When Elizabeth Sumner was born in 1818, in Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Joseph Sumner, was 23 and her mother, Frances Ollier, was 24. She died on 30 May 1819, in Acton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 1, and was buried in Acton, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
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English: occupational name for an official who was responsible for ensuring the appearance of witnesses in court, from Middle English som(p)nour(e) ‘summoner’ (Old French somoneor, semoneor).
History: William Sumner came to Dorchester, MA, from England c. 1635. His descendants include US Senator Charles Sumner, a major force in the struggle to end slavery, who was born in 1811 in Boston.
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