Ancestry of Warren Zevon

compiled by William Addams Reitwiesner


The following material on the immediate ancestry of Warren Zevon should not be considered either exhaustive or authoritative, but rather as a first draft.





William Addams Reitwiesner

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Ancestry of Warren Zevon
1 Warren William Zevon, b. Chicago, Ill., 24 Jan. 1947, d. Los Angeles, Cal., 7 Sept. 2003 [SSDI 558-64-9731]
PARENTS
2 William Zevon, formerly "Zivotovsky", b. ... , Russia, 15 Oct. 1903, d. Los Angeles, Cal., 9 July 1990 [SSN 572-46-8495]
m. ... , div. ... 1963
3 Beverly Cope Simmons, b. Salt Lake City, Utah, 30 May 1919, d. ... 6 Aug. 1996 [SSDI 558-07-4071]
GRANDPARENTS
4 ... Zivotovsky, b. ... , d. ...
m.
5 ... Chansky, b. ... , d. ...
6 Ellsworth Blythe Simmons, b. Salt Lake City, Utah, 19 Jan. 1897, d. ... 21 July 1983 [SSDI 556-01-4402]
m. Salt Lake City, Utah, 15 Feb. 1916
7 Helen N ... Cope, b. Salt Lake City, Utah, 31 Oct. 1898, d. ... 20 May 1995 [SSDI 549-30-1475]
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
12 Joseph Franklin Simmons, b. Salt Lake City, Utah, 15 Nov. 1852, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 22 April 1926
m. Salt Lake City, Utah, 21 June 1875
13 Alice Eliza Dye, b. Salt Lake City, Utah, 7 Jan. 1858, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 11 Dec. 1928
14 Francis William Cope, b. Salt Lake City, Utah, 4 June 1873, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 14 Dec. 1930
m. Salt Lake City, Utah, 24 Nov. 1897
15 Alice Nicholson, b. Salt Lake City, Utah, 24 Nov. 1876, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 15 July 1956
GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
24 Joseph Marcellus Simmons, b. Cheshire, Mass., 3 Sept. 1824, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 14 Feb. 1872
m. Salt Lake City, Utah, 12 Dec. 1851
25 Rachel Emma Woolley, b. Columbiana Co., Ohio, 7 Aug. 1836, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 30 Nov. 1926
26 Robert Dye, b. Wymondham, co. Norfolk, 26 April 1822, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 9 Oct. 1887
m. Wymondham, co. Norfolk, 12 Aug. 1841
27 Harriet Coman, b. Wymondham, co. Norfolk, 22 July 1822, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 14 May 1863
28 Francis Cope, b. Birmingham, co. Worcs., 30 March 1847, d. Salt Kake City, Utah, 27 Dec. 1889
m. All Saints, Brooksfield, co. Worcs., 4 June 1864
29 Ruth Howell, b. Hales Owen, co. Worcs., 30 Aug. 1846, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 25 Aug. 1897
30 John Nicholson, b. St. Boswells, Lessudden, co. Roxburghe, 13 July 1839, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 26 Jan. 1909
m. Salt Lake City, Utah, 1 June 1867
31 Susannah Sarah Keep, b. Islington, co. Midx., 8 June 1847, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 4 April 1907
GREAT-GREAT-GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
48 Joseph Simmons, b. Cheshire, Mass., 26 June 1799, d. Cheshire, Mass., 27 June 1867
m. Cheshire, Mass., 3 Dec. 1823
49 Lucy Mary Beals, b. Windsor, Mass., 7 May 1806, d. Cheshire, Mass., 25 Oct. 1841
50 Dilworth Edwin Woolley, b. West Chester, Pa., 28 June 1807, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 14 Oct. 1881
m. ... 24 March 1831
51 Mary Wickersham, b. Chester Co., Pa., 4 Nov. 1808, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 29 March 1859
60 John Nicholson, b. Maxton, co. Roxburghe, 17 July 1810, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 26 Feb. 1886
m.
61 Elizabeth Hewison, b. Durham, co. Durham, ... March 1802, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 28 April 1887
62 Richard Keep, b. Enfield, co. Middx., 6 May 1820, d. Islington, co. Middx., 22 May 1884
m. St. Mary, Newington, co. Surrey, 13 Oct. 1844
63 Susanna Brown, b. Epping, co. Essex, 5 March 1824, d. Salt Lake City, Utah, 15 April 1907








EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS







1930 Utah, Salt Lake Co., Salt Lake City, ED 67, sheet 7B, line 62

Simmons Ellsworth   H   M W 33 M 20     UT UT UT     Commercial Trav   China and Glass
        Helen C     W   F W 31 M 17     UT UT UT
        Warren C    S   M W 12 S        UT UT UT
        Beverly C   D   F W 10 S        UT UT UT

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1920 Utah, Salt Lake Co., Salt Lake City, ED 140, sheet 5B, line 70

Simmons Ellsworth    H    M W 22      M     UT UT UT      Salesman   Drugs
        Helen        W    F W 21      M     UT UT UT
        Warren       S    M W  2 4/12 S     UT UT UT
        Beverly      S    M W    7/12 S     UT UT UT

Yes, Beverly is enumerated as a son and as male.

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