Family Card - Person Sheet
Family Card - Person Sheet
NameSydney Carl SYMONDSON
, 1C2R
, 1C2RBirth6 Apr 1887, Hounslow, London, England
Death14 Mar 1967, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada
FatherSydney Frederick SYMONDSON (SIMMONDS) (1862-1927)
MotherWilhelmina ARNOLD (~1859-1934)
Spouses
Birth23 Nov 1890, Teeswater, Bruce, Ontario
Death30 Aug 1967, St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada
OccupationNurse
FatherThomas MELVIN (1844-)
MotherEliza FORD (1848-)
Marriage11 Jul 1928
ChildrenDavid Carl (1930-2010)
Notes for Sydney Carl SYMONDSON
Both Sidney and Sydney are used.
In the April to June 1887 birth index Sydney Carl Symondson, Brentford District, Middlesex volume 3a page 59.
In the 1891 census
Sidney F. Simmonds age 28 born Hounslow, occupation clerk.
Wife Wilhelmia age 28 born London, Middlesex.
Children Gertrude E. age 5,
Sydney C. age 4
Wilhelmina age 2,
Henry N. age 1
all born at Hounslow.
Brother in law Alerts? W. Arnold age 18, born at Hounslow Stonemasons apprentice.
Living at 1 Rose Villa, Hounslow, Isleworth Parish, Heston and Islesworth Sanitation district.
Listed in the Varndean Boys School Year of 1898. see
https://www.oldvarndeanians.org.uk/vboys/yearlists/y1898.shtml
Sydney C. Symondson
In the 1901 census living at 58 Warleigh Road Civil Parish Preston, Ecclesiastical parish of St Saviour, Brighton Sussex. Registration District Steyning, Sub registration district Shoreham.
Sydney F. Symondson age 38, born at Hounslow, Middlesex occupation coal merchant (employer).
Wife Wilhelmina age 36, born at Bedford Square, London.
Daughter Gertrude age 15, born at Hounslow, Middlesex,
son Sidney age 13, born at Hounslow,
daughter Wilhelmina age 12 born at Hounslow,
son Henry age 11 born at Hounslow,
daughter Barbara age 9 born at Hounslow,
son Robert age 7 born at Hounslow,
son Victor age 4 born at Hounslow,
son Lionel age 2 born at Brighton, Sussex.
They have 1 domestic servant. Visiting with them are his father Henry Symondson, mother Barbara Symondson, his brother Herbert and his family.
Canadian Passenger Lists
Arrived March 11, 1910 in Halifax on the Virginian, departed Liverpool, Sydney Carl Symondson, age 22, single, not been to Canada before, born England, destination Toronto, Ontario, clerk, $30.
A possible match in the Canadian Genealogy Index
S. Symondson, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] climber, Henderson’s Moose Jaw Alphabetical Directory for 1913 (S-Z)
Listed as a passenger on the Ascania (Cunard Line) departed Portland Maine arrived London January 16, 1914 Sydney Symondson, Linesman age 25.
Canadian Passenger Lists
Departed Liverpool, arrived Quebec on the Tunisian, May 4, 1914, Sydney Symondson, single, returning Canadian, was in Canada 1911 to 1914, Saskatchewan, born in England, destination Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canadian over seas Expeditionary Force Attestation papers dated May 5, 1915 at Lewell
Sydney Carl Symondson SGT
Born Hounslow, Middlesex
Next of Kin Sidney Frederick Symondson (eng.)
44 Lisson Grove, Marylebone London
born April 6. 1887
Regimental No. 440300
Not married
occupation Telephone Lineman
age 28 years no months.
height 5 feet 5.25 inches
complexion dark, eyes brown, hair dark,
enlisted at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Church of England
Admitted to No. 13 General Hospital Boulogne June 24 1916, gun shot wound shoulder
Sergeant, 42nd Battalion (Formerly 53rd Battalion)
Corporal from May 10, 1915
Sergeant from September 1, 1915
Discharge Certificate dated October 12 1918 at Winnipeg
address on discharge Site 4, Lavina Court Annex, Victor Street, Winnipeg
Character and Conduct: very good
former occupation: telephone lineman
France and Belgium: 1 month
medically unfit for further war service
A Department of Veterans affairs document dated May 5, 1967 gives his date of death as March 14, 1967
In the Canadian Passenger lists, arrived December 25, 1916 on the Metagama at St John New Brunswick, departed Liverpool, England, destination Winnipeg.
