When William John Simmons was born on 1 August 1837, in Plymstock, Devon, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Simmons, was 35 and his mother, Ann Collings, was 33. He married Martha Oxland on 11 November 1860, in Plymouth, Devon, England, United Kingdom. He died on 28 March 1912, in Exminster, Devon, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 74.
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English (southeastern): variant of Simon , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.
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