COLEMAN SIMMONDS -ESTHER JESURUN

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This new thread should be read in conjunction with earlier threads on "Wolf Simmonds and Eve Jacobs" and the Jacobs/Simmonds lines.
Coleman Simmons 1815-1889 was the son of Wolf Simmonds 1774-1844 and Eve Jacobs 1779-1869. The roots of the Simmonds aka Simons aka Simmons are German. There are a range of records on Wolf Simmonds and his family which I have posted on.
Coleman Simmonds married Esther Jesrun born 1826 Netherlands Antilles Curacao. She was the daughter of Moises de Abraham Jesurun b Oct 10 1779- 14 July 1853 and his wife Leah de David Abraham Senior 1800-1880.
The gravestones of Moises and Leah can be seen on the Reed Collection USA online- Moises is buried Gravestone 13c4, Beit Haim Blenheim Curacao and Leah Gravestone 13c3 Beit Haim, Blenheim.
There is at least one record indicating that 2 oil paintings of portraits of Moises and Leah exist.
Coleman Simmonds became a naturalised citizen of Denmark 19 March 1840 - St.Thomas, Virgin Islands and appears in the 1860 Census on the island with Esther and their children. Copyright, US National Archives- Charlotte Amamile Houses 16-17 Commandant Street St Thomas Virgin Islands
C Simmonds England 44 Hebrew Merchant; E Simmonds 34 Curacao Hebrew wife; D E Simmonds 13 female Hebrew b St Thomas; BW Simmonds10 b St Thomas; M J Simmonds b St Thomas 6; Julius b St Thomas 4; Daniel Jacobs b England 21 Hebrew single clerk + 3 servants
The children of Coleman and Esther were- Benjamin Wolf 1850-1903; Morris Moses 1855-1925; Julius 1856-1923; Leonora 1857; Adelaide 1861; Emily 1862-1944; Delia Eve who married Ruben Max Goldschmidt.
I will post data on Emily, Morris and Julius in particular.
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Readers of this post on Emily Simmonds daughter of Coleman Simmonds and Esther Jesurun are strongly recommended to read a fuller record on Emily and her daughter Hedwig Baur nee Robertson which appears on the site Stolpersteine Hamburg- Copyright,Birgit Gun ( no specific date for the data but post 2000. This record is taken from personal testimony.
I have not put full data on the children of Hedwig because they may still be living.
Emily Simmonds appears to have gone to live in Hamburg with her parents. I will post data which clearly indicates that Coleman died in Hamburg in 1889.
Emily married Henry Nathaniel Robertson ( the surname maybe the Anglicised version ).
The data on both Emily and her daughter Hedwig is harrowing. Emily fearing transportation to a Concentration Camp committed suicide in March 1843 and on the 19 January 1944 Hedwig on receiving notice of deportation also committed suicide.
Hedwig had married a non Jew Gerhard Heinrich BAUR and had at least 3 children- Gerhard Henry b 1918; Emily Sophie b 1921; Margaret Herwig.
Margaret was transported in 1942 to Theresienstadt.
Hedwig divorced Gerhard a Director of Dresdner Bank and he died 1 November 1941 of cancer. Emily Sophie married Dr Warner LOHSE and died in 2000 Duren Rhineland.
The data base for Hedwig and her family records other family members one of whom went to Canada in the 1950s.
I have not verified any of the data having just discovered the website and my Jacobs and Simmonds cousins in the USA and South America in particular are welcome to contribute to the posts not least because they are writing the family history on our mutual lines.

