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Early Origins of the Simmer family

The surname Simmer was first found in Roxburghshire where they held a family seat from ancient times.

Early History of the Simmer family

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Simmer Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Simmers, Simmer, Symmers, Symers, Symmers and others.

Early Notables of the Simmer family

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Ireland Migration of the Simmer family to Ireland

Some of the Simmer family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt. More information about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.


United States Simmer migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Simmer Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • William Simmer, who arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1773 1
  • Sarah Simmer, who settled in New York State in 1774
Simmer Settlers in United States in the 19th Century
  • Joseph Simmer, who settled in Philadelphia in 1831
  • John P Simmer, who arrived in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1861 1
  • James H Simmer, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1869 1
  • Josephine M Simmer, aged 21, who landed in Kansas in 1886 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Simmer (post 1700) +

  • Judith Simmer -Brown, American Professor and past Chair of Religious Studies at Naropa University
  • François Martin Valentin Simmer, French Divisional General during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars from 1789 to 1815 2
  • Charles Robert "Charlie" Simmer (b. 1954), Canadian former NHL ice hockey forward from Terrace Bay, Ontario


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
  2. Generals Who Served in the French Army during the Period 1789-1815. (Retrieved 2015, October 8) François Simmer. Retrieved from http://www.napoleon-series.org/research/c_frenchgenerals.html


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