(1804-18/10/1887).
He died in Bunbury. Charles arrived on 12/12/1839 aboard the Jean with his wife and three children. He is married to Joanna Elliot (1800-16/09/1858). Joanna died in Perth. Their children were George (1826-), Herbert John George (1830-1857) and Amy (1841-), born in Western Australia. Charles was a Civil Servant from 1839-1869. In 1849, he was Protector of Natives and on the Board of Public Works. He was appointed in 1855 Immigration Agent. In 1856 he was Acting Sheriff, in 1861-2 at Champion Bay. In 1866 as Residential Magistrate. He was Justice of Peace in Fremantle. He was a Police Magistrate and an Honorable Member of the Working Men's Association. In Fremantle 1868, G.Y. Moore included Symmons' notes on Aboriginal people in his "Descriptive Vocabulary" in 1842. He visited England on 15/06/1878 aboard the Helena Hena and returned to Western Australia on 16/09/1878. He also went to Colombo and came back aboard the Hydaspes on 21/09/1886.