. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. The Annals of Scottish Natural History No. 71] 1909 [JULY OBITUARY—GEORGE SIM, WITH PORTRAIT. GEORGE SIM'S father James Sim, or Sime as he also wrote his name, was the son of a farmer in the parish of Grange, who died while James was a child, leaving enough to provide for his sustenance until able to earn a livelihood by his own labour. This he soon did, at first as a farm-servant, after- wards as a herring-fisher at Wick, then for some years as tenant of the farm of Netherton, in Boharm, Banffshire.
. The Annals of Scottish natural history. Natural history; Natural history -- Scotland. The Annals of Scottish Natural History No. 71] 1909 [JULY OBITUARY—GEORGE SIM, WITH PORTRAIT. GEORGE SIM'S father James Sim, or Sime as he also wrote his name, was the son of a farmer in the parish of Grange, who died while James was a child, leaving enough to provide for his sustenance until able to earn a livelihood by his own labour. This he soon did, at first as a farm-servant, after- wards as a herring-fisher at Wick, then for some years as tenant of the farm of Netherton, in Boharm, Banffshire. Here he married the daughter of a farmer, and lived on the farm comfortably ; but at the close of his lease another tenant took the farm at a higher rent ; so Sim removed to Craigellachie, and began business as a general merchant, succeeding fairly well. Here he remained for some years ; and here George was born on 26th March 1835. James Sim again leased a farm ; but as considerable outlay had to be made on it, and he had a large family to support, he found himself unable to remain in it, so he became grieve or overseer on a farm in Marnoch for some years, moving after a time to Scobbach in Turriff; there in two years he lost five of his family by death. Others of the family were invalids ; and he and his wife had a hard struggle, bravely met by them. 71 B. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Edinburgh : David Douglas
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