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William Decatur Simmons

Male 1842 - 1911  (68 years)

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  • Name William Decatur Simmons 
    Birth 20 Jun 1842  Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 11 Apr 1911  Glamorgan, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Person ID I2018  Settlers of Highlands East | 1891 Census of Canada - Glamorgan resident , 1901 Census of Canada - Glamorgan resident
    Last Modified 11 Dec 2025 

    Father John P Simmons 
    Mother Mary Johnston 
    Family ID F3195  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lydia Margaret York,   b. 1842, Frontenac, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Feb 1901, Glamorgan, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Marriage 28 Sep 1862  Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
    +1. Harriet Minerva Simmons,   b. 13 Apr 1864, Camden East, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1926, Glamorgan, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years)
    +2. Mary Jane Simmons,   b. 14 Apr 1866, Napanee, Lennox & Addington, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Feb 1905, Gladwin, Gladwin, Michigan, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
     3. Bertha Simmons,   b. Abt 1878, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Josephine Simmons,   b. 20 Apr 1878, Glamorgan, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    +5. Frederick John Maxfield Simmons,   b. 14 Sep 1882, Devil's Creek, Glamorgan, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F448  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 Jul 2020 

    Family 2 Amelia Emma Shaver,   b. Abt 1845, Three Mile Bay, Jefferson, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jun 1906, Glamorgan, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Marriage 10 Sep 1901  Snowdon, Haliburton, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F4100  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 May 2026 

    Family 3 Martha J Shaver,   b. 3 Apr 1851, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 16 Aug 1906  Kinmount, Somerville, Victoria, Ontario, Canada Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Family ID F1283  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 26 May 2026 

  • Sources 
    1. [S13] Census of Canada, 1891, Ontario / District 109 Peterborough East / Subdistrict I Glamorgan Township / page 17 / family 91.
      Surname recorded as Symonds

    2. [S1] Census of Canada, 1901, District: ON PETERBOROUGH (East/Est) (#106) Subdistrict Glamorgan K Page 7, Family 65.

    3. [S21] Ontario Canada Deaths, Reg# 14425-11, MS 935.
      Born 22 Jun 1841, place not known, died at Lot 8, Con 6, of La Grippe.

    4. [S20] Ontario Canada Marriages, GS film number - 001030060-62, MS 932.

    5. [S20] Ontario Canada Marriages, Reg# 08090-01, MS 932.
      Bride is a widow, Mrs Emma Walker, daughter of Joseph Shaver & Louisa Countermann.

    6. [S20] Ontario Canada Marriages, Reg# 19296-06, MS 932.
      Bride is recorded as Martha Bouk, widow, daughter of Joseph Shaver & Mary. Age 54, born "Monck"


 

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