William Robert FitzSimons (1870 - 1926)

Born 26 Nov 1870 in Greencastle, County Donegal, Ireland

Ancestors

Husband of Bessie Amy Louise (Love) Way — married 1898 in St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia

Died 20 Mar 1926 at age 55 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Biography

William FitzSimons is Notable.

William Robert FitzSimons was born on 26th November 1870 at Greencastle, near Moville, County Donegal, Ireland. He was the son of Samuel FitzSimons and Isabella Gamble. ^[1]

William FitzSimons migrated from Ireland to New South Wales.

After his father's death, William accompanied his mother and nine siblings to New South Wales (Australia), arriving in late 1889. One brother, Charles, remained in Ireland. ^[1]

William married Bessie Love in 1898 at St Leonards, New South Wales. ^[2] They had a son and a daughter:

1. Herbert Paton FitzSimons (1899-)
2. Muriel Isabel FitzSimons (1904-)

About 1901, William qualified as a dentist and practised in Macquarie Street, Sydney. ^[3]

From 1910 to 1922, William served on the Kuring-gai Shire Council and was its president in 1917-21. As a Nationalist, he won the seat of Cumberland in 1922, sitting in the New South Wales Legislative Assembly until 1925. Although an infrequent and unimpressive speaker in the House, he was extremely popular and assiduous in his electorate. ^[3]

He passed away on 20th March 1926 at Sydney Hospital, Macquarie Street, from injuries received when knocked down by a car while disembarking a tram in Hunter Street. He was buried in the Presbyterian section of Northern Suburbs Cemetery. ^[4][3]Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 April 2021), memorial page for William R Fitzsimons (unknown–20 Mar 1926), Find A Grave: Memorial #145348251, citing Macquarie Park Cemetery and Crematorium, North Ryde, Ryde City, New South Wales, Australia ; Maintained by Find a Grave (contributor 8) . William was survived by his wife, son and daughter.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} FitzSimons, Peter. A Simpler Life. HarperCollins Publishers, Sydney, 2010. ISBN 978 0 7322 8804 4
2. ↑ New South Wales Marriage Index #1835/1898
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} McCarthy, John. 'Fitzsimons, Herbert Paton (1898–1970)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, published first in hardcopy 1981; accessed online 31 Oct 2020
4. ↑ New South Wales Death Index #292/1926