Alice and her grandchildren Peter and Judy
Photo courtesy cousin Judy B.
George SIM's sister
Early years- Alice
was the eldest child of John Wm and Mary Ann SIM. She was born on 5 February 1894 in Sarawak
Township, Grey, Ontario, Canada. In
1898, the family immigrated to the US.
Alice began grade school in Batavia, NY and finished in Buffalo’s School
No. 24. After graduation, she joined the
school’s alumni association as an elected official. Alice was the first SIM in our family to graduate from high school.
Work history- After high school, Alice moved into an apartment and
worked in an office. She did not work
when her children were young, but in the 1930 census, she was working in her
husband’s lunch room. In 1940, after
her husband’s death, she was a seamstress. Later, she was a companion to the elderly.
Immigration and
Citizenship- John Wm immigrated the family to the US about 1898. Alice became a naturalized citizen in 1915.
Family- At age
22, Alice married 26 year old Ronald Beebe MCCALL (1890-1938) on 6 June 1916 in
Tonawanda, Erie, NY. They initially
settled in the Buffalo area.
They had at least 3 children (all born in Buffalo):
Etta MCCALL (1917-1949) who married Charles A. WOOD
Doris MCCALL (1918-2001) who married Charles P. CHAPIN
Ronald B. MCCALL, Jr. (1922-1975) who married Joy Lee REED
Ronald was the eldest child of Archibald C. MCCALL and
Etta A. BEEBE of Arcade, Wyoming Co., NY.
Ronald attended Cornell University.
In the marriage registry, he was listed as a superintendent. In the 1920 census, he worked in a
shipyard. In 1925 he was a
restaurateur. In 1930, he was a
proprietor of a lunch room. Ronald died
suddenly on 3 August 1938. He was
interred in the MCCALL family plot in Arcade.
In the 1920 census, the MCCALLs were living in
Philadelphia, PA. By the 1925 New York
Census, they had returned to Buffalo.
They remained in Buffalo at the following locations:
In 1925, they lived at 777
Amherst Place in Buffalo.
In 1930, they lived at 86 Virgil
Avenue in Buffalo.
In 1935-40, Alice and her
children lived with her mother-in-law at 307 Bedford Avenue in Buffalo. Her mother-in-law died in 1940.
Later, Alice lived at 277 Norwalk
Avenue in Buffalo. Nearby was John Wm
and Mary Ann, the HOFMARs and the FOLEYs.
Interesting Notes-
·
Alice was the matron of honor for Joyce CAMPBELL
in her wedding to Donald HOFMAR (Alice’s nephew).
·
The daughters of John Wm and Mary Ann were known
as “The Simple Sim Sisters”.
- Alice had colon cancer in the late 1950s and had a colonoscopy.
Death- Alice
died 18 May 1966 in Buffalo. Her remains
are interred at Elm Lawn Cemetery in Kenmore, NY.
From the Buffalo Courier Express
Found on Old Fulton NY Postcards website
Visit her on-line memorial
