Willis SIMONS

Birth:

1797

Fobbing, Essex, England

Death:

15 Feb 1874

Union House, Orsett, Essex, England

Marriage:

30 Aug 1836

Stifford, Essex, England

Father:

Samuel Wilson SIMONS

Mother:

Sarah RUST

Notes:

                       Family: Steadman Family: Simons
    SOURCE: Records of Amina Aleen Simons Mitchell and Gay Aleen
    Mitchell.
    REF: Old bans of Marriage, in possession of Aleen Mitchell Ref:
    David Gilroy #0-1
    Duplicate Ordinaces: End: 31 Mar 1971
    Seal to P: 3 May 1973
    BIRTH:
    DEATH:
    MARRIAGE:(1) Hannah King (Sealed 6 May 1938 Slake), Marriage Cert. in
    possession of Gay Mitchell, Dist of Grays, Parish So.
    Ockendon, Essex
    England
    (2) Martha Simons (Sealed 6 May 1938 Slake), Banns Cert.
    and Cert of
    Marriage in possession of Gay Mitchell
    (3) Rebecca (Button) Lighton (3rd Marriage) Married 8 Aug
    1853
    (widow)
    LDS BAPT:
    ENDOWED:
    SEAL TO S:
    SEAL TO P:
    INDEX CARD: 7E 388-4-26a 43-1 patron 1C 696C1
    Was a Shoe maker by trade. and was bline while living at Union house.

SOURCES:
    1. Family Records
    2. 1998 Ancestral File
    3. Patron Archive Record

Martha SIMONS

Birth:

7 Aug 1815

Great Leigh, Essex, England

Death:

13 Nov 1837

Stifford, Essex, England

Burial:

17 Nov 1837

Orsett, Essex, England

Father:

William SIMONS

Mother:

Mary HOLDWAY

Notes:

                       Family: Steadman Family: Simons
    SOURCE: Records of Amina Aleen Simons Mitchell and Gay Aleen
    Mitchell.
    Mother of one child, Thomas Simons #583, Husband Willis Simons #2049
    BIRTH:
    DEATH: Death Cert., District of Stifford, Orsett, England BURIAL:
    Burial Cert., Stifford, Essex, England
    MARRIAGE: Bans Cert and Marr. Cert Parish Stifford, Essex, Eng.
    SEAL TO S: 28 Aug 1902, Salt Lake Temple

DEATH:
    12/13 Nov 1837

Children

Marriage

Thomas SIMONS

Birth:

11 Oct 1836

Stifford, Essex, England

Death:

3 Jan 1918

Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah

Mary Ann BROWN

Marr:

Notes:

                       Family: Steadman Family: Simons
    Occupation: Bootmaker and Grocer.
    SOURCE: Records of Amina Aleen Simons Mitchell and Gay Aleen
    Mitchell.
    Micro Film #0087000, Grays Branch, Essex Coference Record,
    British
    Mission; Pg 91 #51, Pg 92 #4
    BIRTH: TIB record of Thomas Simons...Willis Simons and Martha
    Simons(parents
    of Thomas)
    1851 census of Willis Simons and Wife (3) Rebecca Button.
    Thomas was
    16.
    Chr:    Certified Copy of baptism of of Thomas Simons...Parish of
    Stifford, in the Diocese of St. Albans Essex., Engand.
    DEATH: Death record of Thomas Simons and Susannah Day Simons.
    Deseret News Obituary of Thomas Simons.
    MARRIAGE: Certified Copy of Marriage Cer
    Susannah register Office in District of Gravesend in Co.
    of Kent, Eng MARRIAGE: (2) Mary Ann Brown
    LDS BAPT: Baptised by Charles W. Penrose, in the River Thames
    Branch records shows date 22 Jun 1855
    SEAL TO S: Certified copy of sealing in EH of Thomas Simons and
    Susannah Day. SEAL TO P: Sealing record of Thomas Simons as a child,
    14 months after Salt Lake
    Temple dedication.
    Ordinations: Deacon: at time of Baptisim July 281855 by Elder Edward
    Samuel
    Priest: by Elder George Read
    Elder: by Elder Joseph ......
    Seventy: Feb 24 1884 by Elder Walter E Wilcox, Salt Lake
    24th Ward
    High Priest: Oct 29 1898 by Elder W. V. Jones, Salt Lake
    24th Ward ADDITIONAL REFERENCES: GS #2178 Parish Stifford, Essex,
    England
    :GS ser, # 38885 Pt 7 (298,437) & 6184 Pt. 4 (025,693)
    Emigration
    records LD S Church, Simons Family.
    :1851 Census of Willis Simons and wife Rebecca Button.
    Thomas was 16
    :Simons Family.  19th Ward records of Simons Family.
    #6502 Pt. 92
    :24th WArd Records of Simons Family #6502 Pt. 100-101.
    :1849-1956 "History of Grays Branch. England".(Much about
    Thomas
    :Simons and Susannah Day Simons).
    :11th Ward Records #6502 Pt. 102.
    :British Mission London Conference 13656 Pt.41
    :Patriarchal Blessings of Thomas & Susannah Day Simons in
    possesion
    of Aleen Mitchell (grandaughter) 15 E 200 No. Apt #32
    SLC, Utah Migration: Thomas Simons, Susannah Simons, (his Wife),
    Edith Simons, Alice
    Simons, Martha Simons, Susannah Simons Thoas Simons (Jr)
    and Ada
    Simons left Liverpoole, England 14 Sep 1878 aboard the
    steamship
    "Wyoming". Arrived at port of New York (Sept 25 1878
    (crosing time
    11 days).  609 LDS passingers aboard. Ref: Saints of the
    Seas, a
    Maritime History of Mormon Migration 1830-1890, by Conway
    Sonne. LDS
    289.309, So59s.

SOURCES:
    1. Family Records
    2. 1998 Ancestral File

FCID:15570:8396

Willis Simons - Martha Simons

Willis Simons was born at Fobbing, Essex, England 1797. His parents were Samuel Wilson Simons and Sarah Rust.

He married Martha Simons 30 Aug 1836 at Stifford, Essex, England . Martha Simons was born at Great Leigh, Essex, England 7 Aug 1815 daughter of William Simons and Mary Holdway .

They were the parents of 1 child:
Thomas Simons born 11 Oct 1836.

Willis Simons died 15 Feb 1874 at Union House, Orsett, Essex, England .

Martha Simons died 13 Nov 1837 at Stifford, Essex, England .