Thomas Simmons

M, #9864, b. 10 Sep 1837, d. 16 Jun 1919
Birth*10 Sep 1837 Rodmell, Lewes, Sussex, England, baptised at Rodmell Sussex.1,2,3 
Marriage*29 Dec 1860 Spouse: Grace Morrish. St. John's Church, Adelaide, SA, Australia, #M44/330.4,1
 
Land-Gembrook18 Jun 1880Selection: GEM--80. 17a 0r 16p. Land File 7716/20.5,6 
Land-Gembrook*29 Dec 1885Selection: GEM--81. 41a 0r 19p. Land File 1754/19.20.7,8 
Land-Gembrook31 Aug 1887Selection: GEM--9. 10a 0r 0p.9 
Land-Note*19 May 1897 GEM--9..81: Mortgagee: The Savings Banks in the Colony of Victoria. Mortgage 177510. Part discharged 23 Aug 1900, rest 28 Jul 1902.. Mortgagor was Thomas Simmons.10 
Land-Gembrook*23 Aug 1900 GEM--80.81 (part). Transfer from Thomas Simmons to The Board of Land and Works. 7a 0r 36p. Transfer 426109 - C/T 2783-505.11 
Land-Gembrook*23 May 1901 GEM--81 (part). Transfer from Thomas Simmons to George William Simmons. 21a 3r 33p - C/T 2819-630.12 
Land-Gembrook30 Aug 1902 GEM--9. Transfer from Thomas Simmons to George William Simmons. 10a 0r 0p.13 
Land-Gembrook30 Aug 1902 GEM--80 (part). Transfer from Thomas Simmons to George William Simmons. 1a 2r 7p - C/T 2893-412.14 
Land-Gembrook*12 Jul 1904 GEM--80.81 (part). Transfer from Thomas Simmons to Shire of Berwick. 3a 0r 16p - C/T 2999-749.15 
Land-Gembrook*8 Oct 1907 GEM--80.81 (part). Transfer from Thomas Simmons to Nellie Louise Acton. 24a 1r 23p.16 
Death*16 Jun 1919 Cockatoo, VIC, Australia, #D6559 (age 80) [par George SIMMONS & Sarah].17 
Death-Notice*17 Jun 1919 SIMMONS.—On the 16th June, at his residence, Cockatoo, Thomas, beloved husband of Grace Simmons, aged 81. A highly respected resident for 46 years.
SIMMONS.—The Friends of the late THOMAS SIMMONS are respectfully invited to follow his remains to the place of interment, Nangana Cemetery, Macclesfield. The funeral will leave his late residence, Cockatoo, at 1 pm on Wednesday, 18th June.18 

Electoral Rolls (Australia) and Census (UK/IRL)

DateAddressOccupation and other people at same address
6 Jun 1841George SIMMONS, Ag Lab, Rodmill Village, Rodmell, Sussex, EnglandAge 419
30 Mar 1851George SIMMONS, Ag Lab, Nortease, Rodmell, Sussex, EnglandAge 13 - Ag Lab20

Grave

  • Grave 40, Emerald Cemetery, Emerald, VIC, Australia21

Family

 Grace Morrish b. 7 Feb 1839, d. 24 Jul 1924
Children 1.George William Simmons+ b. 1 Nov 1861, d. 10 Jun 1933
 2.Alfred James Simmons+ b. 26 Apr 1863, d. 15 Oct 1928
 3.Annie Grace Simmons+ b. 2 Sep 1864, d. 18 Apr 1939
 4.Richard Simmons+ b. 30 Jul 1866, d. Aug 1955
 5.Walter Simmons+ b. 20 Jun 1868, d. 18 Nov 1947
 6.John Simmons b. 1870, d. 1961
 7.Betsy Simmons b. 1872, d. 1966
 8.Grace Simmons b. 1874, d. 31 Jul 1902
 9.Sarah Victoria Simmons b. 3 May 1878, d. 13 Nov 1940
 10.Ernest Edwin Simmons b. 17 Nov 1880, d. 27 Sep 1942
 11.Phoebe Simmons b. 24 Feb 1883, d. 7 Feb 1954

