Peter Simon^[1]

1830 - 1911  (80 years)

• Name	Peter Simon
  Birth	13 Dec 1830	Erden,,Rhineland,Prussia
  Gender	Male
  Death	01 Oct 1911	Cannelton,,Perry Co,In Old Cliff Cemetery S-2
  Person ID	I2012	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	30 May 2023

  
  

  Father	Heinrich Simon, Sr.,   b. 31 May 1778, Erden,,Rhineland,Prussia d. 06 Nov 1853, Spencer Co,,,In St. Boniface Cemetery S-01-08 (Age 75 years)
  Mother	Maria Catherina Justen,   b. 25 Dec 1790, Loesenich,,Rhineland,Prussia d. 18 Feb 1848, Erden,,Rhineland,Prussia (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	01 Mar 1808	Erden,,Rhineland,Prussia
  Family ID	F724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Paulina Zeoller,   b. 01 Feb 1831, Wüertenburg,,,,,Germany d. 26 Nov 1906, Cannelton,,Perry Co,In Old Cliff Cemetery S-2 (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F737	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jan 2004

  
  

• Notes

  Godparents in Prussia at the baptism of "Petrus" were Petro Simon of Bengel & Christina Simon of Bengel. Peter Simon was present at the probate of his father's estate in Spencer County, Indiana in 1856. Birth locations of their children indicate that Peter and wife his Paulina (Polly) apparently lived in Illinois in 1854, had moved to Iowa by 1858, later returning to Indiana to settle in Cannelton, Perry County (the family appears in the 1870 Census of Troy Township, Perry County). Paulina died in Cannelton in 1906. Cause of death is listed as senility. According to the 1880 census, Peter was a coal miner. Peter died in Cannelton, Perry County, in 1911 of cardiac asthma at age 81. The death record lists him as Prussian and his parents as Prussian, names unknown. The date of birth on his tombstone is June, 1830, however the birth record from Erden Catholic Church states he was born in December, 1830.

  
  

• Sources

  [S61] Adele Moore 2000.