When Pancratius Henry Simons was born on 30 October 1887, in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Johann Peter "John" Simons, was 40 and his mother, Anna Maria Wirtz, was 33. He married Mary Barbara Baker on 11 October 1910, in Windthorst, Archer, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Leoti, Wichita, Kansas, United States for about 10 years and Justice Precinct 5, Willacy, Texas, United States for about 5 years. He died on 3 June 1971, in Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Corpus Christi, Nueces, Texas, United States.
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English: variant of Simon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
North German, Dutch, Flemish, and Jewish (Ashkenazic): patronymic from the personal name Simon . This surname is also found in France (Nord, Alsace, and Lorraine). In North America it has also absorbed various European cognates and their derivatives, e.g. Slovenian Simončič and Simonič, Slovak Šimončič and Šimonič (see Simoncic and Simonic ). Compare Simonds .
History: This surname (see 2 above) is listed along with its altered form Simonds in the (US) National Huguenot Society's register of qualified Huguenot ancestors.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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