George (Symons) Simmons (abt. 1825 - 1874)

Born about 1 Jan 1825 in Barnstaple, Devon, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Sarah (Tuckerman) Simmons — married 28 Aug 1847 in Glenduart, Moruya, New South Wales, Australia

Descendants

Died 20 Jun 1874 at about age 49 in Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

Birth

George was born in Barnstaple, Devon, England (date uncertain) 11 Jun 1826 ^[1] (or 1 Jan1825 Place: Barnstaple, Devonshire, England. ^[2]

Crime

Convicted 10 Apr 1839 Barnstaple, Devon, England - sentenced to 10 years for stealing shoes ^{[3] [4] [5]} Occupation: Errand boy ^[6]

Transportation

27 Apr 1840 to Sydney, New South Wales on the ship "Mangles" #S3 #S52 Travelled with 289 other convicts. ^[7]
Conviction_&_Transportation

Sentenced to 10 years

Crime: Theft of boots

Convicted at: Devon, Barnstaple Quarter Sessions

Sentence term: 10 years

Ship: Mangles

Departure date: 21st November, 1839

Arrival date: 27th April, 1840

Place of arrival New South Wales

Passenger manifest Travelled with 289 other convicts

Ticket of Leave - 7 Jun 1845 - Broulee, New South Wales ^[8] (Tickets of leave were issued to convicts having served about half of their sentences with good behavior. These tickets allowed convicts to seek employment as they wished, limited their movement to a certain district for the remainder of their sentences [8]).

Marriage

George SYMONS and Sarah Tuckerman were married by banns in 1847 at Glenduart

Banns of Marriage: Minister James ALLAN, Church of England.

Date: 28 AUG 1847

Place: Glenduart, Moruya, New South Wales, Australia ^{[9] [10]}

Permission to Marry - 16 Aug 1847 - Braidwood, New South Wales

Certificate of Freedom - dated 4 June 1850 ^{[11] [12]}

Residence

Date: AUG 1847 Place: Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia ^[13]

Date: 1850 Place: Clyde River, New South Wales, Australia ^[14]

Occupation: Farmer

Date: JUN 1874

Place: Burrill Lake, Ulladulla, NSW ^[15]

Rosie Miners wrote: ^[16]"George, now referred to as Simmons, became a well respected farmer in the Ulladulla district, NSW. He owned a farm bordering Lake Burrill and at one time owned 8 house blocks in Milton during the early years of the Township opening up. ^[17]
"He died on the day he was elected to the local Council as alderman 20 June 1874. ^[18] His son, James, was one of Australia’s Men of Mark in the 1880’s."

Children

George and Sarah's children: ^[19]

James Simmons ^[20]

Jane Simmons ^[21]

Emma Simmons ^[22]

William George Simmons^[23]

Martha Simmons^[24]

Rhoda Simmons^[25]

Albert Simmons^[26]

Arthur John Simmons^[27]

George Herbert Simmons^[28]

Walter Ernest Simmons^[29]

Ernest Charles Simmons^[30]

Death

George died 20 Jun 1874 in Ulladulla, New South Wales ^[31] of Peritonitis ^[32]

Family Notices Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907)

Sat 4 Jul 1874 Page 37^[33]

DEATHS

On 20th June, at his residence, Washburton, Ulladulla, Mr. George Simmons, of inflammation of the bowels, aged 52, native of Devon, England. Home papers copy.

Burial

Undertaker: William CASHMAN; Wesleyan Minister: George PICKERING; Witnesses: James TRAPP and Nicholas MUDGE

Date: 22 JUN 1874

Place: Wesley Cemetery, Ulladulla, NSW

Source: #S13

^[34]

Of Interest

George Simmons Family on Ulladulla_info.com_website
Sale of the Estate

Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907) Sat 29 Dec 1894

Page 45 Advertising Late Auctions.

IN THE ESTATE - OF THE LATE WILLIAM TUCKERMAN and GEORGE SIMMONS.