Reg No. 440300 Sergeant Sydney Symondson 92nd. Bn. G.S.W. Shoulder, Right
Manitoba Free Press January 3, 1917
Sixty-Eight Heroes Arrived Last Night
Greeted by a tremendous crowd a party of 68 returned soldiers for Winnipeg and the west, arrived in the city at 11.15 last night. … Sergt. S. Symondson, Convalescent home, 92nd battalion ...
Manitoba Free Press February 18, 1920
Red Cross Discuss Peace Time Policy
The annual meeting of the Manitoba branch of the Canadian Red Cross society was held in the Fort Garry hot let yesterday afternoon … Officers Elected … Provincial advisory council … S. C. Symondson ...
In the 1921 Canadian census 566 Langside Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Lodger Sydney Carl Symondson, single, age 34, born England, parents born in England, immigrated in 1912, Canadian, Church of England, nature of work construction?
He is staying with the Cardno? family.
Henderson’s Winnipeg directory 1922
Symondson clk City r 566 Langside [indicating he was a clerk working for the city of Winnipeg]
Quebec Vital and Church records
United, Mountain Street, Montreal, Quebec
Marriages July 11 - 28
Sydney Carl Symondson bachelor of full age, of Montreal Superintendent? and Elizabeth Matilda Melvin spinster of full age, of matrimonial? law? united in marriage by me in Montreal? on the Authority of Licence? on the eleventh day of July one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight.
John Chisholm?
Officiating? Minister?
Parties S Symondson, E. Matilda Melvin
Witnesses ????? A. ??????, E. C. Chisholm
Canada Voters Lists 1945
Electoral District of Lincoln, City of St. Catharines.
59 Ontario Street South
Sydney Symondson, com. mfgr.
Mrs Elizabeth Symondson
Canada Voters Lists 1962
59 South Drive, St. Catharines, Ontario, Electoral District of Lincoln.
Sydney Symondson, president
Mrs. Elizabeth Symondson
Findagrave.com
Sydney C Symondson
Birth 6 Apr 1887
Death
14 Mar 1967 (aged 79) Burial Victoria Lawn Cemetery
St. Catharines, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Memorial ID 149411132
In the April to June 1887 birth index Sydney Carl Symondson, Brentford District, Middlesex volume 3a page 59.
In the 1891 census
Sidney F. Simmonds age 28 born Hounslow, occupation clerk.
Wife Wilhelmia age 28 born London, Middlesex.
Children Gertrude E. age 5,
Sydney C. age 4
Wilhelmina age 2,
Henry N. age 1
all born at Hounslow.
Brother in law Alerts? W. Arnold age 18, born at Hounslow Stonemasons apprentice.
Living at 1 Rose Villa, Hounslow, Isleworth Parish, Heston and Islesworth Sanitation district.
Listed in the Varndean Boys School Year of 1898. see
https://www.oldvarndeanians.org.uk/vboys/yearlists/y1898.shtml
Sydney C. Symondson
In the 1901 census living at 58 Warleigh Road Civil Parish Preston, Ecclesiastical parish of St Saviour, Brighton Sussex. Registration District Steyning, Sub registration district Shoreham.
Sydney F. Symondson age 38, born at Hounslow, Middlesex occupation coal merchant (employer).
Wife Wilhelmina age 36, born at Bedford Square, London.
Daughter Gertrude age 15, born at Hounslow, Middlesex,
son Sidney age 13, born at Hounslow,
daughter Wilhelmina age 12 born at Hounslow,
son Henry age 11 born at Hounslow,
daughter Barbara age 9 born at Hounslow,
son Robert age 7 born at Hounslow,
son Victor age 4 born at Hounslow,
son Lionel age 2 born at Brighton, Sussex.
They have 1 domestic servant. Visiting with them are his father Henry Symondson, mother Barbara Symondson, his brother Herbert and his family.
Canadian Passenger Lists
Arrived March 11, 1910 in Halifax on the Virginian, departed Liverpool, Sydney Carl Symondson, age 22, single, not been to Canada before, born England, destination Toronto, Ontario, clerk, $30.
A possible match in the Canadian Genealogy Index
S. Symondson, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan CPR [Canadian Pacific Railway] climber, Henderson’s Moose Jaw Alphabetical Directory for 1913 (S-Z)
Listed as a passenger on the Ascania (Cunard Line) departed Portland Maine arrived London January 16, 1914 Sydney Symondson, Linesman age 25.
