Willis SIMONS

Abt 1824 - 1913  (~ 89 years)

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• Name	Willis SIMONS
  Relationship	with Teresa Ann GOATHAM
  Born	Abt 1824	Great Wakering, Rochford, Essex, England
  	From the 1851 census where shown as aged 24, implying 1826 or 7, but shown as aged 88 in the 1911 census, implying 1822-3. The age given when his death was registered implies 1823/4.
  Baptised	19 Sep 1824	Great Wakering, Rochford, Essex, England
  	From Essex RO index (data on FMP, viewed 1 Aug 2021) Shows Willis, son of Willis Simons, shoe maker and Hannah, abode Great Wakering
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1851	Crayford, Kent, England
  	Master shoe maker
  	With one apprentice boy.
  Residence	1913	4 Hope Cottages, East Street, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	His home at the time of his death (from burial register)
  Died	Jun Q 1913	Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
  	GRO Ref: Simons, Willis q2 1913 aged 89 Milton RD 2a 1148
  Buried	19 Apr 1913	St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England
  	From the PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 1 Aug 2021) "Willis Simons No. 2258., 4 Hope Cottages, East Street, buried April 19th 1913, aged 89 years, ceremony performed by A. B. Parry-Evans"
  Origins
  Person ID	I23105	All | England: Kent Group (in Go(a)tham One-Name Study), All in the Goatham / Gotham One-Name Study
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2021

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ann RUFF,   b. Abt 1824, Baker Street, Orsett, Essex, England ,   d. Sep Q 1911, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 87 years)
  Married	Jun Q 1858	Gravesend Reg Dist, Kent, England
  	GRO ref: Simons, Willis to Ruff, Sarah Ann q2 1858 Gravesend RD 2a 389 Shown as married 70 years in the 1911 census, implying married about 1841. The 1911 census shows they had had 8 children, 4 of whom had died by then. Only 4 appear in censuses, so the other 4 must have died young, each born and died between 2 consecutive censuses. Although only one or 2 children were born after Willis and Sarah Ann married, all but the first had their births registered as though they were married. That makes 3 of the 4 who died in infancy easy to identify. The fourth was probably born between Walter Charles (birth registered 1855) and Sarah Ann (birth registered towards the end of 1860). The identity of this child is made more difficult as the family clearly moved between these dates - from Crayford to Sittingbourne. The most likely child would be Albert Arthur, and I have added him here with more info. about why he seems the probable child.
  Children	8 children
  + 1. Willis SIMONS,   b. Dec Q 1847, Little Thurrock, Essex, England ,   d. Mar Q 1933, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 86 years) ▻ Emma GOATHAM  m. Abt 15 Jun 1867;   Elizabeth BUDDS  m. Mar Q 1872   2. Alfred SIMONS,   b. Jun Q 1849, Little Thurrock, Essex, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Eliza Charlotte SIMONS,   b. Mar Q 1851, Dartford Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. Mar Q 1851, Dartford Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   4. Walter SIMONS,   b. Jun Q 1852, Dartford Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. Jun Q 1852, Dartford Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 0 years)   5. Louisa Eliza SIMONS,   b. Jun Q 1853, Dartford Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. Mar Q 1854, Dartford Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 1 years)   6. Walter Charles SIMONS,   b. Mar Q 1855, Crayford, Kent, England ,   d. Dec Q 1919, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England  (Age ~ 64 years)   7. Albert Arthur SIMONS,   b. Abt Apr 1859,   d. Dec Q 1859, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England   8. Sarah Ann SIMONS,   b. Dec Q 1860, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown ▻ Frederick Henry STANDEN  m. 14 Mar 1907
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2021
  Family ID	F9060	Family Group Page  |  Family Chart