Brief Life History of William
When William Summers was born in June 1806, in Measham, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Summers, was 33 and his mother, Elizabeth Wildman, was 32. He married Frances Brealey on 4 August 1828, in Church Gresley, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 8 May 1886, in Whitwick, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 79.
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- William Summer in household of John Ottey, "England and Wales Census, 1881"
- William Henry Summers, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- William Summers, "England Marriages, 1538–1973 "
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1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
1830
Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
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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