Canadian Passenger Lists
Departed Liverpool, arrived Quebec on the Tunisian, May 4, 1914, Sydney Symondson, single, returning Canadian, was in Canada 1911 to 1914, Saskatchewan, born in England, destination Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canadian over seas Expeditionary Force Attestation papers dated May 5, 1915 at Lewell
Sydney Carl Symondson SGT
Born Hounslow, Middlesex
Next of Kin Sidney Frederick Symondson (eng.)
44 Lisson Grove, Marylebone London
born April 6. 1887
Regimental No. 440300
Not married
occupation Telephone Lineman
age 28 years no months.
height 5 feet 5.25 inches
complexion dark, eyes brown, hair dark,
enlisted at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Church of England
Admitted to No. 13 General Hospital Boulogne June 24 1916, gun shot wound shoulder
Sergeant, 42nd Battalion (Formerly 53rd Battalion)
Corporal from May 10, 1915
Sergeant from September 1, 1915
Discharge Certificate dated October 12 1918 at Winnipeg
address on discharge Site 4, Lavina Court Annex, Victor Street, Winnipeg
Character and Conduct: very good
former occupation: telephone lineman
France and Belgium: 1 month
medically unfit for further war service
A Department of Veterans affairs document dated May 5, 1967 gives his date of death as March 14, 1967
In the Canadian Passenger lists, arrived December 25, 1916 on the Metagama at St John New Brunswick, departed Liverpool, England, destination Winnipeg.
Reg No. 440300 Sergeant Sydney Symondson 92nd. Bn. G.S.W. Shoulder, Right
Manitoba Free Press January 3, 1917
Sixty-Eight Heroes Arrived Last Night
Greeted by a tremendous crowd a party of 68 returned soldiers for Winnipeg and the west, arrived in the city at 11.15 last night. … Sergt. S. Symondson, Convalescent home, 92nd battalion ...
Manitoba Free Press February 18, 1920
Red Cross Discuss Peace Time Policy
The annual meeting of the Manitoba branch of the Canadian Red Cross society was held in the Fort Garry hot let yesterday afternoon … Officers Elected … Provincial advisory council … S. C. Symondson ...
In the 1921 Canadian census 566 Langside Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Lodger Sydney Carl Symondson, single, age 34, born England, parents born in England, immigrated in 1912, Canadian, Church of England, nature of work construction?
He is staying with the Cardno? family.
Henderson’s Winnipeg directory 1922
Symondson clk City r 566 Langside [indicating he was a clerk working for the city of Winnipeg]
Quebec Vital and Church records
United, Mountain Street, Montreal, Quebec
Marriages July 11 - 28
Sydney Carl Symondson bachelor of full age, of Montreal Superintendent? and Elizabeth Matilda Melvin spinster of full age, of matrimonial? law? united in marriage by me in Montreal? on the Authority of Licence? on the eleventh day of July one thousand nine hundred and twenty eight.
John Chisholm?
Officiating? Minister?
Parties S Symondson, E. Matilda Melvin
Witnesses ????? A. ??????, E. C. Chisholm
Canada Voters Lists 1945
Electoral District of Lincoln, City of St. Catharines.
59 Ontario Street South
Sydney Symondson, com. mfgr.
Mrs Elizabeth Symondson
Canada Voters Lists 1962
59 South Drive, St. Catharines, Ontario, Electoral District of Lincoln.
Sydney Symondson, president
Mrs. Elizabeth Symondson
Findagrave.com
Sydney C Symondson
Birth 6 Apr 1887
Death
14 Mar 1967 (aged 79) Burial Victoria Lawn Cemetery
St. Catharines, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Memorial ID 149411132
Notes for Elizabeth Matilda (Spouse 1)
Name marriage date and death date from Reed-Chopic Tree at Ancestry.com
Ontario, Canada Births
Eliza Matilda Melvin, November 23, 1890, Culross???, Bruce County Pro???
Parents married February 27, 1827 [Is this a mistake? They would have been married 63 years and the mother would be about 80 years old! Perhaps it should be 1872.] Cheltenham Prov ??? Co’y of Bel
Father Thos Melvin, Teeswater, farmer
Mother Eliza Ford
Declared by me at the Village of Teeswater, County of Bruce, 18 day of May 1925 [Yes this year is correct. A Stamp says registered by declaration 1925]
In the 1891 Canadian Census, Culross, Bruce, Ontario.