The Well-known " Washburton " Dairy Farm, Being one of the BEST and MOST CONVENIENTLY-SITUATED in the famed Ulladulla District, Together with 4 ALLOTMENTS in the HEART of the TOWN of MILTON, THURSDAY, January 10th, 1895. CORK has been favored with instructions from JAMES WARDEN, ESQ., of Boolgatta, Trustee in the above Estate, to sell by Auction at his Rooms, Central Exchange, MILTON, At 2 o'clock p.m. ON THE ABOVE DATE, That magnificent and highly improved Dairy Farm, at present occupied by James Simmons, Esq., and known as WASHBURTON, being only three miles from Milton, and two from the Shipping Port of Ulladulla; conveniently sub-divided into paddocks, and containing abundance of permanent water; and consisting of 135 ACRES 2 ROODS and 153 ACRES respectively, making in all a total of 288 ACRES 2 ROODS. Upon the Property is a Commodious Dwelling House, Large Kitchen, Splendid Stone Dairy, Cow Bails, Piggeries, Coachhouse, &c., &c, all built on nice rising ground, and naturally drained. As it happens very seldom in a lifetime that such a farm is offered to the public, farmers, capitalists, and others should not let this opportunity glide carelessly by. As a dairy farm it cannot be surpassed on the coast. Out of the whole, area about 200 acres are cleared and under cultivation, or richly grassed, and within half an hour's drive of the port, which is connected with the Sydney market by three steamers per week. In the event of a creamery ever being erected at Ulladulla, the owner of this farm would have no distance to cart his cream. As a Gentleman's Residence it would be hard to equal, as it commands a splendid view of the Burrill Lake, which bounds the property on the south. Taking the bad times into consideration, a person in a position to secure this property has an independence for the remainder of his life. It is at present a going concern, and capable of maintaining 70 milking cows. TITLE PERFECT. Also, 4 VALUABLE TOWN ALLOTMENTS, being Lots 3, 4, 6, and 7 of Section B of Township of MILTON. : 1 Corner Lot, Myrtle-street and Croobyar-road 1 Fronting Myrtle-sfreot 2 Fronting Wason-street. TORRENS'S TITLE. For any further particulars apply to the Trustee or the Auctioneer. TERMS, CASH. ^[35]

Research info or questions

Name

Name: George /(SYMONS)/ SIMMONS

Source: #S1

Text: Record for George (Symons) Simmons

Name: George SIMMONS /(SYMONS)/

Name: George /Symons/

Source: #S52

Text: Record for George Symons

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using George /(SYMONS)/ SIMMONS. Taking as the last name from (SYMONS). Couldn't find any valid last name at birth.

Event

Event: Convicted at Devon, Barnstaple Quarter Sessions for a term of 10 years.

Vessel: Mangles. Date of Departure: 21 November 1938. Place of Arrival: NSW.

Type: Arrival

Date: 1840

Place: New South Wales, Australia

Source: #S3

Source: #S52

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for George Symons

Event:

Type: Ticket of Leave

Date: FEB 1845

Place: Broulee, New South Wales, Australia

Note: #N15

Source: #S34

Data:

Text: SYMONS George Mangles 1840 45/1065 Ticket of Leave [4/4200; Reel 956] District: Broulee; Tried: Devon Barnstabl

Event:

Type: Certificate of Freedom

Date: 04 JUN 1850

Place: New South Wales, Australia

Note: #N16

Source: #S34

Page: [4/414; Reel 1026]

Data:

Text: SYMONS George Mangles 1840 50/0211 4 Jun 1850 Certificate of Freedom [4/414; Reel 1026] TL 45/1065

Event:

Type: civil

Date: 07 JUN 1845

Source: #S52

Page: Database online.

Data:

Text: Record for George Symons

Marriage

Banns of Marriage: Minister James ALLAN, Church of England.

Date: 28 AUG 1847

Place: Glenduart, Moruya, New South Wales, Australia

Note: #N18

Source: #S8

Page: No. 369, Vol. 32C

Data:

Text: George SYMONS and Sarah TUCKERMAN married by banns in 1847 at Glenduart.

Death

Death: Peritonitis. James S. REID M.D., Shoalhaven

Date: 20 JUN 1874

Place: Burrill Lake, Ulladulla, NSW

Source: #S13

Page: George SIMMONS 1874/008100

Not their Child? SIMMONS GEORGE W 2314/1841 V18412314 25A GEORGE SARAH

INfo re son James ^[36]

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.monaropioneers.com/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I208584&tree=MP#cite2
2. ↑ Found multiple versions of NAME. Using George /(SYMONS)/ SIMMONS. Taking as the last name from (SYMONS).
3. ↑ from the North Devon Journal, dated 18 April 1839, describing the trial and sentencing of George SYMONS for stealing a pair of shoes. "The condition of the article makes it very hard to read and is not worth including an image of here. I have transcribed it though, and have included most of it" [1]
4. ↑ The Digital Panopticon George Symons, Convict Indents (Ship and Arrivals Registers), 27th April 1840, Record ID cin51386 Version 1.2.1, consulted 14th September 2021.
5. ↑ Monaro Pioneers website [2]
6. ↑ Convict Records
7. ↑ [3]

   CONVICT SHIP - ARRIVAL DATE - DEPARTURE FROM - DESTINATION

   Mangles (9) 27.4.1840 Portsmouth Port Jackson & Norfolk Island

8. ↑ Text: SYMONS George Mangles 1840 45/1065 Ticket of Leave [4/4200; Reel 956] District: Broulee [4]
9. ↑ Note: #N18 Source: #S8 Page: No. 369, Vol. 32C
10. ↑ NSW BDM Marriages Search Results [5]

