Settlers of
ALGONQUIN HIGHLANDS
Burleigh Stewart Simms
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Name Burleigh Stewart Simms [1] Birth 12 Nov 1913 Ontario, Canada
[1, 2] Gender Male Death 29 Nov 1953 West Guilford, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
[3] Burial 1 Dec 1953 West Guilford Baptist Church Cemetery, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
Person ID I1052 Algonquin Highlands Settlers Last Modified 13 Feb 2026
Father Samuel Thomas Sims, b. 26 Jan 1874, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
d. 24 Mar 1941, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
(Age 67 years) Mother Annie Laura May Grozelle, b. 17 Oct 1878, Lutterworth, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
d. 7 Aug 1928, Stanhope, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
(Age 49 years) Family ID F202 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Mary Laura Barry, b. 19 Nov 1919, Guilford, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
d. 6 Dec 2004, Haliburton, Dysart, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
(Age 85 years) Marriage 18 Jun 1935 Haliburton, Dysart, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada
[4] Children + 1. Caryl Annette Simms, b. 2 Mar 1938 d. 6 Jul 2000 (Age 62 years) 2. Living 3. Living 4. Living + 5. Boyd Robert Simms d. 26 Jan 1977, Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada 
Family ID F1013 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 13 Feb 2026
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Sources - [S34] 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 93; Census Place: Guilford (Township), Victoria, Ontario; Page Number: 5.
- [S21] Ontario Marriage Registrations, Reg# 12489-35.
Surname is spelled Simms on marriage registration. - [S24] Ontario Death Registrations, Reg# 41469-53.
Recorded as Sims. Cause: Chronic glomerule nephritis. - [S21] Ontario Marriage Registrations, Reg# 12489-35.
- [S34] 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 93; Census Place: Guilford (Township), Victoria, Ontario; Page Number: 5.
