Biographical notes:
Son of Frederick Simmons & Ellen Turner.
Occupation: Boot machinist (1901), Assistant steward in merchant navy (1906), Ships cook/chef in merchant navy (1919, 1933, 1936, 1945), Corner grocer shop in Belmore.
Addresses: At 1891 census - Newfoundland St, Bristol, GLS; At 1901 census - Arundel Villa, St Marks Grove, Bristol, GLS; 1933 electoral roll - Alpenfals, Lucerne Street, Belmore, NSW; 1936 & 1943 electoral roll - 60 Lucerne Street, Belmore, NSW; 1949, 1958 & 1963 electoral roll - 106 Morris St, Umina, Woy Woy, NSW.
His birth was registered in the Barton Regis Registration District which existed from 1877 to 1904. It included parts of Bristol for various times within this span.
Roman Catholic.
Reference documents:
1882 birth registration index record.
1882 birthday book entry (Dessie Hunt).
1891 census return (Frederick Simmons).
1901 census return (Ellen Simmons).
1906 crew member certificate
1914 marriage registration index record.
1919 crew member certificate
1933 electoral roll record.
1936 electoral roll record.
1943 electoral roll record.
1949 electoral roll record.
1958 electoral roll record.
1963 electoral roll record.
1968 death registration index record.
1969 death notice (Sydney Morning Herald).