Stephen Henry SIMON

1873 - 1956  (82 years)

• Name	Stephen Henry SIMON  [1, 2]
  Born	25 Dec 1873	140 Essex Street, Salem, MA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Also Known As	Henry Simons
  Time of Death	5:40 PM
  Occupation	Confectioner, Baker
  _MDCL	Arterioselerotic Cardio Vascular Disease (20 yrs) General Arteriosclerosis (20 yrs)
  Died	3 Jun 1956	981 Hale Street, Beverly Farms, MA   [4]
  Buried	6 Jun 1956	St. Mary's Cemetery, Salem, MA
  Person ID	I010	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Jan 2012

  
  

  Father	Stephen Augustas SIMON,   b. 20 Oct 1821, Salem, MA ,   d. 5 Oct 1908, 140 Essex Street, Salem, MA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Mary A SHORTELL,   b. 24 May 1834, Ireland ,   d. 11 Mar 1912, Salem, MA  (Age 77 years)
  Married	19 Oct 1857	St. James Church, Salem, MA   [5]
  	"St. James Catholic Church"
  Family ID	F018	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Mary A. DODD,   b. 1864,   d. 1905  (Age 41 years)
  Married	1904  [6]
  _MEND	Death of one spouse
  Family ID	F017	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Ellen Theresa CANTY,   b. 7 Feb 1887, 106 Derby St, Salem, MA (The Derby House) ,   d. 19 Oct 1985, Twin Oaks Nursing Home, Danvers, MA  (Age 98 years)
  Married	18 Apr 1909	Salem, MA   [7]
  Reference Number	09-586-662
  Notes	Ellen and Henry met around 1907 when Ellen came to work in the confectionary store owned by Henry.
  Children	1. Mary Charlotte SIMON,   b. 28 Mar 1911, 140 Essex Street, Salem, MA ,   d. 2005  (Age 93 years)   2. Anna Winifred SIMON,   b. 24 Mar 1910,   d. Dec 2009  (Age 99 years)  [Natural]   3. Living   4. Harry Francis SIMMONS,   b. 22 Jul 1916,   d. 26 Mar 2009, Englewood, FL  (Age 92 years)  [Natural]   5. John Augustas SIMON,   b. 11 Aug 1914,   d. 1944, France  (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F007	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Dec 1873 - 140 Essex Street, Salem, MA Married - 18 Apr 1909 - Salem, MA Died - 3 Jun 1956 - 981 Hale Street, Beverly Farms, MA Buried - 6 Jun 1956 - St. Mary's Cemetery, Salem, MA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Photos		Stephen Henry SIMON
  		All Cough Up a Quarter This photo contains my ancestor Stephen "Henry" Simon. I assume it was taken in or around Salem, MA. Henry's daughter told gave me the title of the image, but we are not sure of the context.

  
  

• Notes

  Taken from the verbal stories/memories of Mary, Ruth, Anna and Harry: Stephen, known as "Henry", 'was a worker; he was ambitious, and enjoyed his "spirits" to excess' (Harry); he was a confectioner, like his father and grandfather, and later was a baker at the family business (and home) at 140 Essex Street, Salem, established in 1807. This is also the address at which he, as well as his children (at least Mary), was born. The home was 250 years old when his children lived there. The Simon family owned the building next door (to right?) which was rented to a Chinese family that ran a laundry mat from it. In 1916, during the First World War, when sugar was in short supply, the business was changed from a confectionery to a bakery. At the street level, the back room served as 'kitchen' with a large brick oven used to bake bread, rolls and cake. At the street entrance was the store front for the bakery, where all the goodies were sold, including breads, jelly rolls, chocolate marshmallow rolls, donuts, peanuts, etc. The family lived upstairs, and were entitled to 'cuttins' (end pieces of jelly rolls) and 'malato' pans of rolls (mixed white bread and graham bread). 'Henry', the prankster, would entice new passerbys, the newspaper boy, and others to have some peanuts, which he would take out of the oil, place on a cloth, sprinkle on some salt and pass into their hands. Of course the peanuts were so hot they would burn in the hands of the screaming patron. At some point Stephen Henry changed his name from Simon to Simons to avoid an improper pronunciation. The bakery was in business until June of 1925 when the family moved to 443a Cabot Street in Beverly. Henry retired explaining that his father retired when he was 50, so he could too. According to Harry, he walked a lot after retirement. He occasionally worked as a baker in Marblehead and elsewhere. The building at 140 Essex Street no longer exists. In its place is the pavement of New Liberty Street between the Essex Mall parking garage and the Armory Park (formerly the Armory building). The building still remained on the 1957 map of Salem. Henry was a cadet of the Second Corps Cadets at the Salem Armory located next door to his 140 Essex Street home. He received Marksman pins in 1895 and 1896, 1st class Marksman medal & ribbon in 1897 with an added 1898 bar, a sharpshooter medal & ribbon in 1899, and a Sharpshooter medal in 1902. He was called to duty during the brief Spanish American War at Fort Miller, Marblehead on Naugus Head at the mouth of Salem Harbor. Fearing that a fleet of Spanish war ships was headed for New England, many forts along the coast were garrisoned in preparation for an attack. Henry served in Company A which which took command of the fort on May 9, and was relieved by Companies B & D on May 17, 1898. The corps left the fort on June 1. On September 24, Henry was a member of the firing squad at the funeral of Private Kingsley, Co. B, 7th U.S. Regulars who died at Chelsea and was burried at Broad Street cemetery in Salem.

  
  

• Sources

  [S01884] Cronin, Mary. [S02529] Simons, Ruth. [S01792] Birth Record of Stephen H. Simon, (Massachusetts Historical Commission), Salem 1873/250/316. [S02086] Death Record of Stephen H Simons, (MA DPH). [S02376] Marriage Record of Stephen A Simon and Mary Shurtill, online: Salem 1857 108 281 Marriage . "Mary Shurtill", (both reside in Salem) [S02392] Marriage Records from Mass Archives, Massachusetts Archives, Salem 1904 546 562 Marriage . [S02384] Marriage Record of Stephen Simon and Ellen Canty, (Massachusetts Department of Vital Statistics), 1909/586/662. widowed (second marriage to Ellen)