In the April to June 1873 birth index Alice Maud Staniforth, Totnes district, Devon, volume 5b, page 174

England Select Births and Baptisms
Alice Maud Staniforth, born April 22 1873, baptism October 18 1874, St. Petrox, Dartmouth, Devon, father Samuel Staniforth, mother Sarah Staniforth
[The birth date is 1 day different from the 1939 England and Wales Register.]

In the 1881 census Ilfracombe civil parish, Devon Barnstable registration district, Ilfracombe at No. 7 Church St.
Sarah Staniforth, head, married, age 50, shopkeeper, born Brixham, Devon.
Daughter Elizabeth Staniforth, age 15, shop assistant, born Dartmouth, Devon.
Son Sidney Staniforth, age 12, born Dartmouth.
Daughter Olive Staniforth age 12, born Dartmouth.
Daughter Alice Staniforth, age 7 born Dartmouth.

In the 1891 census, Chertsey civil and ecclesiastical parish, Surrey at 52 Station Rd.
Samuel H. Staniforth, head, married, age 29, Police Constable born Dartmouth, Devon.
Wife, Ellen N. Staniforth, age 29 born Combe Martin.
Daughter Florence M. Staniforth age 11, born Ilfracombe, Devon.
Son Arthur G? Staniforth age 8, born Ilfracombe.
Son Frank V. Staniforth age 5 born Ilfracombe.
Sister Alice M. Staniforth, single, age 18, dressmaker, born Dartmouth.

In the Surrey Electoral Registers 1929
15 Charlotte Road, Mitcham, Surrey
Alice Maude Symondson
Muriel Symondson
Sybil Clara Symondson

In the Surrey Electoral Registers 1930
15 Charlotte Road, Mitcham, Surrey
Alice Maude Symondson
Muriel Symondson
Sybil Clara Symondson
Violet Symondson

Her husband’s pension card dated January 28 1931 gives the address of widow Alice Maud Symondson as 15 Charlotte Road, Wallington, Surrey.

In the Surrey Electoral Registers 1936
15 Charlotte Road, Mitcham, Surrey
Alice Maude Symondson
Muriel Symondson
Sybil Clara Symondson

Surrey Electoral Registers 1939
15 Charlotte Road, Mitcham, Surrey
Alice Maude Symondson
Muriel Symondson
Charles Nash
Violet Marcelle [as spelled] Joan Nash

In the Surrey Electoral Registers 1938
15 Charlotte Road, Wallington, Mitcham, Surrey
Alice Maude Symondson
Muriel Symondson

1939 England and Wales Register
15 Charlotte Road, Beddington and Wallington, Surrey
Alice M. Symondson, born April 21, 1874, widow, dressmaker
[Alice’s birth year seems to be out by 1 year]
Muriel G. Symondson, born September 3, 1901, single, saleswoman gowns
15 Charlotte Road
Charles W. M. Nash, born December 17, 1910, married, clerk (civil servant) Lord Chancellors Department County Court Branch
[I wonder where Charles wife Violet is - she did have a baby 7 or 8 months earlier]

Surrey Electoral Registers 1948
15 Charlotte Road, Beddington and Wallington
Charles W. Nash [son-in-law]
Violet M. T. Nash [daughter]
Alice M. Symondson [mother]
Muriel G. O. Symondson [daughter]
John R. Tovey
Sybil C. Williams [daughter]

Surrey Electoral Registers 1960
15a Charlotte Road, Wallington, Surrey
Ann R. Nash
Charles W. Nash
Violet M. T. [as recorded] Nash
15 Charlotte Road
Alice M. Symondson
Muriel G. O. Symondson

In the London Electoral Registers 1964 and 1965
15 Charlotte Road, Wallington, Mitcham, Surrey
Ann R. Nash [granddaughter]
Violet M. J. Nash [daughter]
Alice M. Symondson [mother]
Muriel Grace O. Symondson [daughter]
In the 1964 entry only Charles W. Nash

In the October to December, 1964 death index, Alice M. Symondson, age 90, Surrey North Eastern district, Surrey, volume 5g, page 595.

