Heinrich Simon b. 6 Apr 1851 Zweibrucken, Bayern, Germany d. 30 Nov 1911 Duquoin, Perry, Illinois: My Family Online

1851 - 1911 (60 years)

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Name	Heinrich Simon
Born	6 Apr 1851	Zweibrucken, Bayern, Germany [1, 2, 3, 4]
Gender	Male
Died	30 Nov 1911	Duquoin, Perry, Illinois [5, 6]
Buried	2 Dec 1911	Duquoin, Perry, Illinois [7]
Person ID	I45	Semon-Amburn
Last Modified	27 Feb 2014

Father	Johann Adam Simon, b. Abt 30 Oct 1821, Bledesbach, Pfatz, Bayern, Germany , d. 17 Jan 1886, Zweibrucken, Bayern, Germany (Age ~ 64 years)
Mother	Catharina Sutter, b. Abt 17 May 1823, Neiderbach, Bayern, Germany , d. 6 Feb 1899, Zweibrucken, Bayern, Germany (Age ~ 75 years)
Married	7 Sep 1846	Zweibrucken, Contwig, Bayern, Germany [8]
Family ID	F47	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Katherine (Katie) Jung, b. 31 Mar 1849, Oberweiler-Tiefenbach, Bayern, Germany , d. 3 Dec 1915, Duquoin, Perry, Illinois (Age 66 years)

Married 30 Dec 1875 Zweibrucken, Bayern, Germany

Children

	1. Heinrich Simon, b. 1 Apr 1873, Zweibrucken, Bayern, Germany , d. Yes, date unknown
+	2. Henry George or Heinrich Georg Semon, b. 4 Dec 1876, Zweibrucken, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany , d. 19 Nov 1926, Saint Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States (Age 49 years)
+	3. August Simon or Semon, b. 29 May 1878, Zweibrucken, Bayern, Germany , d. 24 Feb 1958, Or 4 Feb 1958 (Age 79 years)
+	4. Katherine Simon, b. Abt Mar 1880, Germany , d. Yes, date unknown
+	5. Elizabeth Simon or Semon, b. 13 Apr 1882, Germany , d. 23 Jan 1982, Saint Petersburg, Pinellas, Florida, United States (Age 99 years)
	6. Franz Simon, b. 6 Sep 1883, Duquoin, Perry, Illinois , d. Yes, date unknown
	7. Carl Simon, b. 24 Feb 1886, Duquoin, Perry, Illinois , d. 14 Dec 1886, Duquoin, Perry, Illinois (Age 0 years)
	8. Lena Simon, b. Nov 1888, Illinois, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
+	9. Nicholas Simon, b. 4 Mar 1891, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States , d. 29 Dec 1951, Fontana, San Bernardino, California, United States (Age 60 years)
+	10. William Semon, b. 26 Sep 1892, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States , d. 26 Oct 1972, Edinburg, Christian, Illinois, United States (Age 80 years)

Family ID F54 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

!CENSUS: 1900 IL, Perry Co,. Vol 434, ED50, Sheet 15, Line 58. Film #1,24 0,335;Henry Semon, white male, b. 1851 age 48, married 25 yrs., B. Germay ,f. and m. b. Germany; Imm., 1882, Wife, Katie, age 51, b. Mch 1849 in Ge rmany mother of 10 children and 7 living, Children; Nicholas, so. b. 189 1 in
Missouri age 9, William, son b. 1893 in Missouri, age 7, Leena daughter b . 1888 in IL age 2.
!SOUNDEX: 1910 IL, Perry Co., DuQuoin City, 173, 73, 91. Henry Semon, Sr. , age59, Kattie, age 61, Children: August age 32 Germany, Nick age 19, Mi ssouri, Willie age 17, Missouri Film#1,370,232,
! BIRTH: Zweibrucken, Bavaria, Germany 6 Apr 1851 to Adam Simon, age 35 a nd Catharina Sutter, age 27. Witnesses were Heinrich Meyer and Philipp Ju ng.
! MARRIAGE: Zweibrucken, 30 Dec 1875 to Katharina Jung, age 26 years old . dauhter of Nikolaus Jung, age 55 residing at Cantwig and Elisabeth Woll , deceased. They have a child Heinrich who was born on 1 Apr 1873. Marri age announcements took place at Zweibrucken on 28 Nov 1875 and 5 Dec 187 5 and also at Niederauerbach on Dec 5 and 12, 1875.
! EMMIGRATION: "Germans to America" From Amsterdam to New York arrived 1 5 Sep 1882. Heinrich Simon, age 32, Catharine, age 33, Heinrich, age 5, A ugust, age 4, Katharine, age 2, Elisabeth, age .04.

Doc# 425. Address of St. John's United Church of Christ in DuQuoin, IL, w here the german church records are for the young and semon families.

Doc# 434. Death register of Perry co., IL, lists Katy A. Semon death at 1 1m 17d on 17 May 1904. Not sure who's child this is. Would have been bor n June 1903
Research: FHL#975,938 Perry Co., Illinois Naturalizations, p. 187 Henry S emon

Sources

[S40] Vital Records: Germany, 434586 Doc# 419 and 436 and 480.
Birth Heinrich Simon
[S10] 1900 Census, Doc #423.
Semon, Henry, age 48y, md. 25y, b. 1851. b. Germany, parents b. Germany , emm, 1882
, Katie, age 51y, b. Mar. 1849, mother 10/7 living. b. Germany, parents b . Germany
, Nicholas, age 9, b. Missouri, b. 1891
, William, age 7, b. Missouri
, Leena, b. Nov. 1888, b. Ills.
Illinois, Perry, DuQuoin,
Listed after the Frank Young family
[S1] 1910 US Census, 1370232.
Semon, Henry age 59, b. Germany
, Kattie age 61, b. Germany
, August age 32 Germany
,Nick age 19 b. Missouri
,Willie age 17 b. Missouri
Illinois, Perry, DuQuoin City 173 73 91
[S40] Vital Records: Germany, 434586.
Birth Heinrich Simon
[S42] "Henry Semon Passes Away", Doc# 426.
[S43] St. John's United Church of Christ Records, Doc# 462.
Heinrich Simon on 30 Nov 1911, buried 2 Dec 1911, age 60y 7m 26d, burie d at OFGY
[S44] IOOF Cemetery with Genealogy DuQuoin, Perry Co., Illinois, US/CAN 977.393/D1 v3d.
H 57 2 Semon Henry H. 4 Apr 1851-30 Nov 1911
H 57 2 Semon Kate 3 Mar 1849-3 Dec 1915, wife of Henry Semon
[S40] Vital Records: Germany, Doc# 836.
Adam, res. of Zweibrucken, b. Bledesbach by Kusel on 30 Oct 1821 to Jaco b Simon, bricklayer of Zweibrucken and Katharina Drumm to
Catherine Sutter, b. 17 may 1823