Gabrielle Gaby SIMSON

1924 - 2012  (87 years)

• Name	Gabrielle Gaby SIMSON
  Birth	19 Jul 1924	Amsterdam, Netherlands
  Gender	Female
  Death	20 Feb 2012	Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Buried at Hazelrigg Cemetery Grave No 294, Row 124)
  Person ID	I6	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2024

  
  

  Father	Ernst Ernest SIMSON,   b. 23 May 1891, Dusseldorf, Germany d. 30 Sep 1988, Geneva, Switzerland (Age 97 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elisabeth Lisy FISCHER,   b. 22 Aug 1900, Zurich, Switzerland d. 6 Jun 1999, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Age 98 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	23 May 1923	Charlottenburg, Germany (Religious Chuppah 10 July 1923 in Charlottenburg, Berlin)
  Family ID	F6	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Alfred Freddy STERN,   b. 9 Jun 1925, Montabaur, Germany d. 19 Nov 2020, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK (Buried at Hazelrigg Cemetery Grave No 293, Row 124 ) (Age 95 years)
  Marriage	23 Mar 1952	Geneva, Switzerland
  Children	1. Living   2. Living
  Family ID	F2	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Hebrew name: Gabriella bat Elisha Mordechai (Note: Ernest Simson's Wimple gives his name as Mordechai, his Ketubah gives his names as Eliahu but Gabrielle and Alfred's Ketubah gives his name as Elisha). Buried at Hazelrigg Jewish Cemetery, Newcastle upon Tyne. Timeline/CV Lived in Geneva, Switzerland from late 1924. Finished Commercial School in summer 1942. 1942-1946 worked as administrator for Helvetia-Vie (insurance company). 1946-1947 worked for International Student Service and studied cello. Lived in Paris with Richard & Mado Mayer at Le Vesinet near Paris while studying cello and assisting Paul Bazelaire at the Paris Conservatoire. Summer 1948 - Music camp in Berkshire, UK. 1948 -1950 worked for World Jewish Congress, Geneva. Summer 1950 - Music camp in Berkshire, UK. Stayed with Sterns at 32 Ossulton Way, London while they were in New Zealand. Took English lessons. April 1951 met up with Freddy in Paris! Engaged in Geneva August 1951.