    Registration Number - 369/1847 V1847369 32C -

    Groom's Family Name - SYMONS

    Groom's Given Name(s) - GEORGE

    Bride's Family Name(s) - TUCKERMAN

    Bride's Given Name(s) - SARAH

    District Registration?- NE = Church of England, Araluen, Braidwood [6]

11. ↑ Text: SYMONS George Mangles 1840 50/0211 4 Jun 1850 Certificate of Freedom [4/414; Reel 1026] TL 45/1065
12. ↑ [7]
13. ↑ :: Source: #S8

    Page: No. 369, Vol. 32C

    Data:

    Text: George SYMONS and Sarah TUCKERMAN married by banns in 1847 at Glenduart.

14. ↑ :: Source: #S35

    Page: James SIMMONS No. 2259 Vol. 55

    Data:

    Text: Place of birth not recorded, however "place of abode" of parents recorded as Clyde River, NSW.

15. ↑ :: Source: #S13

    Page: George SIMMONS 1874/008100

16. ↑ on 29th March, 2014 Convict_Records
17. ↑ 8 House blocks in Milton - Purchased in Feb 1860 Trove
18. ↑ TERARA, ULLADULLA.

    Saturday.

    David Warden, Esq., has been elected Mayor of Ulladulla. Mr. Simmons, one of the elected aldermen, died on the day of his election.

    Australian Town and Country Journal (Sydney, NSW : 1870 - 1907)

    Sat 4 Jul 1874 Page 7 TERARA_ULLADULLA
19. ↑ NSW Government Births, Deaths and Marriages Index search
20. ↑ SIMMONS JAMES- 2259/1849 V18492259 55 - GEORGE - SARAH -
21. ↑ SIMS JANE- 1207/1852 V18521207 56 - GEORGE - SARAH
22. ↑ SIMMONS EMMA - 1997/1854 V18541997 56 - GEORGE - SARAH
23. ↑ SIMMONS WILLIAM - 7736/1856 - GEORGE - SARAH - SHOALHAVEN
24. ↑ SIMMONS MARTHA - 12636/1858 - GEORGE - SARAH - ULLADULLA
25. ↑ SIMMONS RHODA - 12923/1860 - GEORGE - SARAH - ULLADULLA
26. ↑ SIMMONS ALBERT - 14193/1863 - GEORGE - SARAH - ULLADULLA
27. ↑ SIMMONS ARTHUR J - 15565/1866 - GEORGE - SARAH - ULLADULLA
28. ↑ SIMMONS GEORGE H - 17191/1868 - GEORGE - SARAH - ULLADULLA
29. ↑ SIMMONS WALTER ERNEST - 18374/1871 - GEORGE - SARAH - ULLADULLA
30. ↑ SIMMONS ERNEST CHARLES - 19670/1873 - GEORGE - SARAH - ULLADULLA
31. ↑ NSW BDM Search

    Name: SIMMONS GEORGE

    Registration Number : 8100/1874

    Father's Given Name(s) : JAMES

    Mother's Given Name(s): CHRISTINA

    District ULLADULLA

32. ↑ Monaro_Pioneers
33. ↑ Trove
34. ↑ "Australia Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVR-XFV1 : 3 March 2021), George Simmons, 20 Jun 1874; from "Australia, Cemetery Inscriptions, 1802-2005," database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com : n.d.) citing Death, citing Jim and Alison Rogers : n.d. Various cemeteries, Australia; FHL microfilm .
35. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71267801
36. ↑ ULLADULLA.
    The annual ploughing matches in connection with the Ulladulla Agricultural and Horticultural Association came off on Friday, the 15th instant, at Milton, and were witnessed, considering the very boisterous state of the weather, by a large number of persons.
    In Class I. (for men), there were nine; and in Class II. (for youths under 18 years), four entries. None but swing-ploughs were allowed to compete. The following is the result :—
    Class 1. — James Simmons, first prize, £4: Charles Martin, second prize, £3; A. Baxter, third prize, £2; Thomas Green, fourth prize. £1; T. Gould. fifth prize, 10s.
    Class lI. — Joseph Petty, first prize, £3; D. Peirnian, second prize, £2; T. Hession, 3rd prize. £1 There being only four entries in this class, only three prizes were awarded.
    A substantial luncheon was provided on the ground for the ploughmen and drivers, which was catered for by Mrs. Wheatley.
    The gentlemen who officiated as judges were Messrs. M. Berry and D. Boag, of Milton; and Mr. John Watson, of Nowra ; and their decisions seem to have given general satisfaction.
    The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1871 - 1912) Sat 23 Sep 1876 Page 403 ULLADULLA.

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