Citations

  1. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, ccrewther.
  2. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
    Thomas Simmons, Baptism Date: 10 Sep 1837, Rodmell, Sussex, England. Father: George Simmons, Mother: Sarah Simmons.
  3. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, East Sussex, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1920
    Thomas Simmons, son of George, Labourer, Rodmell, Sussex & Sarah, Baptism Date 10 Sep 1837.
  4. [S63] South Australian Government. BDM Index South Australia.
  5. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Land File 7716/20.
  6. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2072-287 - Thomas Simmons of Gembrook.
  7. [S81] Land Records & Parish Maps ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria). Land File 1754/19.20.
  8. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1798-568 - Thomas Simmons of Gembrook.
  9. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1971-021 - Thomas Simmons of Gembrook.
  10. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1798-568 - Mortgage 177510. Part discharged 23 Aug 1900, rest 28 Jul 1902
    C/T 1971-021 - Mortgage 177510. Discharged 28 Jul 1902.
  11. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1798-568 & C/T 2072-287 - The Board of Land and Works - C/T 2783-505.
  12. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1798-568 - George William Simmons -of View Hill Beaconsfield Farmer - C/T 2819-630.
  13. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1971-021 - George William Simmons of Cockatoo Creek Farmer - C/T 2893-412.
  14. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2072-287 - George William Simmons - C/T 2893-412.
  15. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1798-568 - Shire of Berwick - C/T 2999-749.
  16. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 1798-568 & C/T 3232-227 - Nellie Louise O'Hara of Cockatoo Creek Married Woman - C/T 3232-227.
  17. [S4] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Great War Index Victoria 1914-1920 "reg Emerald."
  18. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 17 Jun 1919, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1479361
  19. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1841 England Census. HO107/1112/8/11
    Enummerated at Rodmell, Sussex.
    Household Members: George Simmons, Sarah Simmons, Mary Simmons, Thos Simmons
    Ancestry Record ID: 8978::15862388."
  20. [S83] UK census - viewed on Ancestry "1851 England Census. HO107/1643/782/8
    Enummerated at Rodmell, Sussex.
    Household Members: George Simmons, Sarah Simmons, Thomas Simmons, Isaac Simmons
    Ancestry Record ID: 8860::1785781."
  21. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of Greater Metropolitan Cemeteries Trust
    https://www.gmct.com.au/deceased    ,.
Last Edited11 Apr 2024

Grace Morrish

F, #9865, b. 7 Feb 1839, d. 24 Jul 1924
Married NameSimmons. 
Birth*7 Feb 1839 East Putford, Devon, England, Mar Q [The Bideford Union] 10 55 (mother's maiden name LEE.)1,2 
Marriage*29 Dec 1860 Spouse: Thomas Simmons. St. John's Church, Adelaide, SA, Australia, #M44/330.3,1
 
Widow16 Jun 1919Grace Morrish became a widow upon the death of her husband Thomas Simmons.4 
Death*24 Jul 1924 Cockatoo, VIC, Australia, #D9586 (Age 85) [par William MORRISH & Betsy Unknown].5,6 
Death-Notice*25 Jul 1924 SIMMONS.–On the 24th July, at her late residence, Cockatoo, Grace, relict of the late Thomas Simmons, aged 85 years. A colonist of 70 years.
SIMMONS.-The Friends of the late Mrs. GRACE SIMMONS are respectfully invited to follow her remains to the place of interment, the Emerald Cemetery, leaving her residence, Cockatoo, at 1 p.m. on Saturday, 26th July.6 

