Name: Harry Russell Sims - a stoker
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1877
Age: 21
Spouse Name: Mary Knight
Spouse Age: 21
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 18 Dec 1898
Parish: Battersea Christ Church
Borough: Wandsworth
Father Name: William Edgar Sims - greengrocer
Spouse Father Name: William Knight - labourer
Register Type: Parish Register

Neither married before, both give address as 69 Duffield Street.

Witnesses: Frederick Knight and Florence Knight.

Name: Lucy Violet Sims
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 10 Oct 1901
Father's Name: Harry Russell Sims
Mother's Name: Polly Sims
Parish or Poor Law Union: Upper Tooting Holy Trinity
Borough: Wandsworth
Register Type: Parish Registers

Father Harry was a Greengrocer.
Family lived at 31 Graveney Road

also

Name: Thoebe Elsie Sims ..........image shows Phoebe
Record Type: Baptism
Baptism Date: 18 Apr 1900
Father's Name: Harry Russell Sims ....greengrocer
Mother's Name: Mary Sims
Parish or Poor Law Union: Battersea Christ Church
Borough: Wandsworth
Register Type: Parish Registers

Family lived at 69 Duffield Street

Marriage of Harry Russell Sims' parents?

London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921

Name: William Edgar Sims - Gardener
Age: Full Age
Spouse Name: Lucy King, full age
Record Type: Marriage
Event Date: 16 Dec 1879
Parish: Christ Church
Borough: City of London
Father Name: William Sims - gardener
Spouse Father Name: Edmund King - carpenter
Register Type: Parish Register

Neither married before, both of 18 Newgate Street.

Witnesses: James Blackman, John Ganes?