from www.deceasedonline.com
Alice Maud Symondson buried on December 23, 1964, Sutton, London

Findagrave.com
Alice Maud Symondson
Birth 1874
Death 19 Dec 1964 (aged 89–90)
Burial Bandon Hill Cemetery
Wallington, London Borough of Sutton, Greater London, England Show Map
Memorial ID 238671647
Inscription
In memory of a dearly loved mother
Aged 90 years
The day thou gavest Lord is ended

TIMELINE

1865 Alfred Stuart Symondson is born in Hounslow, Middlesex, England (now in Greater London) His father Henry Symondson was a Staff Sgt. in the Militia. His mother is Barbara Symondson (nee Mills) and daughter of a publican and omnibus conductor.

1866 Emily Margaret Lowe is born at East Keswick, West Riding, Yorkshire. Her father, Henry Lowe, was a farrier and is now a farmer. He is farming land which once was farmed by his wife Sarah Lowe’s (nee Nunns) uncle.

1871 Alfred Simmons as he is called in the census is living 4 Militia Cottage, Isleworth with his parents and 3 brothers. Emily Lowe is boarding with her aunt and uncle in East Keswick.

1881 Alfred Simmonds is living at 25 Lion & Lamb Road with his parents and brothers and sisters. Alfred is a musician P. Staff 4th Middlesex Militia. Later that year he joined the 11th Hussars as a musician, using the name Alfred Stewart Simmonds. [Note both his father Henry and brother Henry John enlisted using the last name Simmonds.] Emily Lowe is living in Otley, Yorkshire, and is learning to become a school teacher.

October 1881 to late 1883 - Sometime in this period the Band of the 11th Hussars including Alfred Simmonds is posted to Leeds. Emily’s parents lived near the Chapeltown Cavalry Barracks where the 11th Hussars were posted.

1884 June. Alfred Simmonds marries Emily Margaret Lowe at the parish church in Leeds.

1884 July Son Alfred Henry Percy Simmonds born. Emily’s address is 15 Spring Hill Terrace, Headingly, Leeds. Percy may have been with his parents for a short time, but was raised by his grandmother Sarah Lowe (nee Nunns) and later his aunt Edith Jewell (nee Lowe)

1888 Daughter Constance Elizabeth Simmonds is born in Leeds. Address 2 Armenia Place, Leeds. Baptism gives the address as 1 Brunswick Row [Leeds, Yorkshire] This about 1 kilometre away from the Chapeltown Cavalry Barracks.

1890 Alfred, Emily and Constance (not his son Percy Simmonds) move to London. Alfred transfers as a musician to the 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment of Foot, Scots Guards, based in London. He joins his oldest brother Henry John Symondson in the Scots Guards Band. Later another brother Herbert will transfer from the 15th Hussars to the 2nd Battalion Scots Guards Band. The Scots Guards Regimental Headquarters are on Birdcage Walk, very close to Buckingham Palace.

1890 Son Albert Edwin Simmonds is born, he is baptized at Aldershot.

1891 Son Albert Edwin Simmonds dies.

1891 Alfred is living at 24 Victoria Model Dwellings, Francis Street, Westminster London, England with Emily and Constance. Percy is in Leeds living with his grandmother, Emily’s mother, Sarah Lowe.

1892 September 30 Son Frederick Symondson or Simmonds is born.

1892 October 5. Emily Simmonds dies in London from complications of child birth. The same day her son Frederick Symondson is baptized. Frederick does not survive long.

1893 January to March Son Frederick Simmonds dies.

1894 April 7 Alfred Stuart Symondson marries Alice Maud Staniforth in London

1895 Son Alfred Stuart Symondson is born in London. Now he has two sons whose first name is the same as his, Alfred S. Symondson and Alfred H. Percy Simmonds.

1896 Son Sidney Gordon Symondson is born in London

1901 Living in 104 Coleshill Buildings, Westminster last name Symondson. Alfred with his second wife Alice, daughter Constance and sons Stuart (Percy S.) and Gordon (Sidney G). His son A. H. Percy Simmonds is living with his aunt, (Emily’s sister Edith Patience Jewell (nee Lowe)) and his grandmother, Emily’s mother.)

