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Thomas Benjamin Simmons 1905–1993 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 25 Aug 1905

Birth Location: Scatarie Island, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Death Date: 6 Feb 1993

Death Location: Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Father: George Simmonds

Mother: Catherine Simmons

Spouse(s): Eileen Arsenault

Children(s): Sheila Simmons, Leonard Simmons, Thomas Simmons, George Simmons, Allan Simmons

Thomas Benjamin Simmons was born in 1905 in Scatarie Island, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of George Henry Simmonds And Catherine Campbell Simmons. In 1911, Thomas Benjamin Simmons resided in Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia. In 1921, Thomas Benjamin Simmons resided in Glace Bay Ward 1, Cape Breton South and Richmond, . Thomas Benjamin Simmons married Eileen Elizabeth Arsenault, and had children including Allan Russell Simmons, Diannne Macrury, George Henry Poppy Simmons, Leonard Simmons, Sheila Elaine Simmons, Thomas Roy Simmons. Thomas Benjamin Simmons passed away in 1993 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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Biography

  • Thomas Benjamin Simmons was born in 1905 in Scatarie Island, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada, the child of George Henry Simmonds And Catherine Campbell Simmons.
  • In 1911, Thomas Benjamin Simmons resided in Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia.
  • In 1921, Thomas Benjamin Simmons resided in Glace Bay Ward 1, Cape Breton South and Richmond, .
  • Thomas Benjamin Simmons married Eileen Elizabeth Arsenault, and had children including Allan Russell Simmons, Diannne Macrury, George Henry Poppy Simmons, Leonard Simmons, Sheila Elaine Simmons, Thomas Roy Simmons.
  • Thomas Benjamin Simmons passed away in 1993 in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Immediate Family

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Thomas Simmons's Ancestors

Self
Thomas Simmons
1905–1993
Birth Place: Scatarie Island, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Parents
George Henry Simmonds
1859–1927
Banstead, Surrey, England
Catherine (Campbell) Simmons
1870–1947
L'Ardoise, Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada
Grandparents
Thomas Simmonds
1833–1910
Walton On The Hill, Surrey, England
Elizabeth Duke
1843–1881
Buckland, Surrey, England
Henry Campbell
1815–1907
LArdoise, , Nova Scotia, Canada
Catherine (Ann) Samson
1840–1871
L'Ardoise, Richmond Co , Nova Scotia, Canada
Great-Grandparents
Maria Cushnee
1796–1892
George Duke
1812–1842
Elizabeth Morris
1814–1896
Catherine MCKEAGNEY
1795–1849
Benjamin Sampson
1811–1891
Colombe Boucher
1821–1911
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Patrick McKeagney
1767–1831
Honore Boucher
1790–1850

Thomas Simmons's Descendants

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Thomas (Benjamin) Simmons (25 Aug 1905–6 Feb 1993) m. Eileen (Elizabeth) Arsenault (15 Oct 1908–19 June 1986)
  1. 1. Sheila (Elaine) Simmons 1939–2000 m. James (R.) Ford 1939–2008
  2. 2. Leonard Simmons 1949–1982 m. Myrna 1948–
  3. 3. Thomas (Roy) Simmons 1927–1963 m. Ruth Simmons 1928–1995
  4. 4. George (Henry "Poppy") Simmons 1928–2005 m. M (Priscilla) Simmons 1934–1991
    1. 1. Arlene (FOLEY Glace) Bay –2017 m. Alan (Leo) Foley
    2. 2. Arlene Foley –2017
  5. 5. Allan (Russell) Simmons 1930–2011 m. Sarah (Imelda "Belle" Gillard) 🇨🇦 1933–2006

Thomas Simmons's Timeline

6 Records

1905
25 Aug 1905
Birth of Thomas Benjamin Simmons in Scatarie Island, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Scatarie Island, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1911
1911
Age 6
Thomas Benjamin Simmons resided here in Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia
Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia
1921
1 Jun 1921
Age 16
Thomas Benjamin Simmons resided here in Glace Bay Ward 1, Cape Breton South and Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada
Glace Bay Ward 1, Cape Breton South and Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada
1931
1931
Age 26
Thomas Benjamin Simmons resided here in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
1945
1945
Age 40
Thomas Benjamin Simmons resided here in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
1993
6 Feb 1993
Age 88
Death of Thomas Benjamin Simmons in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 25 Aug 1905
    Event Place: Scatarie Island, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source:
    [1] 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 40; Census Place: Glace Bay (Town), Cape Breton South and Richmond, Nova Scotia; Page Number: 8
    [2] 1931 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1911
    Event Place: Cape Breton South, Nova Scotia

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1 Jun 1921
    Event Place: Glace Bay Ward 1, Cape Breton South and Richmond, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: 1921 Census of Canada, Reference Number: RG 31; Folder Number: 40; Census Place: Glace Bay (Town), Cape Breton South and Richmond, Nova Scotia; Page Number: 8

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1931
    Event Place: Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: 1931 Census of Canada

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1945
    Event Place: Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada
    Record Source: Canada, Voters Lists, 1935-1980, Library and Archives Canada; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; Voters Lists, Federal Elections, 1935-1980

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 6 Feb 1993
    Event Place: Glace Bay, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada

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