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James SIMMERS (1828 - 1916)





























m. 1882 James SIMMERS (1828 - 1916) at Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
d. 1911 at Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Events in Annie H WASTON ( - 1911)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
1882 Married James SIMMERS (aged 54) Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
1911 Annie H WASTON died Adelong, New South Wales, Australia
Personal Notes:
Adelong and Tumut Express 13 Oct 1911
MRS. JAMES SIMMERS
Another well-known and worthy citizen passed away to the silent shore on Tuesday last, in the person of Annie, the beloved wife of Mr. Jas. Simmers, one of the oldest millers and business men of Tumut's earliest days. Her death, which was unexpected, resulting from senile decay, occurred at Grahamstown, where for some time she has been located with her husband and her brothers, Messrs David and William Watson. The name of Simmers is so well and favorably known in Tumut that to eclipse it would be an impossibility.
The deceased and her husband were descendants of worthy Scottish families, they revered their church
and always regarded honesty and uprightness as their bond of duty. Fifty years, ago, Mr. Donald McGillivray erected a water-mill, about 200 yards north of the present Gilmore Hotel, and this he left to Mr. James Simmers, who ran it successfully for some time, and in later years conducted the old steam mill on the river side of the Tumut show ground. During the time he held this lease (some 30 years since)
he married, for the second time, the subject of our obituary being the second wife. There was no issue
from the union. He and his wife were staunch adherents to the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Simmers was an elder, and whilst in Tumut husband and wife were constant attendants. But the weight
of years grew upon the devoted pair and for a considerable time they lived privately on Messrs Mc Gruer's land near the Killarney Hotel on the Adelong road, finally leaving for Grahamstown to spend their last days with their kinsmen there. Mrs. Simmers was a kind soul whom to know was to love and admire, and her loss will be a sore one to those who knew her. She leaves behind her a sorrowing husband, one Stepson (George) and four stepdaughters Mrs. E. Williams, Adelong, Mrs. John Moon, Tamworth, Mrs. McDonald, Tumut, and Miss Barbara Simmers, Grahamstown), to mourn the loss of a fond wife and dear
lover of her stepchildren. The funeral took place on Wednesday last, the remains having been bought for interment in the Presbyterian portion of the old Tumut cemetery. Messrs Boston Bros,
were the undertakers and Rev. R. E. Davies officiated at the grave. We tender the bereaved ones our deepest sympathy in the gloom that has gathered o'er them.
Sweetly and softly now she rests -
Oh, do not grieve or weep ;
Dry up those bitter falling tears,
She's gently hushed to sleep.
Our Father, help us now to say,
Most holy is thy will,
Grant us submission day by day,
And whisper, 'Peace, be still.'

This public tree has about 60,100 people. Every person in the tree is related by birth or marriage to at least one other person in the tree - no strays. The people in the tree come mainly from four projects.
  1. My family tree. The original project begun about 1998. ID numbers less than about 6,000
  2. Canberra and Queanbeyan Pioneers. The next 30,000 begun about 2004. Sourced almost entirely from HAGSOC's excellent 'Biographical Register of Canberra and Queanbeyan'. The project began when I decided to add siblings, spouses and parents for a relation with an entry in the Register. 12 years work.
  3. Wagga Pioneers. I moved to Wagga and thought I would extend the Queanbeyan project by adding people from Wagga Wagga & District Family History Society's 'Pioneers of Wagga Wagga and District'. About 10,300 people added over about a year.
  4. Tumut Valley Pioneers. During the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020, I decided to extend the above projects by adding pioneers of the Tumut Valley. Initial sources were Snowden's 'Pioneers of the Tumut Valley' and 'Relict of ... Lives of Pioneering Women of Tumut and District'. Excellent references published by Tumut Family History Group. I've also added material from newspapers of the time - especially, death records, obituaries and weddings from 'Tumut and Adelong Times'. This project is in its early stage and might take a few years. I plan to extend to the upper Monaro (Adaminaby, Kiandra, Cooma, Jindabyne).
I upload new information to this website about every 3 months. My motivation for these projects is to provide public information for people seeking to trace ancestors and what became of them. Much of the information I provide can be difficult to find.
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