Brief Life History of Laura
When Laura Summers was born about 1852, in Iredell, North Carolina, United States, her father, Pinkney Charles Summers, was 29 and her mother, Jane C Nesbit, was 27. She lived in Concord Township, Iredell, North Carolina, United States in 1870.
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- Laura Summers in household of Pink Summers, "United States Census, 1870"
- Laura Summers in household of P C Summers, "United States Census, 1860"
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World Events (8)
1853 · First State Fair
The first state fair in North Carolina was held in Raleigh and was put on by the North Carolina State Agricultural Society in 1853. The fair has been continuous except for during the American Civil War and Reconstruction and WWII.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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