• Born: 1871, Newick, Sussex, England
• Christened: 9 Jul 1871, Newick, Sussex, England ¹
• Married: not married
• Died: 12 Jan 1933, 13 Cambridge Rd., Hove, Sussex, England ^{2 3}

  Research Notes:

Mary Jane daughter of Thomas Simmonds of Newick, gardener, and Jane (baptismal record)

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At the time of the 1891 England Census Jane Simmons, age 20, born in Newick Sussex, single, was working as a housemaid at 55 Brunswick Sq., Hove Sussex.

In Sep 1892 Jane Simmons was present at the marriage of her brother Thomas Simmons to Alice Ford in Brighton Sussex.

Mary Jane Simmons had a son, Thomas John Simmons, born out of wedlock on 14 Jan 1900 in Brighton, who was with his maternal grandfather at the time of the 1901 England Census and with his uncle and aunt James & Edith Medhurst at the time of the 1911 England Census.

At the time of the 1911 England Census Mary Jane Simmons, age 38, born in Newick Sussex, single, was working as a lady maid in Hove Sussex.

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Mary J Simmons died aged 61 years. ²

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Mary Jane Simmons of 13 Cambridge-road Hove Sussex, spinster, died 12 January 1933. Probate Lewes 27 January to James Medhurst*, boot repairer. Effects £220 8s. 3d. ³

* brother-in-law