William Simmonds (1812 - 1892)

Descendants

Died 1892 at about age 80 in Hobart

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: WILLIAM /SIMMONDS/^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Name: Richard /Simmonds/^[13]

Found multiple versions of NAME. Using WILLIAM /SIMMONDS/.

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1812^[14][15][16]

Birth:

Place: Limehouse St Anne, England^[17]

Birth:

Place: St Andrew Holborn, England^[18]

Birth:

Date: 1796^[19]

Found multiple copies of BIRT DATE. Using 1812

Death

Death:

Date: 1892

Place: Hobart^[20]

Event

Event:

Type: civil^[21]

Event:

Type: Arrival

Place: Tasmania^[22]

Baptism

Baptism:

Date: ABT 1812

Place: Unknown^[23][24][25]

Residence

Residence:

Place: australia^[26]

Note

Note: #N803

Marriage

Husband: William Simmonds

Child: Sarah Simmonds

Relationship to Father: Natural

Marriage: Marriage to Caroline Caspar

Date: 1869

Place: Hobart, Tasmania^[27]

Sources

1. ↑ Simmonds-311 was created by Natalie Baig through the import of brittain9112014.ged on Nov 8, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ Source: #S111 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Simmonds
3. ↑ Source: #S113 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Simmonds
4. ↑ Source: #S113 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Simmonds
5. ↑ Source: #S114 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Simmonds
6. ↑ Source: #S115 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Simmonds
7. ↑ Source: #S154 Page: State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships arriving at Port Phillip (Agent's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5318; Reel: 2144; Item: [4/4815]
8. ↑ Source: #S131
9. ↑ Source: #S214
10. ↑ Source: #S131
11. ↑ Source: #S129
12. ↑ Source: #S177
13. ↑ Source: #S100 Page: Database online. Class: HO107; Piece 662; Book: 2; Civil Parish: St James Clerkenwell; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 3; Folio: 19; Page: 31; Line: 21; GSU roll: 438779. Data: Text: Record for Richard Simmonds
14. ↑ Source: #S154 Page: State Records Authority of New South Wales; Kingswood New South Wales, Australia; Persons on bounty ships arriving at Port Phillip (Agent's Immigrant Lists); Series: 5318; Reel: 2144; Item: [4/4815]
15. ↑ Source: #S214
16. ↑ Source: #S129
17. ↑ Source: #S113 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Simmonds
18. ↑ Source: #S113 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Simmonds
19. ↑ Source: #S100 Page: Database online. Class: HO107; Piece 662; Book: 2; Civil Parish: St James Clerkenwell; County: Middlesex; Enumeration District: 3; Folio: 19; Page: 31; Line: 21; GSU roll: 438779. Data: Text: Record for Richard Simmonds
20. ↑ Source: #S129
21. ↑ Source: #S111 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Simmonds
22. ↑ Source: #S115 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Simmonds
23. ↑ Source: #S113 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Simmonds
24. ↑ Source: #S214
25. ↑ Source: #S177
26. ↑ Source: #S115 Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for William Simmonds
27. ↑ Source: #S131

• Source: S100 Author: Ancestry.com Title: 1841 England Census Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R1 NOTECensus Returns of England and Wales, 1841, Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1841
• Repository: R1 Name: www.ancestry.com.au Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S111 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007; Repository: #R1
• Source: S113 Author: Ancestry.com Title: London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R1
• Source: S114 Author: Ancestry.com Title: England & Wales, Criminal Registers, 1791-1892 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009; Repository: #R1
• Source: S115 Author: Ancestry.com Title: New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007; Repository: #R1
• Source: S129 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Australia Death Index, 1787-1985 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R3
• Repository: R3 Name: Ancestry.com Address: E-Mail Address: Phone Number:
• Source: S131 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Australia Marriage Index, 1788-1950 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R3
• Source: S154 Author: Ancestry.com Title: New South Wales, Australia, Assisted Immigrant Passenger Lists, 1828-1896 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2007; Repository: #R3
• Source: S177 Author: Ancestry.com Title: London, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Repository: #R3
• Source: S214 Author: Ancestry.com Title: Surrey, England, Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, 1538-1812 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013; Repository: #R3

Notes

Note N803Given her isolation in Victoria, and the failure of the hotel, that Caroline returned to Tasmania. She later married William Simmonds on 24 June 1869 in Hobart. Caroline was recorded as thirty-eight years old, thus making her year of birth as either 1830 or 1831, and William was aged fifty-six, givin him a birth year of either 1812 or 1813, and both were recorded as widowed. Caroline had already told a white lie about her age, as she gave her age as nineteen when she married Martin Casper, thus making her birth year about 1824/1825. Her second marriage to her new husband, along with vanity, probably induced her to lie about her age for the second time. The witnesses to Caroline and William's wedding were R. G. Gray and William Lloyd. The Reverend John Simmons performed the service in his home at 187 Elizabeth Street, Hobart.45

William Simmond's origins are still being investigated, and the surname variations alone present a considerable obstacle to identifying the correct person. There were at least fourteen William Simmonds, Simmons, and so on who arrived in Van Diemen's Land as convicts, and probably the same number of people arrived free. Simmonds has also been spelt as Simmons, Symmons, Simonds, Simons, Symons and Symonds.

