John SIMMONS

[DaveHam9]

NSW Marriage 78/1881 SIMMONS JOHN - JOHNS MARY ANN - SYDNEY * 1 Jan

NSW Death 7569/1898 SIMMONS JOHN - GEORGE - MARY A - WATERLOO

Looking for more details on John and his parents, thanks.

 

[Bootzy]

Sydney Morgue Register
received 25 June 1898 – John Simmons age 51 years – fireman England – found 2.30pm
25th instant at 2 Victoria Lane Beaconsfield – Identified by James Macfarlane of 8 Lower Campbell St City – clothing taken by deceased son 28th June – Goe Proctor Senr Constable Police Station Redfern
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/109649666?searchTerm=john simmons

John Simmons - UK RN Reg of Seamen’s Services
b 3 April 1844 – Portsmouth – engaged 3 Feb 1866 for 10 yrs 1 July 1876 to completion time for pension – position Stoker – paid off 30/5/85 - del to shore Sydney from “Dart” on 1/11/85

only birth reg for Plymouth is July qtr 1844 – John Richard Simmons – mmn = Leat
there is one reg for Crediton Union – July qtr 1844 with no mmn showing – Vol 10 page 323

only census for Devon is Warkleigh for a John Simmons in 1841/1851/1861/1871 showing parents as George (blacksmith) & Mary Ann

George Simmons married 17 June 1838 St Thomas Portsmouth to Mercy Ann Domney
FHL 919725, 919730, 919731, 919732, 919733

 

[DaveHam9]

Thanks Val.

The marriage was 1881. In the RN until 1885 ?