Grave

  • Grave 39, Emerald Cemetery, Emerald, VIC, Australia7

Family

 Thomas Simmons b. 10 Sep 1837, d. 16 Jun 1919
Children 1.George William Simmons+ b. 1 Nov 1861, d. 10 Jun 1933
 2.Alfred James Simmons+ b. 26 Apr 1863, d. 15 Oct 1928
 3.Annie Grace Simmons+ b. 2 Sep 1864, d. 18 Apr 1939
 4.Richard Simmons+ b. 30 Jul 1866, d. Aug 1955
 5.Walter Simmons+ b. 20 Jun 1868, d. 18 Nov 1947
 6.John Simmons b. 1870, d. 1961
 7.Betsy Simmons b. 1872, d. 1966
 8.Grace Simmons b. 1874, d. 31 Jul 1902
 9.Sarah Victoria Simmons b. 3 May 1878, d. 13 Nov 1940
 10.Ernest Edwin Simmons b. 17 Nov 1880, d. 27 Sep 1942
 11.Phoebe Simmons b. 24 Feb 1883, d. 7 Feb 1954

Citations

  1. [S80] Ancestry - Family Tree, ccrewther.
  2. [S332] UK - General Register Office Indexes.
  3. [S63] South Australian Government. BDM Index South Australia.
  4. [S4] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Great War Index Victoria 1914-1920 "reg Emerald."
  5. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985 "father listed as Wm Morrish SIMMONS, reg Emerald."
  6. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 25 Jul 1924, p1.
  7. [S38] Index of burials in the cemetery of https://www.gmct.com.au/deceased,.
Last Edited15 Dec 2018

John Simmons

M, #9866, b. 1870, d. 1961
Father*Thomas Simmons b. 10 Sep 1837, d. 16 Jun 1919
Mother*Grace Morrish b. 7 Feb 1839, d. 24 Jul 1924
Birth*1870 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #B21452.1 
Marriage*1902 Spouse: Sarah Ann Haines. VIC, Australia, #M2320.2
 
Land-Note*21 May 1902 GEM-D-58: Lease No 8607 expired 29 Apr 1920.3 
Death*1961 Box Hill, VIC, Australia, #D10366 (Age 90.)4 

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  2. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online) "registered once as Annie Haines, once as Sarah Haines."
  3. [S185] Property Titles ; PROV (Public Record Office Victoria), C/T 2113-556 - Lease No 8607 expired 29 Apr 1920.
  4. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
Last Edited4 Aug 2019

Betsy Simmons

F, #9867, b. 1872, d. 1966
Father*Thomas Simmons b. 10 Sep 1837, d. 16 Jun 1919
Mother*Grace Morrish b. 7 Feb 1839, d. 24 Jul 1924
Birth*1872 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #B21621.1 
Death*1966 Esse, VIC, Australia, #D4503 (Age 93) - as TAYLOR.2 

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  2. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
Last Edited15 Dec 2018

Sarah Victoria Simmons

F, #9868, b. 3 May 1878, d. 13 Nov 1940
Father*Thomas Simmons b. 10 Sep 1837, d. 16 Jun 1919
Mother*Grace Morrish b. 7 Feb 1839, d. 24 Jul 1924
Birth*3 May 1878 Berwick, VIC, Australia, #B6928 - as Sarah.1,2 
Christening26 Nov 1882 Berwick Christ Church, Berwick, VIC, Australia.3 
Death*13 Nov 1940 Fitzroy, VIC, Australia, #D1024/1941 (Age 62) - as Sarah Victoria FERRIES.4 
Death-Notice*15 Nov 1940 FERRIES. — On November 13 (result of accident), Sarah, dearly beloved wife of George Ferries, and loving mother of Ivy, Cliff, Ray (deceased), Susie, Hazel, Daisy, Dudley and Dorothy, aged 62 years.
FERRIES.—The Friends of Mr. GEORGE FERRIES are respectfully informed that the funeral of his dearly beloved wife, Sarah, will leave hs residence, 12 Bryants-road, Dandenong, THIS (Fridaay) AFTERNOON, at 3.30 o'clock, for the place of interment in the Dandenong Cemetery.
RAYBOULDS PTY. LTD., 193 Lonsdale-street, City, Cent. 361.5 

