Brief Life History of Sidney John
When Sidney John Symons was born on 7 December 1921, in Grahamstown, Cacadu, Eastern Cape, South Africa, his father, Clovis George Symons, was 33 and his mother, Ruth Edna Lynn, was 24. He married Eileen Audrey Darcus Newton on 8 June 1946, in Orange Grove, Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He died on 21 December 2001, in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, at the age of 80.
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- Sidney John Symons, "South Africa, Civil Marriage Records, 1840-1973"
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World Events (8)
1922
Communist Party of South Africa established (after 1953, the South African Communist Party).
1923
Natives Urban Areas Act authorizes segregation in urban areas. South African Indian Congress established. South African Native National Congress becomes African National Congress (ANC).
1949
Prohibition of Mixed Marriages Act.
Name Meaning
English (Cornwall and Devon):
variant of Simons .
variant of Simmons .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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