Thomas Melvin, age 46, born Ontario, father and mother born in Ireland, Methodist, farmer.
Wife Eliza Melvin, age 44, born in Ontario, parents born in Ireland, Methodist.
Son James Melvin, age 13, born Ontario.
Daughter Jane Melvin, age 11, born Ontario.
Son William Melvin, age 9, born Ontario.
Son David Melvin, age 6, born Ontario.
Daughter Theresa Melvin, age 5, born Ontario,
Son Thomas Melvin, age 2, born Ontario.
Daughter Eliza Melvin, age 5 months, born Ontario.
In the 1901 Canadian Census Culross, Bruce, Ontario.
Head Thomas Melvin, born April 28, 1844, age 56, born Ontatio, racial origin Irish, farmer, Methodist.
Wife Eliza Melvin, born December 4, 1848, in Ontario, age 52 racial origin Irish, Methodist.
Son William J. Melvin, single, born November 21, 1881, in Ontario, age 19, farmer’s son.
Son David F. Melvin, born June 22, 1884 in Ontario, age 16, farmer’s son.
Daughter Thirza M. Melvin, born May 9, 1886 in Ontario, age 14.
Son Thomas N. Melvin, born July 5, 1888 in Ontario, age 12.
Daughter Eliza M. Melvin, born November 23, 1890 in Ontario, age 10.
In the 1911 Canadian census Culross, Bruce, Ontario.
Head David F. Melvin, single, born June 1884 in Ontario, age 26, Irish racial origin, nationality Canadian, Methodist, farmer, employee, holds $1000 insurance.
Sister Eliza M. Melvin, single, born November 1890 in Ontario, age 20, Irish racial origin, nationality Canadian, Methodist.
In the 1916 Canadian Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Lodger Matilda E. Melvin [Note the reversal of first and middle names], single, age 25, born Ontario, Methodist, nurse pupil W. Gen. Hos.
Canada Soldiers of the First World War
C.A.M.C. Nursing Sister Eliza Matilda Melvin
Born Tesswater, Ontario
Present Address 535 Bannatyne Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba
birth date: 23rd November 1890
Next of Kin: Thomas Melvin, father, Teeswater, Ontario
profession: Nursing Sister
religion: Methodist
What active Militia do you belong: Canadian Army Medical Corps
Willing to serve Overseas Expeditionary Force?: Yes
Signed Eliza Matilda Melvin
Winnipeg Manitoba 21st June, 1917
From Joan Ingram
Elizabeth Symondson (nee Melvin) graduated from the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing in 1915.
Nursed Georges P. Vanier and they corresponded for a great many years. Vanier lost a leg during that attacks at Cherisy, France in 1918 and his Battalion the "Van Doos" was decimated. He went on to become Governor General of Canada and his son is the founder of L'Arche.
Findagrave.com
Elizabeth M Symondson
Birth 23 Nov 1890
Death 30 Aug 1967 (aged 76)
Burial Victoria Lawn Cemetery
St. Catharines, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Memorial ID 149411131
From https://www.famouscanadianwomen.com/job/medical.htm
Elizabeth Matilda Melvin -Symondson World War 1 Nursing Sister
née Melvin. Born November 23, 1890, Teeswater, Ontario. Died August 30, 1967, St. Catherines, Ontario. In 1916 Elizabeth graduated from the Winnipeg General Hospital (WGH) School of Nursing and joined the staff of No. 10 Manitoba Military Hospital, Tuxedo Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba. By June 1917 she had enlisted as a Nursing Sister with the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC). Overseas she was posted to No. 9 Canadian General Hospital, Shorncliffe, Granville Canadian Special Hospital, Buxton and No. 16 Canadian General Hospital, Orpington, all in England. After the war she worked as a special duty nurse in Dauphin, Manitoba before returning to Winnipeg to work in public health nursing. She later relocated to St. Catherines, Ontario with her husband Sydney Symondson
Ontario, Canada Births
Eliza Matilda Melvin, November 23, 1890, Culross???, Bruce County Pro???
