Parish Records St. Giles in The Fields, Camden, Middlesex
Baptized July 11, 1803
Henry Symondson of Henry and Mary, born 1st February.
In the 1827 Pallot’s Marriage Index
Hy. Symondson bachelor Marriage to
Teresa Danby spinster, St. Pancras, Middlesex.
26 FEB 1827 Old Church, Saint Pancras, London, England T
eresa Danby and Henry Symondson. from IGI
From their marriage certificate:
Page 151
MARRIAGES solemnized in the Parish of Saint Pancras, in the County of
Middlesex, in the Year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty
Seven.
Henry Symondson of this Parish
Bachelor
and T
eresa Danby of ___(blank)_____Parish
Spinster
were married in this Church by Banns with Consent of
_____(blank)_______ this twenty sixth Day of
February in the Year One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven
By me Brackenbury Curate
This Marriage was solemnized between us Henry Symondson
Teresa Danby
In the Presence of Rich'd Brookes
Sarah Danby
No. 127
Notes about the marriage certificate.
Perhaps the consent line is blank as her father Henry Danby was deceased or perhaps she is 21 years of age.
Henry and Teresa quite likely had an older son Henry Danby Symondson who was born about 9 months after they were married, died before the 1841 census and about a year before their son Henry Symondson was born. Saint Pancras Parish Church records have a burial for Henry Danby Symondson, April 15, 1932, age 4 years 4 months. Late residence Warren Street.
Also from Parish records Saint Pancras Parish Church a Theresa Louisa Symondson, buried September 21, 1830, age 3 months. Late residence Warren Street.
In the 1839 Robson’s London and Birmingham Directory
Symondson H, mus bell founder, 20 Clipstone st.
Symondson H, cabinet piano forte mkr, 13 Robert st Hampstead rd
In the 1841 census
Civil parish St Pancras, Hundred Ossulstone (Holborn Division), Middlesex, Registration district St Pancras, sub registration district Regents Park. Living on Robert Street.
Henry Symondson age 38, pianoforte ma [maker].
Female,
Teresa Symondson, age 40.
Male, Alfred Symondson, age 10,
Male Henry Symondson, age 9,
Son Frederick Symondson, age 7,
Female, Louisa Symondson, age 5,
Male [written in the wrong column] Teresa Symondson, age 3.
All were born in the county of Middlesex.
Post Office London Directory, 1841. [Part 1: Street, Commercial, & Trades Directories]
Robert Street, Hampstead Road.
13
Symondson Henry pianoforte maker
Note: There were well over 100 pianoforte makers listed in this directory!
In the 1845 Post Office Directory of London and Birmingham
Symondson Henry, pianoforte ma. 34 William st. Hampstead rd.
Symondson Philip, musical bell maker 20 1/2 Clipstone street, Fitzroy square and 1 Tottenham court road
Henry Symondson is listed in the October to December 1848 Death index, St George Southwark, Surrey, Volume 4 page 376.
Death Certificate Registration district St George the Martyr Southwark, sub district London Road Southwark, Surrey
Eleventh November 1848, 24 Gibraltar Row nr George’s Rd. Southwark.
Henry Symondson, male, age 45 years, Piano forte Tuner died of Consumption (certified), informant Teresa Danby Symondson present at death 24 Gibraltar Row nr George’s Road Southwark, registered Thirteenth November 1848, A. Nedford?, Registrar
Parish record St. Mary Lambeth, Surrey
Buried November 19, 1848
Henry Symondson, abode St George’s, Southwark, age 45
The Piano Gen website lists an entry for Symondson pianos in 1840. See Internet site:
https://www.uk-piano.org/piano-gen/piano-names.html