Person:Gertrude Sims (1)

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Gertrude Sims
b.21 Dec 1873 Indiana
d.16 Jun 1950 Alexandria, Douglas, MN
Parents and Siblings
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m. 20 Mar 1862
  1. Claude Sims
  2. Walter M. SimsAbt 1863 - 1910
  3. Clara A Sims1866 - 1939
  4. Charlie B. Sims1868 - 1943
  5. John Wilbur Sims1871 -
  6. Gertrude Sims1873 - 1950
  7. Mary Ellen Sims1878 - 1964
  8. Thomas Floyd Sims1879 - 1950
  9. Earl Ernest Sims1884 - Bef 1939
Spouse and Children
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m. 11 May 1893
  1. G Lyle Armstrong1894 -
  2. Bessie Armstrong1897 - Bef 1998
  3. Arnold Douglas Armstrong1899 - 1980
  4. Owen W ArmstrongAbt 1902 -
  5. Florence Betrice Armstrong1903 - Bef 1998
  6. Ethel R ArmstrongAbt 1907 -
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Gertrude Sims
Alt Name Hattie G
Gender Female
Birth[2] 21 Dec 1873 Indiana
Census[6] 1880 Anderson, Madison, IN - Daughter
Marriage 11 May 1893 , Madison, INto Steven Douglas Armstrong
Census[7] 1 Jun 1900 Middleport Twp, Iroquois, IL - Wife
Census[8] Apr 1910 Ellsbury Twp, Barnes, North Dakota - wife
Census[9] Jan 1920 Page Twp, Cass, ND - Wife
Residence[10] Jan 1920 Page, Cass, ND
Census[12] 1 May 1930 Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota - housekeeper
Residence[11] Bet 1930 and 1950 Alexandria, Douglas, MN
Death[3][4] 16 Jun 1950 Alexandria, Douglas, MNCause: cancer of gall bladder
Burial[5] 19 Jun 1950 Alexandria, Douglas, MN at Kinkead Cemetery

married Douglas Armstrong - both from Anderson, Madison, IN. Then moved to Page, Cass, ND and farmed. They had 3 boys and 3 girls (Lyle, Arnold, Owen, Bess, Florence, and Ethel). When the children were grown, Gerty moved to Alexandria, Douglas, MN and worked for Mrs. Gold, who was bedridden. Doug moved there after a while. Gerty died there from cancer. Doug went to live with one of their sons. Both Gerty and Doug are buried in Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria, Douglas, MN - per Flo Baxter

Mrs. S.W. Armstrong still alive and living in Alexandria, Minn in 1943 per Charles B. Sims obituary.

References
  1. ↑ Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941.
    Ancestry.com. Indiana Marriage Collection, 1800-1941 [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data:

    Works Progress Administration, comp. Index to Marriage Records Indiana: Indiana Works Progress Administration, 1938-1940.

    Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research, comp. Electronic transcription of marriage records held by the individual counties in Indiana. Many of these records are on microfilm at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Counties and Years:

    This list shows the counties and corresponding year ranges in which the majority of the records included in this database fall. You will occasionally find records for other years not listed here. These other years may be typos, or there just may not be very many marriages for those years and counties represented in this database and therefore, are not included in this list.
















































    StateYear RangeStateYear Range
    Adams1800-1920Lake1850-1921
    Allen1801-1933LaPorte1850-1920
    Bartholomew1800-1930 Madison1875-1920
    Benton1850-1922Marion1860-1926
    Blackford1851-1902 Marshall1836-1888
    Boone1844-1920Martin1850-1920
    Brown1853-1901Miami1848-1920
    Carroll1850-1920Monroe????
    Cass1800-1930Montgomery1860-1920
    Clark1825-1901Morgan1850-1941
    Clay1860-1920Newton1860-1921
    Clinton1852-1905Noble 1859-1925
    Crawford1836-80Ohio1844-1881
    Daviess1850-1920Orange1826-1920
    Dearborn1854-89Owen1850-1920
    Decatur1852-1905Parke1850-1899
    De Kalb1850-1919Perry1850-1920
    Delaware1827-1920Porter1850-1905
    Dubois1840-73Posey1846-1920
    Elkhart1850-20Pulaski1839-1920
    Fayette1831-1905Putnam1850-1921
    Floyd1845-1920Randolph1852-1891
    Fountain1848-1920Rush1850-1881
    Franklin1850-1920Scott1848-1905
    Fulton1850-1920Shelby1856-1920
    Gibson1850-1920 Spencer1850-1920
    Grant1831-1925St Joseph1860-1920
    Greene1832-1920Starke1896-1938
    Hamilton1850-1920Steuben1837-1899
    Hancock1828-1920Switzerland1831-1886
    Harrison1850-1920Tippecanoe1860-1941
    Hendricks1836-1920Tipton1844-1905
    Henry1851-1920Union1860-1917
    Howard1844-1925Vanderburgh1846-1920
    Huntington1837-1900Vermillion1850-1904
    Jasper1865-1920Vigo1840-1920
    Jay1848-1920Wabash1842-1899
    Jefferson1873-1899Warren1846-1920
    Jennings1837-87Warrick1882-1920
    Johnson1851-1900Washington1850-1920
    Knox1854-1920Wayne1860-1920
    Kosciusko1846-88Wells1837-1920
    Lagrange1880-1911White1850-1920
  2. ↑ County Courthouse. Minnesota Death Certificate, Minnesota Historical Society. (Photo Copy from Minnesota Historical Library, http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm).

