Brief Life History of Lillie Bell
When Lillie Bell Summers was born on 9 September 1876, in Missouri, United States, her father, Jonathan Summers, was 30 and her mother, Esther O’Dell, was 25. She married John Franklin Harris on 9 October 1895, in Clay, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Fishing River Township, Clay, Missouri, United States for about 40 years. She died on 17 March 1953, in Clay, Missouri, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Enon Cemetery, Excelsior Springs, Clay, Missouri, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Lillie Harris in household of John Harris, "United States Census, 1900"
- Legacy NFS Source: Lillie Bell Summers - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: lillie belle summers
- Lillie Belle Summers Harris, "Find A Grave Index"
Spouse and Children
1874–1934 Male
1876–1953 Female
Children (6)
1896–1956 Male
1898–1970 Male
1901–2002 Female
1903–1993 Male
1906–1988 Male
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1846–1913 Male
1850–1883 Female
Siblings (6)
1869–1873 Male
1874–1875 Male
1876–1953 Female
1879–1943 Male
1881–1883 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 5
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
Age 6
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: variant of Summer , with post-medieval excrescent -s.
English: occupational or topographic name for someone who lived or worked at the house of someone named Somer (see Summer ).
Irish (Sligo): adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic Ó Somacháin ‘descendant of Somachán’, a personal name meaning ‘soft, gentle, innocent’, due to confusion with samhradh ‘summer’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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