Betty Lou Summer

Brief Life History of Betty Lou

When Betty Lou Summer was born on 18 April 1933, her father, Elmer Alexander Summers, was 48 and her mother, Hester E. Anderson, was 42. She died on 6 July 1934, at the age of 1, and was buried in Summersville Cemetery, Summersville, Texas, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Elmer Alexander Summers
1884–1955
Hester E. Anderson
1891–1973
Mary Elizabeth Summer
1912–2001
Herschel Summer
1913–1976
Charles Howard Summers
1915–1972
Walter Herman Summer
1918–1969
John Jerry Summers
1920–1951
Betty Lou Summer
1933–1934

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    Name Meaning

    English: from the Middle English (Old English) personal name Sumor, Sumer, originally a nickname from Middle English sum(m)er ‘summer’, and perhaps still a nickname (compare 4 below) in the period of surname formation. The personal name is not independently recorded but in England appears in the placenames Somersall (Derbyshire) and Somersham (Suffolk and Cambridgeshire).

    English: occupational name from Middle English somer, somour, perhaps a shortened form of sommerer, somerour ‘packhorse man, carrier’, itself a derivative of Middle English somer (Old French sommier) ‘beast of burden, packhorse’. Alternatively, the name may imply ‘porter, carrier’. It is possible that somer and somour are derivatives of Middle English som(m)e, sum(m)e ‘weight’, derived from Old French somme, some ‘weight, burden’. Compare Middle English seme, some (Old English sēam, sēom) ‘load, burden, weight’. This surname is widely recorded across medieval England but the absence of any Middle English examples with the definite article and of any relevant contextual evidence makes an occupational sense difficult to confirm. However, the Middle English surname Somister, which appears to be occupational (see Sumpter ), may imply the existence of a twin form Somer, similar to pairs like Baker and Baxter, Webber and Webster.

    English: possibly also from a Middle English assimilated form of Sumner .

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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