Newspaper-Articles

  • 4 Dec 1937: FERRIES.—On November 26, at Hay Hospital, Raymond Alexander, beloved son of George and Sarah Ferries, of 71 Thomson-street, Northcote South, and loved brother of Ivy, Clifford, Susie, Hazel, Daisy, Dudley and Dorothy, aged 38 years.
    Peacefully sleeping.6
  • 14 Nov 1940: Woman Dies After Collision
    Mrs Sarah Ferries, 62, of Howitt Street, Northcote, died at St. Vincent's Hospital last night from injuries received when she was run down by a car after it had collided with a truck in Smith street, Fitzroy. Both her legs and her ribs were fractured.
    Mrs Ferries was walking on the footpath when she was hit. The truck crashed into the side of an hotel on the corner of Johnston Street, and the car ran into the kerb.7
  • 15 Nov 1940: As a result of injuries received when knocked down by a motor car in Smith-street, Fitzroy, late on Wednesday, Mrs. Sarah Ferries, 62 years, Howitt-street, Northcote, died some hours later from her injuries in St. Vincent's Hospital.8

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  2. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 gives birthdate.
  3. [S50] Miscellaneous Source, Findmypast - Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 Transcription.
  4. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  5. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 15 Nov 1940, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205234143
  6. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Sat 4 Dec 1937, p11
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205550130
  7. [S14] Newspaper - The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 14 Nov 1940, p3
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244578007
  8. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 15 Nov 1940, p8
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205234345
Last Edited18 Dec 2023

Phoebe Simmons

F, #9869, b. 24 Feb 1883, d. 7 Feb 1954
Father*Thomas Simmons b. 10 Sep 1837, d. 16 Jun 1919
Mother*Grace Morrish b. 7 Feb 1839, d. 24 Jul 1924
Birth*24 Feb 1883 Gembrook, VIC, Australia, #B9724 - as Phebe.1,2 
Christening26 Oct 1883 Berwick Christ Church, Berwick, VIC, Australia.3 
Marriage*1904 VIC, Australia, married Jos SIMMONS #M1727.4
 
Death*7 Feb 1954 Coburg, VIC, Australia, #D5872 (Age 72) - as Pheobe SIMMONS.5 
Death-Notice*8 Feb 1954 SIMMONS, Phoebe. — On February 7, beloved wife of the late Joseph Simmons, and loved mother of Neil, Leonard, Cyril, Alma, Vera, and Lorna, loving grandma of Lindsay, Gillian, Janice, Mary, and Lorna. - At rest.
SIMMONS. — The Funeral of the late Mrs. PHOEBE SIMMONS will leave Raven's memorial chapel, 227 Smith street, Fitzroy, TOMORROW (Tuesday), after a service commencing at 1.45 p.m., for the Preston Cemetery.6 

Citations

  1. [S1] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Pioneer Index Victoria 1836-1888.
  2. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 gives birthdate.
  3. [S50] Miscellaneous Source, Findmypast - Australia, Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981 Transcription.
  4. [S27] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Marriages) (online).
  5. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online).
  6. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Mon 8 Feb 1954, p11
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/26589519
Last Edited16 Dec 2018

Alfred James Simmons

M, #9870, b. 26 Apr 1863, d. 15 Oct 1928
Father*Thomas Simmons b. 10 Sep 1837, d. 16 Jun 1919
Mother*Grace Morrish b. 7 Feb 1839, d. 24 Jul 1924
Birth*26 Apr 1863 Aldinga, SA, Australia, #B45/416.1,2 
Marriage*1889 Spouse: Jessie Thornton. VIC, Australia, #M2589.3
 
Widower1895Alfred James Simmons became a widower upon the death of his wife Jessie Thornton.4 
Marriage*1899 Spouse: Susanna Kelly. VIC, Australia, #M5528.3
 
Note*bt 1900 - 1912 Susanna Kelly. Eight children with his second wife. 
Death*15 Oct 1928 Prahran, VIC, Australia, #D16785 (age 65.)5 
Death-Notice*16 Oct 1928 SIMMONS.—On the 15th October, 1928, at Alfred Hospital, Alfred James Simmons, dearly beloved husband of Susie, of Lower Ferntree Gully, beloved son of the late Thomas and Grace Simmons, of Cockatoo, aged 65 years. At rest.6 
Death-Notice16 Oct 1928 SIMMONS.—The Friends of the late Mr. ALFRED JAMES SIMMONS are informed that his remains will be interred in the Ferntree Gully Cemetery.
The funeral will leave his daughter's residence (Mrs. George Meredith), Ferntree Gully, To-morrow (Wednesday, 17th October), at half past 3 o'clock.
B. MATTHEWS PTY. LTD., Toorak road, South Yarra.7 

