Researching George Sim
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 3364 people with the Sim surname? In that year Sim was ranked number 1242 for popularity in the UK. |
The name George means "A Tiller of the Soil or a Farmer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of George Sim on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for George Sim and the Sim Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sim Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sim family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 4113 people with the Sim surname in the UK? Sim is now ranked number 1409 for popularity in the UK. |
Sim Family History Databases
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Sim Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 6076 people with the Sim surname in the USA? Sim is ranked number 155 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sim Databases
Explore the Ellis Island Database for information on George Sim. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called George Sim
George Gall Sim
George Gall Sim CSI CIE (17 January 1878 – 20 August 1930) was a British administrator in India and later a businessman.
Sim was born in Strichen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and was educated at the University of Aberdeen and Christ Church, Oxford. He joined the Indian Civil Service in 1900 and went out to India at the end of 1901, where he was posted to the United Provinces, serving as an Assistant Magistrate and Collector.
In 1908, he was appointed Under-Secretary to the Government of the United Provinces, holding the post until 1910, and was for a time Acting Secretary. He was chairman of the Municipal Board of Cawnpore from 1912 to 1917, where he improved sanitation and housing in the growing industrial city. In 1917 he was appointed Financial Secretary of the United Provinces and in January 1920 he transferred to the Finance Department of the Government of India to assist in the major changes being implemented at that time. When these changes took effect he became Joint Secretary of the Finance Department, but soon left it to join the new Board of Inland Revenue, where he consolidated and improved Indian income tax law and its administration.
In April 1923, Sim was appointed Financial Commissioner of the Indian Railway Department (which became the Indian Railway Board in October 1924), which was going through huge financial reorganisation.
In 1926, he resigned to enter business back in the United Kingdom, becoming secretary of Vickers Ltd in July 1926 and deputy chairman of Vickers-Armstrong Ltd in March 1929.
He was appointed Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire (CIE) in the 1920 New Year Honours and Companion of the Order of the Star of India (CSI) in 1926.
Sim died at Elgin of pneumonia and malaria at the age of 52.
Source: George Gall Sim, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sim
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