1901 Daughter Muriel Symondson is born in London.

1904 His son A. H. Percy Simmonds emigrates to Canada and in 1906 settles in Keatley, Saskatchewan, Canada.

1907 Emily’s mother Sarah Lowe (nee Nuns) dies.

1907 Daughter Sybil Symondson is born in London

1908 Daughter Constance Simmonds, married in Guiseley near Leeds. There is a family story Constance did not get on well with her step mother. Thus presumably she returned to Leeds.

1909 Daughter Violet Symondson is born in London

1910 Son Charles Alexander Symondson is born in London

1910 Emily’s father Henry Lowe dies.

1911 Probable year of Alfred’s father Henry Symondson’s death.

1911 Living at 104 Coleshill Buildings, Pimlico Road, London. Alfred with wife Alice, sons Stuart, Gordon and Charles as well as daughters Muriel, Sybil and Violet.

1912 Alfred came to Canada [but not to western Canada] to perform with the Scots Guards Band

1912 Daughter Florence Symondson is born in London

1914 Lived at 23 Cambridge Street, Warwick Street, Pimlico, London.

1914 Son Sidney Gordon Symondson in the 11th Hussars band with a rank of Boy. Son Alfred Stuart Symondson is probably with the Scots Guards at this time, possibly as a musician.

1914 August 4 The United Kingdom declares War on Germany. Canada and the other dominions are automatically included.

1915 Death of daughter Florence Symondson.

1915 Summer. Son A. H. Percy Simmonds training with the Canadian Army in England.

1915 July 14. Son Sidney Gordon Symondson is with the British Expeditionary Force in France.

1915 September 15. Son A. H. Percy Simmonds lands in France.

1916 June 2 Son A. H. Percy Simmonds badly wounded in near Ypres then becomes prisoner of war.

1917 9 days in May and later 29 days in August/September Alfred in France with Scots Guards Band.

1918 November 11 World War I is over. 9 days later Son Percy Simmonds is discharged from the Canadian Army as medically unfit.

1919 May 7 Alfred is discharged from Scots Guards. He continued to serve after retirement in 1914.

1920 to 1927 Alfred iving at 23 Cambridge Street, near Buckingham Palace Road. Listed in the Electoral register Sydney Gordon Symondson (who had also been living here since 2 years earlier) Alfred Stuart Symondson, and after women could vote wife Alice Maud Symondson is also listed.

1921 June 19
Living at 23 Cambridge Street in London Alfred with his wife Alice, daughters Muriel, Sybil and Violet and son Charles.

1922 December 4 Death of son Charles Alexander Symondson.

1924 Death of Alfred’s mother Barbara Symondson (nee Mills)

1928 Son S. Gordon Symondson emigrates to Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada. He probably is unaware his half brother A. H. Percy Simmonds has settled in the same province. They live aproximately 150 km apart.

1930 Death of Alfred Stuart Symondson (the father) in London. He is survived by A. H. Percy Simmonds and Constance Brayshaw from his first marriage. From his second marriage Alfred Stuart Symondson, Sidney Gordon Symondson, Muriel Grace O. Symondson, Sybil Clara Williams and Violet Marcella Joan Nash survive him. Also 9 or 10 grandchildren, 5 or 6 of them in Canada.

1937 Son Sydney Gordon Symondson and his family return to England

1958 July 14 Daughter Constance Brayshaw dies in Leeds

1964 Death of Alice Maude Symondson.

1967 November 2 Son Sidney Symondson dies in Buckinghamshire.

1971 May 20 Death of son Alfred Stuart Symondson.

1975 May 2 Son A H. Percy Simmonds, the last of Alfred’s children from the first marriage, dies on his farm near Keatley, Saskatchewan, Canada

1990 August Daughter Muriel Symondson dies in Sussex

1993 May 27 Death of daughter Violet Nash

2004 January The last remaining child of Alfred and of second wife Alice, daughter Sybil Williams dies in Sussex, nearly 140 years after Alfred Symondson was born.