Family

 Jessie Thornton b. 1869, d. 1895
Children 1.Gertrude Simmons+ b. 1890, d. 28 Aug 1941
 2.Edith Mary Simmons b. 1891, d. 1954
 3.Percy Simmons b. 1892, d. 26 Apr 1895
 4.Leslie Alfred Simmons b. 1893, d. 27 May 1918

Newspaper-Articles

  • 20 Oct 1910: Damaging Roads. DANDENONG, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20.
    About a month ago the Berwick Shire Council appointed a special officer to keep a lookout for persons who caused damages to the shire roads, and that the appointment was justified was proved by the fact that at the Pakenham Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. Harris, P.M., the Council proceeded against Alfred Simmons and his son Leslie for having dragged a log, fastened to the axle of a dray, along the road at West Gembrook, and thereby damaging the road to a considerable extent: Simmons was fined £1 and 2/6 costs, and the son, who, way, working for his father, was fined 2/6 and 2/6 costs. Leslie Alfred Simmons8
  • 17 May 1923: TOO WEAK TO WORK. Horse Driver Fined £5
    For having treated a horse in circumstances involving cruelty, Alfred J. Simmons, 191 Ferrars street, South Melbourne, was fined £5, with £2/2/ costs at the South Melbourne Court today.
    Evidence was given that on April 19 Simmonds was driving the horse when it had a large exposed sore under its collar. The horse was too old and weak for use.
    Simmonds's defence was that he in tended to purchase a motor car, and was going to do away with the horse.
    He admitted the horse was weak, but he had taken it to many veterinary doctors, who had pronounced the horse as incurable.9
  • 18 May 1923: PATCHING UP THE OLD MARE. "DOSED HER WITH MEDICINE FOR YEARS."
    Alfred James Simmons was charged at South Melbourne yesterday, with having driven a mare in circumstances involving cruelty.
    Evidence was given that on 10th April Mr. Latham, secretary ot the Society for the Protection of Animals, stopped Simmons and examined the mare. He found a painful sore 1½ inch in diameter under her collar. When Mr. Latham remonstrated with defendant for working the mare, he produced a bottle of medicine, from which he said he gave her doses at intervals. Simmons was a man in good circumstances.
    Defendant said he had decided to give up working the old mare. Having dosed her witn medicine for several years to no purpose, he was convinced that she was incurably ill.
    Mr. Smith, P.M., indignantly observed that Simmons had no feeling for suffering dumb animals. He would be fined £5, with 42/ costs.10

Citations

  1. [S63] South Australian Government. BDM Index South Australia.
  2. [S65] Ancestry - various indices, Australia, Birth Index, 1788-1922 gives birthplace & birthdate, reg district Willunga.
  3. [S22] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (online).
  4. [S28] Victorian Government. BDM Index Victoria (Deaths) (online) "#D13447/1895 (Age 26) (par Arthur THORNTON & Mary) - as Jessie SIMMONS, Death registered at Gembrook, Australia."
  5. [S5] Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages Death Index Victoria 1921-1985.
  6. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), 16 Oct 1928, p1.
  7. [S11] Newspaper - The Argus (Melbourne, Vic.), Tue 16 Oct 1928, p1
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/3963024
  8. [S12] Newspaper - South Bourke and Mornington Journal (Richmond, Vic.), Thu 20 Oct 1910, p2
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/66202581
  9. [S14] Newspaper - The Herald (Melbourne, Vic.), Thu 17 May 1923, p8
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244034171
  10. [S16] Newspaper - The Age (Melbourne, Vic.), Fri 18 May 1923, p15
    https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/204071867
Last Edited5 Jun 2023
 

NOTE

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Some individuals may be featured because members of their family were associated with the Upper Beaconsfield area, even though they themselves never lived here.