Mary Francis SimsAge: 67 years1925–1993
- Name
- Mary Francis Sims
- Given names
- Mary Francis
- Surname
- Sims
- Married name
- Mary Francis Crow
 Birth | January 13, 1925 42 30 |
 Death of a maternal grandmother | Penelope Thompson “Nellie” Bingham November 3, 1925 (Age 9 months) |
| Birth of a sister | Betty Sue Sims July 8, 1927 (Age 2 years) |
 Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 4 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Census | April 11, 1930 (Age 5 years) |
| Census | April 19, 1940 (Age 15 years) |
| Death of a father | Thomas Jefferson Sims March 18, 1941 (Age 16 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 16 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Marriage of a parent | Alfred Denest Payne — Ruth Valdenar Shemwell — View this family after 1950 (Age 24 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William Standard Shemwell March 29, 1953 (Age 28 years) |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 24 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 20 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
| Death of a mother | Ruth Valdenar Shemwell December 13, 1976 (Age 51 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. May 24, 1982 (Age 57 years) |
 Death | January 5, 1993 (Age 67 years) |
 Burial | January 9, 1993 (4 days after death) Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Thomas Jefferson Sims Birth: May 16, 1882 — Lamine, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: March 18, 1941 — Macon, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Birth: May 18, 1894 25 25 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 13, 1976 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
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Marriage: November 3, 1912 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States |
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15 months elder brother |
Thomas Jefferson Sims Jr. Birth: February 12, 1914 31 19 — Missouri, United States Death: May 24, 1982 — McAlester, Pittsburg, Oklahoma, United States |
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11 years herself |
Mary Francis Sims Birth: January 13, 1925 42 30 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 5, 1993 — Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States |
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3 years younger sister |
Betty Sue Sims Birth: July 8, 1927 45 33 — Blackwater, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: September 18, 2002 — Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, United States |
| Mother’s family with Alfred Denest Payne |
| step-father |
Alfred Denest Payne Birth: June 11, 1891 — Kingman, Kansas, United States Death: June 22, 1972 — Syracuse, Hamilton, Kansas, United States |
| mother |
Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Birth: May 18, 1894 25 25 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 13, 1976 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
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Marriage: after 1950 — |
| Mother’s family with Henry Cornelius Helfrich |
| step-father |
Henry Cornelius Helfrich Birth: 1894 — Kansas, United States Death: |
| mother |
Ruth Valdenar Shemwell Birth: May 18, 1894 25 25 — Arrow Rock, Saline, Missouri, United States Death: December 13, 1976 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
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Marriage: — |
| Family with Buddie Crow |
| husband |
Buddie Crow Birth: January 11, 1912 — Clay, Missouri, United States Death: February 10, 1995 — Colorado Springs, El Paso, Colorado, United States |
| herself |
Mary Francis Sims Birth: January 13, 1925 42 30 — Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, United States Death: January 5, 1993 — Denver, Denver, Colorado, United States |
| daughter |
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| daughter |
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| son |
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Mary Francis Sims has 6 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (6)
Parents Charles McClellan “Charlie” Shemwell + Vinita Francis Potter
Parents Herbert Alexander Shemwell + Roxie Lee “Bobbie” Turley
| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Jefferson Sims - Household
314 McRobert Boonville, Cooper, Missouri
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| Census | 1940 United States - Census transcript - Thomas Jefferson Sims - Household
Lamine, Cooper, Missouri
Betty and Mary's ages are reversed? -b |