Brief Life History of Stephen
When Stephen Sommers was born on 11 May 1835, in Newhall, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, William Summers, was 28 and his mother, Frances Brealey, was 35. He married Elizabeth Dudley in March 1860, in Belper, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Whitwick, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years and Alfreton, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom in 1861. He died on 15 December 1872, in Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States, at the age of 37, and was buried in Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States.
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- Stephen Sumers in household of William Sumers, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Stephen Sommers, "England and Wales, Marriage Registration Index, 1837-1920"
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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1836 · Remember the Alamo
Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.
1843
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English and Irish (Wexford and Carlow): variant of Summers .
German: variant of Sommer .
German: habitational name from either of two places so named (Württemberg, Bavaria).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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