Dixon and Simms Family History Blog

As i go through my family tree i often mark down individuals for further consideration, especially if they are not priority research targets, and especially if initial research yields little. One such person was Charlotte Simms . I came across her when i was filling out the family of my 2nd great-grandfather William Simms. I found her, and marked her down with her year of birth, which was 1876 and in Brailes. I tend not to go into huge detail on indirect descendants of my connections straight away - and, even less so, those that are daughters. These can be, and are, explored at a later date. However i came across a curious article about a young girl called Charlotte Simms who simply had to be the same person. The story, published on the 14th of April 1892, and warranted deeper investigation. Article published 14th of April 1892 She was making a case against a young boy called Frank Bloxham that he was the father of her son born just a couple of months before on the 2nd of Jun...

Alfred Simms (Born 1864) was my great-grandfather and was born in Brailes. Brailes was, and still is, a small village in Warwickshire where much of my family came from. The Simms' have a "colourful" history in Brailes and the surrounding area (more to come) and Alfred was easily just as colourful as any other frequently getting into trouble with his siblings and making at least one court appearance that i have discovered. After the death of his first wife in 1900, Temperance Warmington , he moved all the way down south into surrey and married my great-grandmother Isabella Jane Southon in 1905. Trouble followed him into his new marriage but it is his death that is most interesting. I came across an article in the news, written on the 17th of February 1940, which described his accidental death in great detail following his hospitalisation. Following his injury, and his refusal to stay in hospital, he eventually contracted pneumonia and died. Had he listened to the...

Welcome to the blog on the Dixon and Simms Family Tree. These are my immediate paternal and maternal lines though, as we know, there are many other surnames that enter in every generation. I have uncovered, in my limited time, such incredibly history and stories that i want to capture and share for future generations. I found quite a lot of the material here online and in the most unlikely of places. I want to make sure that others, looking for certain individuals, can also stumble upon stories exactly as i have done. I will begin publishing individual articles going forward on each of these families, primarily, and those that are connected to them. The Dixon's hail primarily from Yorkshire and the Simms' from Warwickshire. I was born in surrey when both branches made their respective ways done here at the turn of the 20th century. I have taken an ancestry DNA test and you can find my profile on GEDMATCH under kit #  A961122 . I have also recorded extensive information on a...