4 iii. Barnett M. Simmons marriedTillie
Lowthime on 23 Jun 1880 at Beaufort
Road, 23, Edgbaston, England.5
[additional information from Eric Adler,London:
Barnet M. Simmons and Matilda (Tillie) Lowthime Simmons had two children, a boy named Leslie, born about 1881 in London, and a girl named Marjorie, born about 1882 in London. In 1901, the family lived with Tillie's brother, David, at 36 Brondsbury Road in Willesden, Harrow, Middlesex. In the 1901 census, Leslie was listed as a commercial traveller. Barnet was a cabinet maker (differs from the title of merchant in his marriage record).]
Generation Two
2. Bessie2
Simmons (Moses1)6,7
was born circa 1858 at London,
England.8
She married Asher
Levy, son of Mark(e)(s) Levy and Bella
Woolf, on 26 Feb 1878 at Sutherland
Gdns, 65, W., London, England.9,10 The Plymouth (Jewish) Ladies' Benevolent Society was "founded
by Mrs. Asher Levy on 20 July, 1890, when she convened a meeting to re-form
an old Ladies' Philanthropic Society which had lapsed. The particular purpose
of the Ladies' Benevolent Aid Society was to give a small dowery to any
poor Jewish bride... The Ladies Benevolent , as it is known in the Plymouth
Congregation, still functions" .12
She and Asher Levy appeared on the census of 5 Apr
1891.13
Children of Bessie2 Simmons and Asher Levy all born
at Plymouth,
Devon, England, were as follows:
She appeared on the census of 5 Apr 1891 in the household of Asher
Levy and Bessie Simmons.25
3. Abraham2
Simmons (Moses1)26married Annie
Hyams, daughter of M. Hyams, on 3 Mar 1875 at
the residence of Rev. J. Rabbinowitz, Cape Town, South Africa.27
Children of Abraham2 Simmons and Annie Hyams were
as follows:
9 i. Moses Barnet3
Simmons;28
born 24 Jul 1876 at Bury St.,
6, London.29
10 ii. Rebecca Rita Simmons;30
born 2 Sep 1877 at Albion
Road, 24, Holloway, London, England;31
died 19 Nov 1878 at Albion
Road, 24, Holloway, London, England, at age 1.32
Endnotes
1. W. S. Jessop, "Susser
Archives: History of the Joseph Family" (unknown compiler address). AN
ACCOUNT OF THE JOSEPH FAMILIES IN THE ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD by W. S. JESSOP,Barrister-at-law
(Linc. Inn) F. C. A. Att. Lieut. Cdr. (Sp) R. N. V. R.,Written Chicago,
1951. Intended to be privately printed and published, Chicago, 1951(hereinafter
cited as "Coats of Many Colours History of the Joseph Family"); Pedigree
of Levy of Falmouth & Plymouth.
2. Doreen Berger,
compiler, The Jewish Victorian, Genealogical Information from the Jewish
Newspapers 1871-1880 (Robert Boyd Publications, 1999), p. 526. Hereinafter
cited as
TJV.
3. Ibid., p.526.
4. Ibid., p. 526.
5. Ibid.
6. Doreen Berger,
TJV.
7. W. S. Jessop, "Coats
of Many Colours History of the Joseph Family", Pedigree of Levy of Falmouth
& Plymouth.
8. Levy\190 Union
Street, 5 April 1891 Census: transcription, Susser Archives, Exeter Synagogue,
Exeter, age 33 in 1891.
9. Doreen Berger,
TJV.
10. W. S. Jessop,
"Coats of Many Colours History of the Joseph Family", Pedigree of Levy
of Falmouth & Plymouth.
11. Doreen Berger,
TJV.
12. Bernard Susser,
The Jews of South-West England; The Rise and Decline of Their Medieval
and Modern Communities (n.p.: Univ. of Exeter Press, 1993), pp. 202,
318; JC, 15 August 1890. Hereinafter cited as The Jews of South-West
England.
13. 5 April 1891
Census: transcription, Susser Archives, Exeter Synagogue, Exeter.
14. Ibid.
15. Ibid.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Ibid.
19. Ibid.
20. Ibid.
21. Ibid.
22. Ibid.
23. Ibid.
24. Ibid.
25. Ibid.
26. Doreen Berger,
TJV, p. 526.
27. Ibid.
28. Ibid.
29. Ibid.
30. Ibid.
31. Ibid.
32. Ibid.
