Frank Ernest Simmonds

[Manjo]

Hello,
I am looking for Frank Ernest Simmonds. he married Hilda Howland in Elham in 1902. They had three children, Edwin John born in Elham in 1907, Herbert John born in St Giles in 1910 and Stanley George also born in St Giles in 1911.
Apart from the marriage certificate, I can't find any records for Frank. His address in 1902 was 43 Garden Road, Folkestone and he was listed as a mariner.
He is my great grandfather and I am keen to find out more about him.
Many thanks,
Mandy

[CaroleW]

Hi

What was his fathers name and occupation on the marriage cert

How old was Frank when he married

Were either of the witnesses surname Simmonds

From freebmd http://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl

Births September qtr 1868
 
SIMMONDS  Frank Ernest C     Woolwich  1d 872

Births December qtr 1873
 
Simmonds  Francis Ernest     Epsom  2a 18

Births September qtr 1881
 
Simmonds  Francis Ernest     Wandsworth  1d 598

[CaroleW]

There is a Hilda Howland b 1869 Eastwell shown on the 1891 census and in 1901 she is shown as b 1871 Eastwell and is a servant in Sussex

Do you have the family on the 1911 census?

[Mabel Bagshawe]

There's a Frank Simmonds, a soldier in Shorncliffe Camp, Cheriton (Folkestone), on 1901 census. Born c1882 in Bow

[CaroleW]

Hi

Listed as a mariner on 1902 marriage cert

His address in 1902 was 43 Garden Road, Folkestone and he was listed as a mariner.

[Manjo]

Thanks for quick replies.
Hilda was my great grandmother and was born in Hackney Union Infirmary in 1886. She was working in a hotel in Sandcliffe so the FES at Shorncliffe my be ours.
His father was given as Frank Simmonds who was also a mariner. He was 28 at the time of his marriage.
I can only find Edwin John on the1911 census, but I know that Hilda left him with relatives (her aunt) for some reason.
She married Herbert George Kelly in 1913.
Mandy

[Mabel Bagshawe]

I just found Hilda in the Royal Kent Hotel in Sandgate near folkestone  on 1901 - that has her b Homerton, Middlesex in 1882.

[Manjo]

Yes that's her.
I have a good record of her life apart from the 1911 census.
The witnesses at her marriage to Frank were Hannah Gordon, her mother, and Harriet Wood, her aunt.
She claimed to be a spinster when she married Mr Kelly in 1913 and that her father was called Herbert Simmonds who was a bath chairman. She was illegitimate and her step father was named Gordon!

Mandy

[Mabel Bagshawe]

I did wonder about the 1913 marriage - i guess frank may have sailed away never to be seen again?