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Julius Simmonds 1856-1923 was the son of Coleman Simmonds and Esther Jesurun. There is a range of data on Julius which includes passport applications and details of his marriages and children.
His USA Death Record shows- Julius Simmonds died 2 August 1923 Manhattan New York Address 450W 149th St Age 68 Upholsterer birth 1855 estimated Birthplace Germany. Burial 4 August 1923 Fresh Pond Cemetery- father Coleman SIMMONDS birthpalce England and mother Esther JESURUN birthplace Venezuela
Spouse- Marie Louise Simmonds
( see FamilySearch Records for the data)
Julius appears in the US Federal Census 1910 ( Copyright, US National Archives)
Manhattan Ward 12 New York
Julius Simmonds 53 b St Thomas Immigration year 1873 father's birthplace England; mother's birthplace Venezuela
Louis Marie Simmonds wife 32 b Germany parents both born Germany
Edgar M Simmonds son 15 b Germany

US Passport Application June 5 1889
Julius Simmonds naturalised citizen of US application to the US legation Berlin born St Thomas 11 July 1856 emigrated to US 1873 Naturalised NY 22 Sept 1882 Temporarily residing in Hamburg
Description 32 10 mths; 5 feet 6 and a half inches; Forehead high; eyes brown; nose prominent; moutt -moustache; chin square; hair dark; complexion florid; face oval
The passport applications reveal that Julius was married twice- first to Agnes (unknown) and on divorce to Louise Marie ( unknown)
In a later passport application Julius requested approval for his wife Agnes and their children Vera born Holtighause Prussia 22 February 1892; Percy born Lubeck 14 February 1895. He stated that he was born St Thomas WI on 11 July 1856 and had resided uninterrupted in US from 1871-1889 in New York and was naturalised in NY 22 Sept 1892. His occupation was clerk. he had left US in March 1894 for Hamburg and intended to return to the US within two years. He was aged 40 at the time of the application.
In his affidavit he claimed that he arrived in Hamburg on 5 June 1889 but could not leave because of "several law suits" regarding the settlement of inheritance on the death of his father Coleman on May 13 1889 Hamburg. He also said that he got engaged in 1891 and married but brought a case for divorce against his wife in 1896.
The New York Census 1915 ( Copyright, US National Archives) showed
District 35 NY; Assembly District 23 NY page 27
Julius Simmonds H M b West Indies 59 Piano polisher; Marie L Wife 32 b Germany 17 years in US No occupation; Edgar P Simmonds son 20 b Germany (Clerk silk House)
1920 US Federal Census (Copyright, US National Archives) T625 1225 Page 84 District 1459 New York

Julius Simmonds H M 62 b West Indies St Thomas Upholsterer father b England mother b Venezuela; Marie L wife 42 b Germany parents b Germany =2 boarders

Marie Louise was to apply for a US passport following the death of Julius in 1923 and stated - Married Dec 6 1898 Germany; husband died NY 1923; She was born Hamburg Germany 10 June 1882 and resided in US from 1900-1924; her husband was Julius Simmonds b St Thomas Virgin Islands July 11 1856.
Her permanent residence was 450 W 149TH St NY Housewife Going abroad and intended to return within 8 months. Purpose of visit to see mother and relatives living in Germany, Austria and Hungary Intends to sail from NY on SS Cleveland April 26 1924.

I will post on Edgar P Simmonds son of Julius.

Phillip

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The following US Federal Census records show Edgar P Simmonds with his wife and family:
1930 US Federal Census (Copyright, US National Archives) Roll 1354 Page 29B District 0114 Image 106.0
Harrison Ave 8th Hudson New Jersey -Rented House Block 659 House 203
Edgar P Simmonds H M 35 b Germany father b West Indies mother b Germany- Clerk City Hall
Ruth E Simmonds wife 31 b New Jersey father and mother b England
Patricia M Simmonds dau 5 years 1 mth b Pennyslvania
Edgar P Simmonds son 3 years 1 mth

1940 US Federal Census (Copyright, US National Archives)- Ward 9 Jersey City Hudson New Jersey
Edgar Simmonds H M 45 B NY;Ruth wife 41 b New Jersey; Patricia dau 15 b Pennyslvania; Paul son 13 b New Jersey

Nb The difference in place born for Edgar between the 1930 and 1940 Census is not known but the data indicates that he is the same person.

