Brief Life History of Joseph A
When Joseph A Sommer was born on 15 April 1878, in Summerville, Union, Oregon, United States, his father, Daniel Sommer, was 28 and his mother, Rachael Wertheimer, was 24. He married Ella May Adams about 1919. He lived in Elgin, Union, Oregon, United States for about 30 years. He died on 15 May 1943, in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Beth Israel Cemetery, Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States.
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- Joe A Sommer in household of Juluis D Sommer, "United States Census, 1910"
- Legacy NFS Source: Joseph A. Sommer - Government record: birth-name: Joseph A. Sommer
- Joe A Sommer, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1885
Historical Boundaries - 1885: Union, Oregon, United States
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
Some characteristic forenames: German Kurt, Otto, Hans, Fritz, Aloys, Helmut, Wolfram, Armin, Eldor, Erwin, Gerhard, Guenther.
German, Danish, and Norwegian: from Middle German sumer, Danish, Norwegian sommer ‘summer’, a nickname for someone with a warm or sunny disposition, or for someone associated with the season of summer in some other way, e.g. because he was born or found (as a foundling) in this part of the year, or through a tax or rent obligation, or from living in a sunny place.
German: occupational name from Middle High German soumǣre, sommer, Middle Low German somer(e) ‘pack animal’, or a leader of those.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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