William's will has assisted with his identification to some extent as it names Caroline as his wife, and also mentions a daughter Sarah Brittain, wife of James Brittain. Sarah Simmonds married James Brittain on 4 December 1860 in the Franklin district and they went on to have fourteen children.46 Sarah's birth date and mother's identity are yet to be found.

William Simmonds died on 18 April 1892 in Hobart at the reported age of 81, making his year of birth sometime ariound 1811. William died of Senile Decay, and Asthma. His last known address was Smith Street, Hobart, and his occupation was General Dealer. He was recorded as being born in England, and the event was registered by the undertaker Alex. Clark.47

A William Simmons lived at 151 Murray St in the 1860s

William Simmonds

Spouse Name: Caroline Caspar

Marriage Date: 24 Jun 1869

Marriage Place: Tasmania

Registration Place: Hobart, Tasmania

Registration Year: 1869

Registration number: 256

William was the father of Sarah Simmonds, who was born about 1839 and who

> married James Brittain in Franklin in 1860. William was born about 1812.

> William was married at least twice. The final marriage was to Caroline

> Caspar in June 1869.

>

> He died in Hobart in 1892, aged 81, and the only people mentiond in his

> will were Sarah and his wife, Caroline. There does not appear to be any

> other children. I cannot find a birth record for Sarah.

>

> He may have have been the William Simmonds who sought permission to marry

> Margaret Hellings in 1835. This William Simmonds is recorded as coming

> 'free'.

SIMMONS William free HELING Margaret Harmony 30 DEC 1835 CON52/1/1 p180

>

> There is a record of Margaret Simmonds, convict, wife of William, a sawyer

> at Cascades dropping dead in 1840.

>

> I cannot find the record of their marriage in the Pioneer Index. There

> are numerous William Simmonds, (various spellings) convicts who fit the

> time line.

>

> If anyone has a William Simmonds, with a daughter Sarah in their tree, I

> would love to hear from you so I can eliminate some of the possibles.

From: "Carol" <seebee.cazza@bigpond.com>

Subject: [AUS-Tas] Seeking SARAH SIMMONDS, SIMMONS etc b. 1840-1842

Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:45:02 +1100

Dear All,

I wonder whether anyone on the list can locate a birth for a SARAH SIMMONDS or any of it's variants, betweem 1840 (according to her marriage certificate: she married James Brittain in the Franklin district in 1860) and 1842, according to her death certificate. Maybe Sarah was christened under her mother's maiden name though her father remarried later as a widower. Sarah Brittain died at Garden Island Creek, 24 August 1924.

Still trying to identify her father WILLIAM SIMMONDS, who married Caroline Caspar, nee Underwood as a widower, 24 June 1899. Witnesses were: WILLIAM LLOYD and R.G. GRAY. William Simmonds died in Hobart at the Invalid Hospital in Hobart on 18 April 1892, at the age of 81.

Best wishes,

Carol Brill,

Melbourne.

>Latest version

William's will has assisted with his identification to some extent as it names Caroline as his wife, and also mentions a daughter Sarah Brittain, wife of James Brittain. Sarah Simmonds married James Brittain on 4 December 1860 in the Franklin district and they went on to have fourteen children.45 Sarah's birth date and mother's identity are yet to be found.

William Simmonds died on 18 April 1892 in Hobart at the reported age of 81, making his year of birth sometime around 1811. William died of Senile Decay, and Asthma. His last known address was Smith Street, Hobart*, and his occupation was General Dealer. He was recorded as being born in England, and his death was registered by the undertaker Alexander Clark.46 He left his last will and testament as follows:

“This is the last and only Will and Testament of me William Simmonds of Hobart in Tasmania Labourer. After payment of my funeral and testamentary expenses and debts I do hereby give devise and bequeath unto my daughter Sarah Brittain wife of James Brittain of Garden Island Creek in Tasmania the sum of fifty pounds now in the Hobart Savings Bank to my credit or any part of that sum which may be left remaining at the time of my death. And to my wife Caroline Simmonds I do hereby give bequeath and devise my household furniture and effects and all else of which I may be possessed and I do hereby appoint my daughter Sarah Brittain sole executrix of this my Last Will and Testament.”

William Simmonds signed his will on 5 March 1890, and his witnesses were William Alan, (though "Alan" may not be the correct surname, as the name is difficult to decipher), and Frederic Stone. After William's death on 8 April 1892, his will was proved thus:

“In the Supreme Court of Tasmania Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction.

