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Albert Arthur SIMONS
Abt 1859 - 1859
Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
Set As Default Person 
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Name Albert Arthur SIMONS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Died Dec Q 1859 Milton Reg Dist, Kent, England 
- GRO ref: Simons, Albert Arthur q4 1859 Milton RD 2a 370; GRO online index shows age at death as 0
Born Abt Apr 1859 - There are a couple of children with bith and death records, or just death, who could possibly be the missing 8th child of Willis and Sarah, in the Dartford RD or Milton RD.
This family are fairly consistent in using the spelling 'Simons', a spelling not found in Milton RD before this family arrived, despite there being plenty of Simmons there. Hence it seems probable that the Albert Arthur SIMONS who died and was buried there late in 1859 was ther son.
The date for his birth is from the age at death, as recorded in the burial register.
I have found no birth registration or baptism for this child; he could of course been born before the move to Sittingbourne, and the family may have been living at neither Crayford nor Sittingbourne at the time. (I have searted for a birth of an Albert or Arthur, SIM* or SYM*, anywhere in Kent)
Buying the death cert. would probably show a parent as informant (but not necessarily, it could have been a friend or neighbour) so would probably confirm my theory.
(Sometimes an abode in the burial register matching a family's address in a census can confirm a link, but in this case the abode is too vague).
Gender Male Buried 18 Dec 1859 St. Michael’s Church, Sittingbourne, Kent, England - From PR entry (image on FMP, viewed 15 Nov 2021)
"Albert Arthur Simons No. 469., abode: Sittingbourne, buried 1859 Decr 18, age: mo 8, ceremony performed by R. G. Holland Curate"
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 - (Research):See marriage notes which explain why I believe Willis and Sarah Ann had a child between Walter and Sarah, but who had died by 1861.
Person ID I33286 All Last Modified 15 Nov 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