Parents married February 27, 1827 [Is this a mistake? They would have been married 63 years and the mother would be about 80 years old! Perhaps it should be 1872.] Cheltenham Prov ??? Co’y of Bel
Father Thos Melvin, Teeswater, farmer
Mother Eliza Ford
Declared by me at the Village of Teeswater, County of Bruce, 18 day of May 1925 [Yes this year is correct. A Stamp says registered by declaration 1925]
In the 1891 Canadian Census, Culross, Bruce, Ontario.
Thomas Melvin, age 46, born Ontario, father and mother born in Ireland, Methodist, farmer.
Wife Eliza Melvin, age 44, born in Ontario, parents born in Ireland, Methodist.
Son James Melvin, age 13, born Ontario.
Daughter Jane Melvin, age 11, born Ontario.
Son William Melvin, age 9, born Ontario.
Son David Melvin, age 6, born Ontario.
Daughter Theresa Melvin, age 5, born Ontario,
Son Thomas Melvin, age 2, born Ontario.
Daughter Eliza Melvin, age 5 months, born Ontario.
In the 1901 Canadian Census Culross, Bruce, Ontario.
Head Thomas Melvin, born April 28, 1844, age 56, born Ontatio, racial origin Irish, farmer, Methodist.
Wife Eliza Melvin, born December 4, 1848, in Ontario, age 52 racial origin Irish, Methodist.
Son William J. Melvin, single, born November 21, 1881, in Ontario, age 19, farmer’s son.
Son David F. Melvin, born June 22, 1884 in Ontario, age 16, farmer’s son.
Daughter Thirza M. Melvin, born May 9, 1886 in Ontario, age 14.
Son Thomas N. Melvin, born July 5, 1888 in Ontario, age 12.
Daughter Eliza M. Melvin, born November 23, 1890 in Ontario, age 10.
In the 1911 Canadian census Culross, Bruce, Ontario.
Head David F. Melvin, single, born June 1884 in Ontario, age 26, Irish racial origin, nationality Canadian, Methodist, farmer, employee, holds $1000 insurance.
Sister Eliza M. Melvin, single, born November 1890 in Ontario, age 20, Irish racial origin, nationality Canadian, Methodist.
In the 1916 Canadian Census of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, General Hospital, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Lodger Matilda E. Melvin [Note the reversal of first and middle names], single, age 25, born Ontario, Methodist, nurse pupil W. Gen. Hos.
Canada Soldiers of the First World War
C.A.M.C. Nursing Sister Eliza Matilda Melvin
Born Tesswater, Ontario
Present Address 535 Bannatyne Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba
birth date: 23rd November 1890
Next of Kin: Thomas Melvin, father, Teeswater, Ontario
profession: Nursing Sister
religion: Methodist
What active Militia do you belong: Canadian Army Medical Corps
Willing to serve Overseas Expeditionary Force?: Yes
Signed Eliza Matilda Melvin
Winnipeg Manitoba 21st June, 1917
From Joan Ingram
Elizabeth Symondson (nee Melvin) graduated from the Winnipeg General Hospital School of Nursing in 1915.
Nursed Georges P. Vanier and they corresponded for a great many years. Vanier lost a leg during that attacks at Cherisy, France in 1918 and his Battalion the "Van Doos" was decimated. He went on to become Governor General of Canada and his son is the founder of L'Arche.
Findagrave.com
Elizabeth M Symondson
Birth 23 Nov 1890
Death 30 Aug 1967 (aged 76)
Burial Victoria Lawn Cemetery
St. Catharines, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada
Memorial ID 149411131
From https://www.famouscanadianwomen.com/job/medical.htm
Elizabeth Matilda Melvin -Symondson World War 1 Nursing Sister
née Melvin. Born November 23, 1890, Teeswater, Ontario. Died August 30, 1967, St. Catherines, Ontario. In 1916 Elizabeth graduated from the Winnipeg General Hospital (WGH) School of Nursing and joined the staff of No. 10 Manitoba Military Hospital, Tuxedo Park, Winnipeg, Manitoba. By June 1917 she had enlisted as a Nursing Sister with the Canadian Army Medical Corps (CAMC). Overseas she was posted to No. 9 Canadian General Hospital, Shorncliffe, Granville Canadian Special Hospital, Buxton and No. 16 Canadian General Hospital, Orpington, all in England. After the war she worked as a special duty nurse in Dauphin, Manitoba before returning to Winnipeg to work in public health nursing. She later relocated to St. Catherines, Ontario with her husband Sydney Symondson