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H Walter Simington

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Index to birth record, Thamesville, Kent Co., ON: Simington Walter born 1 Jan 1876.

1901 personal census, Moose Jaw, Assiniboia West, N.W.T., s1-7:
Simmington Walter, M, married, 1 Jan 1876, 25, born Ont, origin: Irish, Presb, Conductor;
Elizabeth, F, wife, married, 27 March 1876, 25, born Que, origin: Scotch, Presb;
William J, M, son, single, 20 Feb 1900, 1, born N.W.T.

Headstone in Moose Jaw Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Sask:
In memory of our darling Dolly died March 22, 1906 aged 4 years, 8 months and 15 days; safe in the arms of Jesus.

1906 Western Provinces census, Moose Jaw, Assiniboia West (Saskatchewan), 36C-1:
Simington Walter, M, Married, 30, born Ont;
Elizabeth, wife, F, Married, 30, born Que;
William J., son, Single, 6, born Sask'n.

Headstone in Rosedale Cemetery, Moose Jaw, Sask:
William Simington 1873 - 1944;
Mabel G. Simington 1883 - 1939;
Walter Simington 1876 - 1940;
Elizabeth Simington 1876 - 1957.

From Moose Jaw cemetery staff - Simington burials in Moose Jaw cemeteries:
Walter Simington, 64 years, CPR conductor, Regina, buried 7 April 1940.
Elizabeth Simington, 80 years, widow, Saskatoon, buried 23 Feb 1957.

Moose Jaw Times Herald, 28 August 1939 - You Remember? (From the Files of The Times-Herald):
Forty-Five Years Ago - August 28, 1894: The Crescent Baseball Club of Moose Jaw was regularly organized on Friday evening, when the following officers were elected: ...; captain, Walter Simington; ...

Moose Jaw Times Herald, Thursday 4 April 1940
W. SIMINGTON DIED IN REGINA EARLY THURSDAY - Came to Moose Jaw with parents in 1883-was very seriously injured a few years ago.
Walter Simington, a man who played about the streets of Moose Jaw when the city was a frontier village and who later became widely known throughout the southern part of this province as a conductor with the Canadian Pacific Railway, died at his home in Regina Thursday morning.
Death came at 5:30 o'clock at his home, suite 34 Frontenac Apartments in the capital city, where he had resided since 1932.
Walter Simington was one of the few remaining men who could recall boyhood experiences along the banks of the Moose Jaw river and on the prairies adjacent to the straggling settlement which was Moose Jaw 57 years ago.
He was born New Year's Day, 1876, the son of James M. and Isabelle Simington, who were natives of Ontario, where they grew to maturity and were married. In 1882, the Simington family moved to Winnipeg and a year later continued further across the plains to settle in Moose Jaw when Walter Simington was only seven years of age.
They arrived in April, 1883, and two years later James M. Simington, father of the deceased, engaged in the bakery and confectionery business in Moose Jaw, which he operated until he was killed in a hunting accident in 1900. He supplied bakery products to the soldiers stationed in Moose Jaw during the Riel Rebellion, and was a member of the transport troop during the uprising. He served for a number of years as an alderman.
Mrs. Simington, the mother of the deceased, survived her husband until she was killed in a railroad accident in California 13 years later.
Worked for the Times - The deceased was educated in early day Moose Jaw schools and at the end of his school years entered the office of the Moose Jaw Times to learn the printer's trade. He remained in that position until he entered the service of the Canadian Pacific Railway as a brakeman in March 1897. He was speedily promoted to the position of conductor in December, 1899.
Until his retirement due to ill health in December 1, 1939, he carried the responsibility of thousands of passengers over C.P.R. lines. Perhaps the greatest honor and responsibility he succeeded to during his 42 years as a railroader was during the visit of Their Majesties King George and Queen Elizabeth in May, 1939, when he served as conductor on the Royal Train from Broadview to Moose Jaw.
In May, 1932, he was transferred to Regina and had lived in that city since that time. With his death passed one of Moose Jaw's earliest residents. He had the distinction of playing on the first baseball nine, the first hockey team and the first lacrosse team to be organized in this city. His favorite sport in later years was golf and in this connection he was a member of the Moose Jaw Country Club.
He was married in 1898 to Miss Elizabeth Mathieson, of Winnipeg. The family were members of St. Andrew's Church, United Church of Canada, and Mr. Simington was also affiliated with the Order of Railroad Conductors and was a Knight Templar and a Noble of the Mystic Shrine of the Masonic Order. He also served at one time as president of the Moose Jaw Old Timers' Association.
Mr. Simington was the owner and driver of the car involved several years ago in a serious mishap on Highway No. 2 north of Moose Jaw, when a tire burst and the car somersaulted into the ditch. In that accident Mr. Simington received serious injuries and Wellington White, who was a passenger, was so badly hurt that he succumbed.
He leaves to mourn, his widow, two sons, William, at Glendale, Cal.,and Edwin, in Regina; one daughter, Mrs. D. Forster, Moose Jaw; four brothers, William, Moose Jaw; Edwin in San Diego, Cal.; James, at Pasadena, Cal., and Percy, in Winnipeg; also two sisters, Mrs. H. E. Miller, of Toronto, and Mrs. Edith Chisholm, in Pasadena, Cal.

