Surname origin

William SIMMONDS (c.1806 - 1878), shoemaker of Shipston, married  Hannah JONES (c.1803 -1879)
They had children:-
• James (1829 - 1912) = Jane STOW (c.1832 - 1898)
• Sarah (1831 - ) = (1)Jeremiah ALIBONE (c.1813 - 1893)= (2) John Baylis
• Ann (1833 - 1920) = Henry COOPER (c.1828 - 1903)
• Mary (1834 - 1862)
• Thomas (c.1836 - 1925) = Harriet HAYDON (c.1841 - )
• Joyce (1837 - 1862) = William HARRIS (c.1837 - )
• Martha (1839 - 1918) = William MULLIS (c.1834 - 1900)
• John (1840 - 1923) = Rose Ann BLAKEMAN (c.1843 - )
• Elizabeth (1844 - ) = Thomas SUMMERTON (1843 - )
• Maria (1845 - 1932)
• Hannah (1847 - 1932) = Richard GILKS ( - 1893)
• William (1849 - ) = Ellen HAYWARD (c.1843 - )
• Edwin (1851 - 1932) = Amelia DAVIS (1859 - 1940)

William SIMMONDS gives his birthplace as Alcester, Warwickshire (1851 census) and there is a suitable baptism there on the 19th February 1804, the son of William and Sarah SIMMONS.
Possible siblings baptised at Alcester are
Charles 18th May 1793
Charlotte 18th May 1796
Thomas 21st  December 1800

A William SIMMONS and Sarah EDKINS were married at Alcester on the 30th November 1789.