Researching Nigel Sims
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8978 people with the Sims surname? In that year Sims was ranked number 449 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Nigel means "dark" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Nigel Sims on Ancestry
Ancestry is a major source of information if you are filling out the detail of Nigel Sims in your family tree. Many large databases are available to search covering from births, deaths and marriages, military records, census records and immigration records with many other smaller collections too. Free trials are normally available and are a good way to fill out a lot of your tree quickly.
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Nigel Sims and the Sims Family Tree
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sims 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 Sims family tree.
Study Parish Records for Nigel Sims at Find My Past.
Check out for the UK registered births, marriages and deaths of Nigel Sims using the FreeBMD database.
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Search the LDS Database for records about Nigel Sims.
Research the Sims surname using fold3 Military Archives and view images of original Sims Military records.
| Did you know that there are currently 11866 people with the Sims surname in the UK? Sims is now ranked number 482 for popularity in the UK. |
Sims Family History Databases
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Search the WikiTree database for user contributed records for Nigel Sims.
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Find Nigel Sims from Ireland on findmypast.ie
Sims Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 157989 people with the Sims surname in the USA? Sims is ranked number 105 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sims Databases
Check out the Ellis Island Database for information on Nigel Sims. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Nigel Sims
Nigel Sims
David Nigel Sims (9 August 1931 – 6 January 2018), known as Nigel Sims, was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper in the Football League for Wolverhampton Wanderers, Aston Villa and Peterborough United in the 1950s and 1960s.
Sims was born at Coton in the Elms, Derbyshire. He joined Wolverhampton Wanderers from Stapenhill in August 1948 as understudy to Bert Williams, and made his first-team debut on 18 April 1949 in a 1–1 draw with Sheffield United in the First Division. While a National Serviceman in 1950, Sims played for the Army in a representative match against an Irish Football Association XI. During his eight seasons at Wolves he only made 39 appearances before transferring to Midlands rivals Aston Villa in March 1956. He made his debut against Burnley that same month.
He was on the winning side in the 1957 FA Cup Final, in which Villa beat Manchester United 2–1, followed three years later by a Second Division winners' medal. In 1961, he helped Villa lift the inaugural League Cup.
He played representative matches for the Football League, and in 1958, was the first winner of Aston Villa supporters' "Terrace Trophy".
In September 1964, having lost his place in the side, he transferred to Peterborough United. He appeared only 16 times for them before trying his luck in Canada, having already spent a summer with Toronto City in the Eastern Canada Professional Soccer League. He appeared twice for the Toronto Falcons in the National Professional Soccer League, and also played for Toronto Italia.
In Safe Hands, a book about his footballing memories, was published in August 2012.
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