Born: 1865, Baptised 30th April in Farncombe, Surrey.
Place of Birth: Godalming, Surrey.
Died: Surrey 1922.
Parents: Henry and Emma Simmonds, nee Woods.
Marriages: Eliza Boxall, 26 October 1889 at St Peter and St Paul, Godalming, Surrey. On the wedding entry, his father is noted as Henry Peter Simmonds. The name Peter is not shown on any other records associated with Henry.
Children: Eliza's daughter Harriett 3rd June 1886. William Frederick 12th February 1890, Charlotte Annie 15th June 1891, Henry George 1893, Edith Emily 11th March 1895, Charlie 14th March 1897, James 3 August 1898, Arthur September 1899, Hilda Lizzie 28 January 1901 and Albert Edward 15 March 1904. Eliza's daughter Harriett was born 3rd June 1886 in Farncombe. Her baptism entry on 25th July details no father.
Occupation: Bricklayers labourer. On the birth certificate of son Charlie in 1897, Frederick's occupation was Platelayer. In the 1911 Census he was a Stone Quarry Man.
Notes: 1891 Census, family living at 192 Summers Road, Godalming, Surrey. On the birth certificate of son Charlie, who was born 14th March 1897, the family were living in Bridge Street, Godalming. In the 1911 Census Frederick, Charlie, Arthur and Hilda, were lodging at 1 Summers Road, Godalming, with a Mrs. Crutch (widow) and three of her children. Eliza was boarding with the Sidney Tom Wood (widower) family at 153 Walnut Tree Lane Close, Guildford, together with children Henry George, Edith Emily and Albert Edward. On the census form it is noted she had had 13 children six having died.
It would appear Eliza Simmonds, had two children with Sidney Tom Wood, Elsie May 1906 and Wilfred Allen who was born and died in 1908. Both children were baptised as Simmonds, but Elsie May appears in the 1911 Census as Wood. Both children were registered as Wood at birth. Sidney had two children with his wife Florence, who was shown as deceased on their baptism record.