Simon

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The Simon family at Herupe Farm

Origin of Surname

This surname is of pre-written historical origins. It ultimately derives from the Hebrew personal name Shimeon, meaning "one who harkens". In England the name generally takes the form of Simon, partly as a result of association with the pre-existing Greek byname from "simos", meaning snub-nosed. The first European recording of Simon as a personal name is probably that of Simonus, a monk, in the register of St Benets, Holme Abbey, Norfolk, England, in the year 1134.

Early records

The earliest Simon baptisms on record start in 1601, but it is known that Cardin Simon was born in St John, Jersey in 1585, the son of Jacques (1552), and brother of Collette (1587-1621).

Variants

• Simon
• Simeon
• Simeoni
• Symon
• Symons
• Simmons, probably a separate family
• Simonet, a separate family

Family records

Family trees

• Jean Simon: 18th-19th centuries
• Jean Simon 2: 17th-20th centuries
• Jean Simon 3: 17th-19th centuries - St Saviour branch
• Josue Simon: 18th-20th centuries
• Nicolas Symon: 18th-20th centuries
• Samuel Simon: 19th-20th centuries

Church records

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• Simon baptisms in Jersey
• Simon marriages in Jersey (groom)
• Simon marriages in Jersey (bride)
• Simon burials in Jersey

Great War service

• Simon family members who served in World War 1

Family wills

• Simon family wills from 1663 to 1980 held by Jersey Archive

Burial records

• Simon burial records 1820-1978

Occupation curfew cards

Curfew pass issued to Lawrence Simon during the Occupation as a member of the St Lawrence Honorary Police

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Family homes

• Alexandra House, St Lawrence - an inheritance mystery
• Herupe, St John
• Elm Farm, St Peter
• Oak Place, St John
• Bethesda: Bethesda Methodist Chapel has strong links to the Simon family, who live in Bethel House, which is on Rue du Val de la Mare du Sud. The house has been in the ownership of the Simon family since 1912, when Walter Simon bought it from John Charles de Gruchy. Walter was a trustee of Bethesda from 1904 to 1948, and only resigned as a trustee shortly before his death. He was also a member of the St Peter taxation committee, representing Val de la Mare after his election in 1908.

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  Philippe Simon, guardian of his late brother Jean’s child, advertised his house in Rue a La Dame, St Saviour, for sale in January 1804

Family photographs

The Simon family at Val de la Mare, packing tomatoes in the field in 1953

An appeal was lodged by the military authorities in 1917 against the decision to accept Walter Simon's application to the Western Tribunal for an exemption so that his son Walter John Simon could avoid conscription and continue working as a farmer. The appeal said that Walter junior was of 'category A fitness, 19 years old and single' and it was more important that he serve than stay home and farm. Walter John is not listed among those who served during the Great War, suggesting that the appeal failed and he was allowed to continue farming

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  Mr Simon
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  Capt Simon
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  Miss Simon
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  Mr Simon
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  George Simon (1845-1938)
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  George Sydney Simon (1873-1950)
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  Harold Murray Simon (1888-1949)
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  Percy Vivian Simon (1886-1957) son of Philip and Martha Fleetwood
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  Simon children photographed by Ernest Baudoux
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  Abraham Simon
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  Abraham Simon (1818-1902)
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  Donald Symons

The next group of photographs are all of the same Simon branch

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  The marriage of George Francis and Ella May Simon, nee Norman, with Ella's sisters Muriel and Elsie as bridesmaids
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  George Francis Simon and his sons George Norman and Roy Francis
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  George Francis Simon
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  George Francis Simon
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  George Francis Simon
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  George Francis Simon
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  George Francis Simon
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  George Francis Simon
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  Walter Simon (1868-1948) with colleagues in the St Peter Municipality
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  Walter and Florence Simon, nee Vibert, and her parents Charles and Mary
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  The 1919 wedding of Walter John and Florence Marie Simon, nee Vibert
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  Eliza Ophelia Simon, nee Le Quesne, with her grandsons George and Roy
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  Eliza Simon with her son George Francis and grandson George Norman
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  Ella May Simon, nee Norman, and her son Roy Francis
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  Elma Mary Simon (1929-1998)
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  Four generations: Elizabeth Le Gros, Elizabeth Jane Corbel, Ella May Norman and George and Francis Simon
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  Four generations: Elizabeth Le Gros, Elizabeth Jane Corbel, Ella May Norman and George Simon
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  Ella May Simon, nee Norman, with son George Francis
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  Ella May Simon, nee Norman, with sons Roy Francis and George
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  Ella May Simon, nee Norman, with sons Roy Francis and George
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  Alice Jane Simon, nee King
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  George and Roy Simon with their mother and a friend
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  Elizabeth Simon, nee Amy (1817-1916)
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  Walter Simon

