Emma Summers

5 August 1828–18 September 1912 (Age 84)
Broadheath by Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom

The Life Summary of Emma

When Emma Summers was born on 5 August 1828, in Broadheath by Worcester, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Summers, was 20 and her mother, Susanna Stockhall, was 22. She married Anson Call on 27 February 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Bountiful Election Precinct, Davis, Utah, United States in 1900. She died on 18 September 1912, in Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Bountiful Memorial Park, Bountiful, Davis, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anson Call
1810–1890
Emma Summers
1828–1912
Marriage: 27 February 1857
Ann Call
1858–1926
Fanny Call
1860–1916
Lucina Call
1863–1957
David Call
1868–1943
Sarah Call
1870–1944

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    27 February 1857Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (11)

    +6 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1830
    Age 2
    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).
    1838
    Age 10
    EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: William C Brown BIRTH 1838 DEATH 1838 (aged less–than 1 year) BURIAL Bountiful Memorial Park Bountiful, Davis County, Utah, USA Show Map MEMORIAL ID 99780931 · View Source
    1850
    Age 22
    Named after the early pioneer leader Daniel C. Davis the County was established as a territory in 1850.The territorial legislature created Davis County in 1852 and designated its County seat at Farmington-midway between boundaries-the Weber River on the north and the mouth of the Jordan River on the south. Westward the County includes a portion of the Great Salt Lake-its largest island on which Antelope Island State Park is now located.During first half-century Davis County grew slowly.It supported a hardy pioneer people engaged in irrigation agriculture and raising livestock.The Utah Central Railroad(now the Union Pacific crossed the County from Ogden on the north to Salt Lake City on the south in 1870 and offered welcome transportation links to bring manufactured products.This was the beginning of a transition in the County's history that led to mechanized agriculture, a surge of commerce, banking, and local business along with improved roads, new water systems, and the electrification of homes and business

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Somers
    Simmers
    Sommers
    Summer

    Story Highlight

    Anson Call Handcart Experience

    THE FOLLOWING IS A COPY OF ONE CHAPTER OF A THESIS THAT DUANE D. CALL WROTE WHILE ATTENDING BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY IN 1956 ON ANSON CALL _______ CHAPTER XIII ANSON CALL ASSISTS THE …

    Sources (51)

    • Emma Call, "United States Census, 1870"
    • Emma Summers in entry for David Call and Zelda A Summers, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
    • Emma Summers in entry for Lucina Call Perkins, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1964"

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