End of Timeline

NOTES

In the 1865 birth index for January to March, Alfred Stuart Symondson Brentford District volume 3a page 49.

His birth certificate states the following:
Registration District Brentford, sub district Isleworth in the County of Middlesex
Born February 17, 1865 Alfred Stuart Symondson
Father Henry Symondson, Staff Sergeant in the 4th Middlesex Militia
Mother Barbara Symondson formerly Mills
Residence Militia Barracks, Isleworth, Heston
Birth Registered February 27, 1845

Parish records Holy Trinity, Hounslow, Baptism August 30, 1867 Alfred Stuart Symondson, parents Henry and Barbara Symondson, born February 17, 1865, abode Hounslow, father’s occupation Band Sergeant of the 4th Middlesex Militia. His brother Sydney Frederick was baptized the same day.

In the 1871 census Henry Simmons living at 4 Militia Cottage, Isleworth civil parish, Brentford District, Holy Trinity parish, Hounslow, Middlesex age 38, born at St Pancras, Middlesex, occupation Staff Sgt. Midx Militia.
Wife Barbara Simmons, age 31 born Heston.
Children Henry John Simmons age 10,
Sydney Fred Simmons age 8,
Alfred Stewart Simmons age 6 and
Herbert George Simmons age 3.

In the 1881 census living at 25 Lion & Lamb Road Heston civil parish, Brentford District, Isleworth sub district.
Henry Simmonds married age 48, born at St. Pancras, Middlesex, occupation Foreman and Clerk? to Brickmaker.
Wife Barbara Simmonds age 40 born Hounslow, Middlesex.
Children Sidney F. Simmonds, unmarried, age 18, born Hounslow, Middlesex, occupation pupil teacher.
Alfred S. Simmonds, age 16, born Hounslow, Middlesex, occupation Musician P. Staff 4th Mx Militia.
Herbert G. Simmonds age 12 born at born Hounslow, Middlesex.
Marcella F. Simmonds age 7, born Hounslow, Middlesex.
Louisa G. Simmonds age 5, born Hounslow, Middlesex.
Amy B. Simmonds age 2, born Hounslow, Middlesex.
Henry J. Simmonds, age 20, born Hounslow, Middlesex, Musician Scots Guards.
[Lion and Lamb Road seems to be an extension or a part of High Street Brentford.]

A marriage for an Alfred Simmonds is listed in the Leeds GRO 1884 June index volume 9b page 639.

In the 1891 census living at 24 Victoria Model Dwellings, Francis Street, Civil Parish: St Margaret and St John The Evangelist Westminster Ecclesiastical parish: St Stephens, London, England.
Alfred S. Simmonds, married, age 26, occupation Musician, 1st Battalion of Scots Guards, born at Hounslow, Middlesex.
Emily M. Simmonds age 24, born at Harewood, Yorkshire.
Daughter Constance E. Simmonds, age 3, born at Leeds, Yorkshire.
[The head of almost every family living in the Victoria Dwellings was a soldier of the Scot Guards or Grenadier Guards. A number of them were musicians. They are also referred to as soldiers married quarters.The next building listed on the census is listed as the Guards Industrial Home 47 Frances Street, which is a school to maintain, educate, and train (up to 17 years of age) for domestic service the daughters of non-commissioned Officers and men of the Guards.]
[Francis Street is behind Westminster Cathedral, not to be confused with Westminster Abbey.]

London Electoral Registers 1893
44 Victoria House, chambers, Francis Street, Westminster
Alfred Stuart Simmonds

In the April to June 1894 marriage index Alfred Stuart Symondson St George Hanover Square, London, Middlesex volume 1a page 838, on the same page as Alice Maude Staniforth.

