Charles SIMMONDS (1848 – 1908)

Name

Charles Simmonds

Gender

Male

Birthdate

1848

Birthplace

Sussex, England

Marriage(s)

02 September 1872
Bedford, England

Date of death

15 April 1908

Place of death

Napier

Parents

  • Thomas Simmonds
  • Mary Simmonds

Partner(s)

  • Caroline Simmonds, nee Woodcraft (1853-1939)

Children

  • Wallace Neville Simmonds (1873-1953)
  • Ellen Hosking (1875-1915)
  • Elizabeth Mary Simmonds (1876-1877)
  • Lily Simmonds (1878-1879)
  • Arthur Henry Simmonds (1880-1957)
  • Herbert Sheehan Simmonds (1884-1955)
  • Clara Langford (1887-1918)
  • Sidney Charles Simmonds (1890-1965)

Biography

Arrived in New Zealand on the “Renfrewshire,” 1877
Owned Perserverance Iron Foundry, Dickens Street until 1 January 1887 when he combined his business with the Vulcan Foundry owned by William Bogle, thus becoming Bogle, Simmonds and Company, Vulcan Foundry
This partnership was dissolved by mutual consent, 1889
On the Port Ahuriri School committee, 1894
First three children were born in England

Accession number

646836

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