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Abraham Simmons

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Name

Abraham Simmons

Culture

Australian

Gender

Male

Birth date

1831

Birth place

Penzance, Devon, England View on map Close map

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Death date

1908

Death Place

Penare Villa, 107 Peel Street North, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia View on map Close map

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Movements

Australia from 1851

Occupations

Picture frame maker

Summary

Worked: England, Australia (VIC).

Context

Australia

Addresses

  • 1875.
    Pictures and looking glass frame makers. [BOPODV 1875].
  • 1884/85.
    Ballaarat East.
    Picture Frame Makers. [WVPOD 1884/85].

Biography

Abraham Simmons received his training as a carver and guilder under the tuition of his father, Reverend Barnett Asher Simmons (Penzance, Devon, England) and his brother Moses Barnett Simmons (London, England).  Abraham immigrated to Australia at the age of twenty. Shortly after arriving, he worked as a builder in Melbourne. He married and moved to Ballarat, Victoria, where he worked as a furniture dealer and picture framer from 1854 until his death in 1908. 

[Averil Douglas, 8 May 2014]

Last Updated

04 Dec 2023