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Record #2812
Name :
: George Francis SIMMONS (1876 - )


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Date of Birth
: 26 May 1876

Marriage (1)
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Marriage (2)
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Abode (1) : Place of BirthEngland, Warwickshire, Birmingham
Abode (2) : Place of Death / Burial
Sailing Information
Date of Arrival
: May 1888
Country
: Canada

Ship
: Lake Ontario

Placement Family
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Homes / Agencys
Institution (GB)
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Agency
: Middlemore
NotesGeorge Francis SIMMONS/SIMMONDS was born 26 May 1876, St. Mark St. West, Birmingham to Robert SIMMONDS and Georgina SIMMONDS (formerly WEAVER).

Thomas William WALTERS b. 1877, and his sister, Mary Elizabeth WALTERS b. 1881, came from Middlemore and were on the same ship. Their brother, David WALTERS, b. 1878, sailed on the Circassian 12 May 1890. All three WALTERS children were sent to New Brunswick.

The mother of these children, Elizabeth JENKINS WALTERS, was widowed in 1884. Her husband died of tuberculosis and the children believed she was ill also. I looked for her death for years but finally found her marriage to Robert SIMONDS/SIMMONS in 1887 just prior to taking the three children to the home. Her first SIMMONS child was born two days after the Lake Ontario sailed with her two WALTERS children. Her two younger WALTERS daughters remained with her in Birmingham. She had seven SIMMONS children for a total of 12 and lived until 1943 dying at age 85. None of this was known to the children of course but it would be interesting to know if the WALTERS and SIMMONS children on the ship knew of their connection.

I did some research on Robert SIMMONS and found him in the 1881 census of Birmingham with a wife and three sons. I found the death of his wife Georgina (WEAVER) in 1883. Birth certificate for George Francis SIMMON(D)S lists parents, Robert and Georgina. Robert's signature appears the same as the signature on the marriage to Elizabeth WALTERS.

Application Book records received from LAC indicate that George was taken to Middlemore by Jane DALMON, his aunt. (Jane DOLEMAN was a sister of Elizabeth WALTERS SIMMONS.) George was sent to the home of David Sutherland, of Lot 26, Con. 17, Tp E. Williams, Co. Middlesex, P.O. Nairn Ontario. Visitor reports spoke of George in glowing terms -" has never come across a better "Home" boy, a great capacity for reading, good worker, willing". George returned to England on a cattle boat in 1894. 
ContributorsCreated : 2007-08-03 10:47:58 / From original database

Last Updated : 2009-02-01 13:43:00 /

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