In the 1901 census living at 104 Coleshill Bldgs. Civil Parish St George and Hanover Square, Ecclesiastical Parish St Barnabas, Westminster, London.
Head Alfred Symondson, married, age 36, born at Hounslow, Middlesex, occupation musician (Scots Guards)
Wife Alice Symondson age 27, born at Dartmouth, Devon.
Daughter Constance Symondson, age 13 born at Leeds, Yorkshire.
Son Stuart Symondson age 6 born at Pimlico, London and
son Gordon Symondson age 4 born Pimlico.
[The Coleshill Buildings seem to be located at the corner of Ebury Street and Pimlico Road.They were built as model dwellings for working class people in 1871.]

London Electoral Registers 1901
Alfred Stuart Symondson, 103 Coleshill Buildings, St. George Hanover Square, Westminster, dwelling house

London Electoral Registers 1904
Alfred Stuart Symondson, 104 Coleshill Buildings, St. George Hanover Square, Westminster, dwelling house

In the 1911 census living at 104 Coleshill Buildings, Pimlico Road, London.
Alfred Symondson, head, age 43, married, Musician H. M. Scots Guards, born Hounslow, Middlesex.
Wife Alice Symondson, age 36, married 17 years, 6 children born alive, all living, born Dartmouth, Devon.
Son Alfred Symondson, age 16, single, Musician H. M. Scots Guards, born London, Middlesex.
Son Sidney Symondson, age 14, Musical student, born London, Middlesex.
Daughter Muriel Symondson, age 9, born London.
Daughter Sybil Symondson, age 3, born London.
Daughter Violet Symondson, age 2, born London.
Son Alexander Symondson, age 1 born London. They are living in a 3-room tenement

Canadian Passenger lists arrived August 24, 1912 In Montreal aboard the Megantic, which departed from Liverpool. Alfred S. Symondson, age 46, Scots Guards Band, destination Toronto, Ontario. [There were a total of 40 Scots Guards Musicians listed]

London City Directories 1915
Chelsea, Pimlico and Belgravia
23 Cambridge Street
Alfred Stuart Symondson

In the 1921 Census
23 Cambridge Street, SW1 [London]
Head Alfred Stuart Symondson, age 56 years 3 months, married, born Hounslow, Middlesex, pensioner musician, invalided out of the army after 37 years 7 months
Wife Alice Maud Symondson, age 47 years 2 months, born Ilfracombe, Devonshire, household duties
Daughter Muriel Grace Olive Symondson, age 19 years 8 months, single, born Pimlico, London, manageress Lyons & Company [crossed out] (out of work)
Daughter Sybil Clara Symondson, age 13 years 10 months, parents both alive, school whole time.
Daughter Violet Marcella Joan Symondson, age 12 years 4 months, parents both alive, born Pimlico, London, school whole time
Son Charles Symondson, age 11 years 4 months, parents both alive, parents both alive, born Pimlico, London, school whole time

London Electoral Registers 1923, 1925, 1927
23 Cambridge Street, Westminster
Alfred Stuart Symondson
Alice Maud Symondson
Sidney Gordon Symondson

London Electoral Registers 1928
23 Cambridge Street, Westminster
Alfred Stuart Symondson
Alfred Stuart Symondson (junior)

London Electoral Registers 1929
Alfred Stuart Symondson
May Florence Symondson [Not sure who May is?]
Also
Some others
[No Alice Maude Symondson]

Army Form E. 529 Dated October 7, 1881
Regimental Number 9984n Alfred Stuart Simmonds a drummer in the 5th Battalion Royal Fusiliers late 4 Middlesex Regiment of Militia is discharged from his Militia Engagement dated January 23, 1880 for the purpose enlisting in Her Majesty’s Regular Forces. The Regimental Number 8523 Scots Guards is added years later to the top of the form.
[This must the origin of the story I heard, that my grandfather Percy’s father (Alfred) was a drummer boy in the army. I suggest this was the reason given for Percy’s grandmother to raise him, rather than his parents. The position being not suitable for the father of her grandson. However this was a bit disingenuous as Alfred would have been a professional musician, a trumpeter, in the 11th Hussars by the time he met Percy’s mother Emily.]