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This post provides brief data on Prof Morris Moses Simmonds son of Coleman Simmonds and Esther Jesurun born 14 Januray 1855 St.Thomas Virgin Islands -died Hamburg 4 September 1925. The German version of Wikipedia states that the Coleman Simmonds family emigrated from St.Thomas to Hamburg in 1861. Morris Moses Benjamin attended universities in Tubingen, Leipzig, Munich and Kiel. He was awarded a Ph D in 1879 at Kiel. He helf an Internship at St Georg Hospital Hamburg and later general practice with a specialist interest in pathology. He was awardeda Professorship in 19091 and became Professor at the University of Hamburg in 1919. He died of Parkinson's Disease 4 Sept 1925 in Hamburg.
I have no data to indicate whether he married.

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This is another follow on post relating to Delia Eve Simmonds 1848-1929 daughter of Coleman Simmonds and Esther Jesurun. She was born St.Thomas Virgin Islands and married Ruben Max Goldschmidt 1842-1909. Their daughter Estella Clara 1870-1942 married Richard Moritz MEYER b 6 July 1860-Oct 8 1914 Berlin. He was the son of Friedrich Meyer 1820-1881 and Elika Jacobson 1835 -1903. The children of Estella and Richard were- Fritz Meyer; Konrad 1895-1918; Reinhold 1898-1965 m Lucie Charlotte Bebronneck 1903-1979 +3 children.
Estella born 01.04. 1870 Berlin died in Cholm Poland murdered by the Nazi 20.07.1942.

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Cachexia also known as "Simmonds Desease" was named after this illustrious relative

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Simmonds

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Good to hear from you Art and my thanks for the photographs you sent to me via Paul.
Here is further data on the Simmonds/Hauer lines taken from snippets on Google Books in the publication"Judiche Familien-Forschung- vols 1-14, published 1924 ( apologies for any errors in the German transcription I made).
NR 195 Mein Grosvater Simon Hauer geb.12.7.1815 in Gehaus und Coleman Simmonds, geb.in London 5 Mai 1815, ware Vettern Urgrosvater Sander Hauer 177-1865 hat den Namen Hauer um 1812 nach scinem Berufe angegenommen es.wird vermutet, das Urgrosvater B W Simmonds 1775-1844 von Gehaus London
NR196 Der Stammvater.. M oicheh in Gehaus, vater von Sander Hauer, sotl nacht mundlicher Familienuberlieferung einen Rabbiner, der sarnt seinem sohn aus Fulda Kam und wegen.. NR 197 Grosmutter Estela J Simmonds geborene Jessurun geb.Curacao 30 Marz 1826 gest Hamburg 30 April 1865 war kann aber inhre Families in Cauracao.

The above data confirms the data which exists on the 1915 handwritten family tree of the Simmonds, Hauer and Jacobs as well as from family records and also data from wide ranging sources.

Phillip

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Update on #4 of this thread regarding the second wife of Julius Simmonds- The German Marriage Certificate records Julius Simmonds b 11 July 1856 -St.Thomas parents Coleman Simmons and Esther Jesurun married in Hamburg 6 Dec 1898 to Marie Louise Sophie Bleckmann b 10 June 1877- her parents Johann Heinrich Bleckmann and Elisabeth Friederike Lisette Gierhan
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Follow up to #3 of this thread- Hamburg Birth Certificate Records- 12 November 1892- Vera Stephanie Elise SIMMONDS born 6 November 1892 Alt Rauistedt Registration District- father Julius SIMMONDS mother Agnes SIMMONDS maiden name MOELLER. The document is in German and a full translation is required. The original dob given in the passport application by Julius for Vera does not match the actual birth certificate record but there is no doubt that this is the same family.
There is a Hamburg Passenger Record for a Agnes Moeller age 23 single residence Gnogau West Prussia sailing from Hamburg 24 June 1885 on the Suevia for New York. Further evidence is required to confirm that this Agnes is the mother of Vera and Paul.
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