Moose Jaw Times Herald, Monday 8 April 1940
MANY ATTENDED OBSEQUIES LATE W. SIMINGTON - Funeral Services Held Sunday in St. Andrew's Church - Burial Rosedale Cemetery - Hundreds of people gathered in St. Andrew's Church, United Church of Canada, Sunday afternoon, to attend simple ceremonies which marked last rites held for Walter Simington, Moose Jaw pioneer and well known railroader, who died in Regina Thursday morning.
The Rev. Geoffrey Glover dwelt on the life of the deceased who in service to the community and to the church had gained many friends. Walter Simington typified the sterling qualities of industry and integrity which so marked the lives of many of this country's early settlers, Rev. Mr. Glover stated.
Tribute to the memory of the deceased could be seen in the large congregation that thronged the church. In addition to life long friends of the deceased, representative railroaders from Regina and Moose Jaw, as well as a large number of local railway employees were present. In addition, attending to mourn were old friends of the Simington family, members of the Masonic Lodge and Wa Wa Temple, of which the deceased had been a member. Numerous floral tributes banked the casket in the church.
The hymn, "There is a land of pure delight", was sung by Don Riome, accompanied by the organist of St. Andrew's, Francis Stevenson. The "Dead March" from "Saul", by Handel, was played by Mr. Stevenson as the congregation filed from the church to join the lengthy funeral cortege which preceded to Rosedale Cemetery.
Pallbearers were C. N. Henderson, Alex. McKay, Clem. Alexander, Austin Whelihan, Alex. Morrison and James Slater of Regina.
Walter Simington was one of the few remaining men who could recall this city as the scene of his boyhood, despite the fact that he was 64 years of age. As a lad of seven years, he played on the Main Street and along the river banks adjacent to Moose Jaw when it was a straggling frontier settlement little over a year in age.
It was of this pioneer background and the conspicuous part played in all early community endeavor that Rev. Mr. Glover referred in his eulogy Sunday afternoon.
The deceased arrived in Moose Jaw in April 1883, with his parents, and passed through boyhood, youth and lengthy manhood in this city. As a sports enthusiast, he played on the first baseball, hockey and lacrosse teams organized in Moose Jaw, and he was catcher for a Moose Jaw team which won the championship of the Northwest Territories.
Walter Simington was well known, not only as a member of one of this city's first families, but also as a railroader. He began his career as a brakeman with the C.P.R. in this city in March 1897, and became a conductor in December, 1899, a position which he held until his superannuation, December 1, 1939.
At the age of 64 he had completed 42 years of railroading, running out of Moose Jaw and Regina. His career, during the course of which he once estimated that he had travelled 2,000,000 miles, was climaxed in May, 1939, when he was conductor on the Royal Train from Broadview to Moose Jaw.

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James Simington ca 1809-   Harriet Julian ca 1812-   Alexander McDonald 1816-1912   Isabella (Isobel) Smith 1823-1887
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James Simington 1851-1900   Isabel McDonald 1857-1914
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Walter Simington 1876-1940