    Gertrude Sims Armstrong; cert #1950-MN-003843; Born: Dec. 21, 1873 in Indiana

  3. ↑ County Courthouse. Minnesota Death Certificate, Minnesota Historical Society. (Photo Copy from Minnesota Historical Library, http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm).

    Gertrude Sims Armstrong; cert #1950-MN-003843; Born: Dec. 21, 1873 in Indiana; Place of Death: 603 Lincoln Ave. E., Alexandria, Douglas, MN and this was her usual residence also; Date of Death: June 16, 195-, female, white, married, housewife; Age: 76; Father: John J. Sims; Mother: Hannah Morgan; Spouse: Steven Douglas Armstrong; Informant: Mrs. Florence Robertson (? daughter) of Detroit, Mich; cause of Death: cancer of gall bladder and had operation May 1, 1950; burial: 6-19-50 at Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria, MN.

  4. ↑ County Courthouse. Minnesota Death Certificate, Minnesota Historical Society. (Photo Copy from Minnesota Historical Library, http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm).

    Gertrude Sims Armstrong; cert #1950-MN-003843

  5. ↑ County Courthouse. Minnesota Death Certificate, Minnesota Historical Society. (Photo Copy from Minnesota Historical Library, http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm).

    Gertrude Sims Armstrong; cert #1950-MN-003843; Born: Dec. 21, 1873 in Indiana; Place of Death: 603 Lincoln Ave. E., Alexandria, Douglas, MN and tis was her usual residence also; Date of Death: June 16, 195-, female, white, married, housewife; Age: 76; burial: 6-19-50 at Kinkead Cemetery in Alexandria, MN.

  6. ↑ 1880 US Federal Census
    FHL Film 1254293, NA Film # T9-0293, Page # 181B.

    Anderson, Madison, IN, John Sims Family.

  7. ↑ 1900 US Federal Census
    Roll: T623 307; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 19.

    Middleport Twp, Iroquois, IL; Duglas S. Armstrong household, dwelling #8 family #8, line 26-30.

  8. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census
    S D ARMSTRONG household, dwelling & family # 18, lines 97-100 on page 4A and lines 1-4 on page 4B, w/ Gertrud (wife), Lill, Bessie, Arnel, Owen, Flornce and Ethel.

    Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Indexed by ProQuest from microfilmed schedules of the 1910 U.S. Federal Decennial Census. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1910 Federal Population Census. T624, 1,784 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Ellsbury Twp, Barnes, North Dakota, ED 7, roll 1138, part 1, page 170A.

  9. ↑ 1920 US Federal Census
    Roll: T625_1332; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 11.

    Page Twp, Cass, ND; Steven D. Armstrong household, dwelling #109 family #112, line 57-64, renting farm.

  10. ↑ 1920 US Federal Census.
  11. ↑ County Courthouse. Minnesota Death Certificate, Minnesota Historical Society. (Photo Copy from Minnesota Historical Library, http://people.mnhs.org/dci/Search.cfm).
  12. ↑ 1930 United States Federal Census
    Julia M GOULD household, dwelling 97, family 102, lines 82-83, Gertrude ARMSTRONG is the housekeeper, married.

    Ancestry.com. 1930 United States Federal Census. [database on-line] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2002. Indexed by Ancestry.com from microfilmed schedules of the 1930 U.S. Federal Decennial Census.1930 United States Federal Census. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Data imaged from National Archives and Records Administration. 1930 Federal Population Census. T626, 2,667 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. Alexandria, Douglas, Minnesota, ED 3, roll 1085, page 4B, image 795.0.

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