George Edward Sumpter

Male29 November 1900–1985

Brief Life History of George Edward

When George Edward Sumpter was born on 29 November 1900, in New Zealand, his father, John George Howard Sumpter, was 29 and his mother, Marion Harriet Keddell, was 27. He married Beryl Joyce Sunday Sutton in 1930, in New Zealand. He died in 1985, in his hometown, at the age of 85.

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George Edward Sumpter
1900–1985
Beryl Joyce Sunday Sutton
1907–1996
Marriage: 1930

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    1930New Zealand
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    World Events (8)

    1907

    Age 7

    The country becomes a dominion, or self-governing community, within the British empire.

    1907 · Dominion of New Zealand

    Age 7

    The Dominion of New Zealand was brought about when New Zealand proclaimed itself a political independent government inside the British Empire. The Dominion of New Zealand allowed the British Government to shape its foreign policy, and it followed Britain into the First World War. Full independence was granted in 1931 and adopted by the New Zealand Parliament in 1947. 

    1923 · New Zealand's Claim to Antartica

    Age 23

    The Ross Dependency is a New Zealand dependency located on the Antarctician Continent. It is the only settlement on the Antartica that is claimed by a sovereign nation. New Zealand still owns claim even after the Antarctic Treaty that was signed in 1959 by 11 other nations. 

    Name Meaning

    English: occupational name for someone who drove a packhorse, from Middle English sompter, sumpter, sometour, sum(m)eter ‘sumpter’ (Old French som(m)etier). Compare Summer 2.

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

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