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Alfred SIMONS
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Name Alfred SIMONS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born Jun Q 1849 Little Thurrock, Essex, England
- From the 1851 census where shown as aged 1 and 1861 where shown as aged 10, although shown in the 1911 census as aged 51 or 56.
Shown as born Little Thurrock in 1851m Grays in 1861 and Orsett in 1911
GRO ref: SIMONS, Alfred q2 1849 Orsett RD 12 196; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as RUFF
Gender Male Died Yes, date unknown
Siblings4 brothers and 3 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch
Willis SIMONS, b. Abt 1824, Great Wakering, Rochford, Essex, England
, d. Jun Q 1913, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age ~ 89 years) (Father) 
Sarah Ann RUFF, b. Abt 1824, Baker Street, Orsett, Essex, England
, d. Sep Q 1911, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age ~ 87 years) (Mother) 
Notes - Single in 1911
Person ID I33280 All Last Modified 1 Aug 2021
Father Willis SIMONS, b. Abt 1824, Great Wakering, Rochford, Essex, England
, d. Jun Q 1913, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age ~ 89 years) Mother Sarah Ann RUFF, b. Abt 1824, Baker Street, Orsett, Essex, England
, d. Sep Q 1911, Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England
(Age ~ 87 years) Married Jun Q 1858 Gravesend Reg Dist, Kent, England
- GRO ref: Simons, Willis to Ruff, Sarah Ann q2 1858 Gravesend RD 2a 389
Shown as married 70 years in the 1911 census, implying married about 1841.
The 1911 census shows they had had 8 children, 4 of whom had died by then. Only 4 appear in censuses, so the other 4 must have died young, each born and died between 2 consecutive censuses.
Although only one or 2 children were born after Willis and Sarah Ann married, all but the first had their births registered as though they were married. That makes 3 of the 4 who died in infancy easy to identify. The fourth was probably born between Walter Charles (birth registered 1855) and Sarah Ann (birth registered towards the end of 1860). The identity of this child is made more difficult as the family clearly moved between these dates - from Crayford to Sittingbourne.
The most likely child would be Albert Arthur, and I have added him here with more info. about why he seems the probable child.
Family ID F9060 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- From the 1851 census where shown as aged 1 and 1861 where shown as aged 10, although shown in the 1911 census as aged 51 or 56.
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Born - Jun Q 1849 - Little Thurrock, Essex, England 

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