Rogues' gallery

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  Louise Aimee Symons, nee Ollivier, was sentenced to eight days in prison with hard labour by the Royal Court on 25 September 1919, for theft. On 28 February 1920 she was sentenced to a month in prison for insulting the Military Police. Further convictions followed: 7 May 1920, 10s fine or four days for being drunk; 1 November 1920, 10s fine or 48 hours in prison for 'drunk and disturbance'; 25 November 1920. one month prison with hard labour for robbery

Family businesses

• Samuel Simon was a jeweller at 17 King Street in the 1850s ...
• ... and was probably the silversmith, jeweller and watch and clock maker S Simon who was at 1 Queen Street in 1880
• Grocer P Simon was at 35 Queen Street in the 1830s

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  Jeweller S Simon of 1 Queen Street, which housed a menswear shop and became known as Amyson's Corner in the 20th century
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  1855
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  1855
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  Elie Simon, of St John, advertised his bull in Chronique de Jersey in 1874
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  George Simon advertised the sale of a house and bakery in Sand Street in Gazette de l'Ile de Jersey in 1809
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  F W Simon is shown as proprietor of the Great Eastern Hotel at St John in this 1881 advert. He was 28-year-old Frederick William Murray Simon, born in St Peter Port, Guernsey, and married to Mary Ann Matthews Bartlett. They were married in St Helier in 1880, when Frederick was described as a baker. He was the son of another Frederick William. His wife, who was living at The Esplanade at the time of the marriage, was the daughter of Henry Bartlett, a hotel keeper

Family gravestones

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  Almorah cemetery
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  Old Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  St Ouen parish cemetery
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  St Ouen parish cemetery
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  St Ouen parish cemetery
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  St Peter parish cemetery
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  St Peter parish cemetery
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  St Peter parish cemetery
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  St Peter parish cemetery
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  St Peter parish cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  Mont a l’Abbe cemetery
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  St John’s Church cemetery
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  Surville Cemetery
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  Surville Cemetery
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  St Brelade Church cemetery
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  St Matthew’s, St Lawrence
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  St Matthew’s, St Lawrence
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  The grave of Great War casualty Charles Stanley Simon at Cement House Cemetery, Belgium

Tips

The church record links above will open in a new tab in your browser and generate the most up-to-date list of each set of records from our database. These lists replace earlier Family page baptism lists, which were not regularly updated. They have the added advantage that they produce a chronological listing for the family name in all parishes, so you do not have to search through A-Z indexes, parish by parish.

We have included some important spelling variants on some family pages, but it may be worth searching for records for a different spelling variant. Think of searching for variants with or without a prefix, such as Le or De. To search for further variants, or for any other family name, just click on the appropriate link below for the first letter of the family name, and a new tab will open, giving you the option to choose baptism, marriage or burial records. You will then see a list of available names for that type of record and you can select any name from that list. That will display all records of the chosen type for that family name, and you can narrow the search by adding a given name, selecting a parish or setting start and end dates in the form you will see above. You can also change the family name, or search for a partial name if you are not certain of the spelling

The records are displayed 30 to a page, but by selecting the yellow Wiki Table option at the top left of the page you can open a full, scrollable list. This list will either be displayed in a new tab or a pop-up window. You may have to edit the settings of your browser to allow pop-up windows for www.jerripediabmd.net. For the small number of family names for which a search generates more than 1,500 records you will have to refine your search (perhaps using start or end dates) to reduce the number of records found.

New records

Since August 2020 we have added several thousand new records from the registers of Roman Catholic, Methodist and other non-conformist churches. These will appear in date order within a general search of the records and are also individually searchable within the database search form

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