His attestation papers state the following. Dated October 10, 1881 at Hounslow. Reg No 1958
Name is Alfred Stewart Simmonds.
Born at Heston Parish, Hounslow, Middlesex. Age 16 years 8 months
Occupation is Musician
Enlisted in the 11th Hussars for 12 years
Height 5 feet 7.1 inches. Weight 141 pounds, blue eyes, light brown hair
Church of England

His service papers state the following.

Statement of services with the 11th Hussars [Name given as Alfred Stewart Simmonds alias Alfred Stuart Symondson]
Attested Bandsman October 10, 1881
Appointed trumpeter April 21, 1882
Good conduct pay at 1 February 19, 1887 (1884?)
Reverts to Private at own request and appointed Bandsman April 14, 1888
Good conduct pay at 2 Feb 19, 1889
Appointed Lance Corporal September 19, 1889
Transferred to Scots Guards to serve with elder brother February 7, 1890
Regimental Number: 11th Hussars 1958,
Regimental Number: Scots Guards 8523
Transferred Private February 14, 1890
Re-engaged at London to complete 21 years with the colours October 9, 1893
Good Conduct Pay at 3rd October 10, 1893
Agrees to come under the new rules messing allowance contained in Royal Warrant March 31, 1898
Good Conduct pay at 4th February 18, 1899
Good Conduct pay at 5th October 10, 1902
Permitted to continue in service beyond 21 years October 1, 1902
Elected to draw service pay under conditions ??? as laid down in A.O. 66 of 02 Class 1 Rate 7th April 1, 1904
Granted 6th Good Conduct Badge October 10, 1907
Elected under Army Order 1 of 1918 to draw pension while still serving from August 8, 1914
Discharged May 7, 1919 at London
Home address 23 Cambridge Street, London SW1
Service 37 years 210 days
Pension starting on August 5, 1914 for 33 years 299 days

His Military History Sheet states the following
Stationed at home 10 Oct. 1881 to 21 May 1917 (35 years 224 days)
Stationed in France 22 May 1917 to 30 May, 1917 (9 days)
Stationed at home 31 May, 1917 to 27 Aug, 1917 (89 days)
Stationed British Exp. Force, France 28 Aug, 1917 to 25 Sep 1917 (29 days)
Stationed at home 26 Sept 1917
There is a stamp on this sheet dated 16 Feb 1918. [Perhaps this his end of service]
Next of kin are listed wife Alice Maud, Barbara Simmonds (mother), Henry Simmonds, [this would be his father] Henry Simmonds, Sidney Simmonds, Herbert Simmonds (brothers) ????? Simmonds, Louisa Simmonds, Amy Simmonds (sisters) - (????, Middlesex)
Medal for Long service and Good Conduct 10 April 1908
Marriage [scratched out] Emily Margaret Lowe, parish Church Leeds, 14th, June 1884
Marriage Alice Maude Staniforth, register Office St. ??? ???? Square 7th [or 4th] April, 1894
Certificates of Education 2nd class 6 Nov 1882 [or 1883?]
Children 1st marriage Alfred H. P. born 12 October 1884 [this date is incorrect], Constance E born 22 March, 1888
Children 2nd marriage Alfred S, born 7 Feb 1895, Sidney C? born 9 May, 1896, Muriel G. O. born 3 Sep, 1901, Sybil born 9 Aug, 1907, Violet M. J. 5 Feb, 1909, Charles A. born 20 Feb, 1910.

Continuation sheet states he was discharged on termination of second period of engagement 7 5 19 (37 years 210 days service)

Listing in the October to December 1930 death index, Alfred S. Symondson, age 65, Chelsea district, London, volume 1a, page 425.

Hanwell Cemetery Interments Westminster, London
Alfred Stuart Symondson of 369 Fulham Road SW from 23 Cambridge Street SW!, age 65 died November 26 1930, buried November 28 1930, reopening grave 8091 [ie same as his son Charles Alexander Symondson]

His medal card states
Alfred S. Symondson, Scots Guards [regiment] Pte [Rank] 8523 [Regimental No.]
Victory Medal and British Medal Roll SG/104 B8 page 1076
Web sites

Web page of the Band of the Scots Guards
https://military-bands.co.uk/scots_guards.html