Mary Simmonds

Mary Elizabeth Simmonds 

One Year Student

Born: 25 May 1869, Kingston 

Father: Thomas George Simmonds (b. 1835) 

Mother: Sarah Simmonds (b. 1846)

Brothers: George William Simmonds (b. 1871), Isaac Henry Simmonds (b. 1877)

Sisters: Ethel Isabel Simmonds (b. 1873) Gertrude Jenny Simmonds (b. 1876), Elsie Edith Simmonds (b. 1879), Emily Elizabeth Simmonds (b. 1892)

In 1881 –

She is at 328 Moseley Road, Kings Norton, Worcestershire. Her father is listed as ‘Carpenter and Builder’. Mary, her mother and siblings (George, Gertrude, Isaac and Issac) are unlisted. There is a servant, Fanny Foster (b. 1862). There is a visitor, Eleanor Simmonds (b. 1828), an ‘(SM) Nurse’. 

In 1891 –

She is at Moseley Road, Kings Norton. Her mother is listed as ‘widow’. Mary is listed as ‘Board School Teacher’. Her siblings, George and Gertrude, are listed as ‘Clerk’. Her sister, Ethel, is listed as ‘Photographer’s Assistant’. Her brother, Isaac, is listed as ‘Chemists Apprentice’. Her sister, Elsie, is unlisted. There is a boarder, Christopher Thomas Baines (b. 1846), listed as ‘Manager Sewing Machine’. 

In 10/98 – 

PT at Northfield. 

In 10/99 – 

Appointed to St. John's Infant School, Cowley. Salary £70.

In 04/00 – 

Appointed to St. Martin's Infant School, Lincoln, Head.

In 04/02 – 

Appointed to National Infants', Woolwich. Head.

In 1911 – 

She is at 13A Bedford Place, Brighton. Her mother, her sister, Emily, and her nephew, Henry William Paul Simmonds (b. 1911), are unlisted. Mary is listed as ‘Teacher’. Her brother, Henry, is listed as ‘Chemist Assistant’.          

In 1921 – 

 She is at 1 Crumpsall Street, Plumstead. Mary is listed as ‘Teacher’. 

In 1939 – 

She is at 31 Boscombe Spa Road, Bournemouth. Henry Howard (b. 1872) and Ethel Howard (b. 1873) are listed as ‘Hotel Proprietor’. Mary is listed as ‘Teacher Retired’. 

d.         7 December 1953, Windsor 

SIMMONDS, Mary Elizabeth of 13 Clarence Road, Windsor spinster died 7 December 1953 at 10 Clarence Crescent, Windsor. Probate Oxford 8 January to Elsie Edith Simmonds, spinster. Effects £490, 8s, 11d