Be it known unto all men by the presents that on the twenty first day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety two the last Will and Testament of William Simmonds late of Hobart in Tasmania deceased who died at Hobart aforesaid on the eighth day of April one thousand eight hundred and ninety two (a true copy of which is hereunto ?adjoined/attached?) was exhibited and proved before this Honourable Court and the administration of all and singular the goods chattels rights credits and effects of the said deceased within the Island of Tasmania and the Dependencies thereof was and is thereby committed unto Sarah Brittain (wife of James Brittain of Garden Island Creek in Tasmania) a daughter of the said deceased….” 47

Probate was granted on 6 March 1892, when he left his daughter Sarah Brittain the "sum of Fifty Three Pounds."

Catherine Simmonds' death was officially registered as occurring on 25 September 1893. She died in New Town, and the cause of her death was recorded as senile decay.48 Her death was registered in the undertaker’s records as taking place a day earlier, on 24 September 1893, at the New Town Invalid Station:

Caroline Simmons. Died Invalid Station, New Town. Buried Cornelian Bay Cemetery Sept. 27th at 3pm. Rev. Plant [?] 1 Coach. Born England. Labourer's Wife. Age 70 Years. [Certified by] Doctor C. E. Barnard. [Cause of Death] Senility [and written across the record] Boucher Family.49

Both records give Caroline's place of birth as England, but this is probably due to Caroline's senility and her inability to provide the informant with accurate information on her birthplace. The fact that the Boucher family probably paid for Caroline's burial indicate that she was in the care of her sister Jane's family after William's death.

*Note that in the 1892 Tasmanian directory there is a William Simons of 17 Smith St Hobart.

Marriage William Simonds and Sophia Hodgins off the Edward in 1837

William Simmons

Death Date:

18 Apr 1892

Death Place:

Tasmania

Age:

81

Registration Year:

1892

Registration Place:

Hobart, Tasmania

Registration number:

1161

Estimated Birth Year:

abt 1811

M Symmonds

Birth Date: 1 Dec 1851

Father's Name: William Symmonds

Mother's Name: Mary Laing

Birth Place: Tasmania

Registration Year: 1851

Registration Place: Hobart, Tasmania

Registration number: 919

Mary Simonds

Death Date: 16 Mar 1846

Death Place: Tasmania

Registration Year: 1846

Registration Place: Clarence, Tasmania

Registration number: 1540

Emily Frances Symonds

Death Date: 24 Jun 1846

Death Place: Tasmania

Age: 26

Registration Year: 1846

Registration Place: Hobart, Tasmania

Registration number: 1080

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1820

Emily Frances Wrentmore

Record Type: Baptism

Baptism Date: 22 Jun 1820

Father's Name: Isaac Wrentmore

Mother's Name: Elizabeth Wrentmore

Parish or Poor Law Union: Chelsea St Luke

Borough: Kensington and Chelsea

Register Type: Parish Registers

SIMONS, WILLIAM

Gender: Male

Birth

Marriage/Relationship: 1837 - LONGFORD,Tasmania ( HODGIN, SOPHIA )

V18441904 30A/1844 SIMONS SARAH WILLIAM ANN

V18315146 3B/1831 SIMONS WILLIAM CLARKSON ANN MC Buy Now

V18311115 15/1831 SIMONS WILLIAM CLARKSON ANN CR Buy Now

SIMONS William free HODGIN Sophia Edward 09 MAY 1837 CON52/1/1 p183

RGD36/3 : 1837/4046

Sophia Hodgin

Spouse Name: William Simons

Marriage Date: 26 Jun 1837

Marriage Place: Tasmania

Registration Place: Longford, Tasmania

Registration Year: 1837

Registration number: 4046

Most likely convict

Simmonds, William

Convict No: 64133

Extra Identifier:

SEE Surname:

SEE Given Names:

Voyage Ship: Surrey (2)

Voyage No: 69

Arrival Date: 14 Dec 1829

Departure Date: 11 Aug 1829

Departure Port: London

Conduct Record: CON31/1/38 p358 butler

Muster Roll:

Appropriation List: CON27/1/4 p55 says tried Kent tried kent 2 Jan 1828 sent 7 years from Greenwich govt butler assigned or may be mr butler

Other Records:

Indent:

Description List: CON18/1/19, CON23/1/3 98 age 22 b 1807 groom 5ft 7 in brown hair hazel eyes s1044 1071

18/1/19 p 98 pale complexion, round head, d brown hair, dbrown whiskers, long visage, forehead perpendicular, eyebrows dark brown, eyes d hazel, nose and chin, medium long, wide thick lips

William Simmons wed Ann Woods in 1840 at Church Of England St James, Melbourne

William

Surname : SIMMONS

Age : 81

Date of death :

Record no. : 1B 8765

Service type : Burial

Service date : 20-Apr-1892

Last residence :

Grave location -

Cemetery : Cornelian Bay

Area or denomination : Church of England

Section : V

Site number : Number 258,

Hobart Town - 1875 Valuation of Property

47

House

Smith Street

SIMMONS William

SMITH William

£8

47

House

Smith Street