Jean Sommer
Abt 1731 - 1805 (~ 74 years)-
Name Jean Sommer [1, 2, 3, 4] Birth Abt 1731 Palatinate, GR [5] Gender Male Death 9 Dec 1805 Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR [4, 6] - Sommerhof
Immigration 1828 [1] Occupation Censier at Sommerhof Person ID I6424 Schrock-Birkey Connection Last Modified 20 Mar 2019
Father Jean Sommer, b. Abt 1700-1705, Palatinate, GR Mother Marie Barbe Neuhauser, b. Abt 1705 Marriage Bef 1729 [5] Family ID F5690 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Marie Rubi (Roby), b. 17 Jun 1747, Riedelberg, Pirmasens, Palatinate, GR d. 15 Jan 1820, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR (Age 72 years) Marriage Between 1767-1772 [5] Children 1. Ulrich Sommer, b. 4 Oct 1769, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 20 Jul 1833, Raon l’Etape, Vosges, FR (Age 63 years) 2. Christian Sommer, b. 4 Oct 1769, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 9 May 1840, Breitenbach , Bas-Rhin, FR (Age 70 years) 3. Christian Sommer, b. 1770, Raon l’Etape, Vosges, FR d. 7 May 1806, Turquestein-Blancrupt, Moselle, FR (Age 36 years) 4. Joseph Sommer, b. 18 Sep 1775, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 4 Aug 1856, In Illinois? (Age 80 years) 5. Elisabeth Sommer, b. 15 Feb 1780, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR d. 18 May 1825, Savonnieres-Devant-Bar, Meuse, FR (Age 45 years) Family ID F4472 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 28 Jun 2018
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Notes - The previous six generations are provisional.
Tenant farmer Jean Sommer, 63, was a witness to the death of Caspar Schrag (b. ca 1744-d.1794) on Sommerhof at Neuviller-la-Roche.
“The origin of the name Sommerhof (literally “summer farm” or “Sommer farm”) appears to be unclear. Some say the name came from the fact that the Sommer family had been leaseholders at the farm since the 1730s.” ….It is known that the Sommerhof was a dairy farm where cattle grazed on high meadows and that in 1790 the family also raised some hogs and made large quantities of cheese for sale.”
“Near the small chalet, hidden during our visit by logs felled during a fierce storm, M. Jeanpierre tells us there are the remnants of a Sommer cemetery , with the stones lying flat.” [3, 7]
- The previous six generations are provisional.
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Sources - [S453] Donald W. Roth, Introducing the Members of my Extended Sommer Family: Joseph and Anna Mary (Gerig) Sommer.
- [S500] Joe Staker, Sommer Family of Neuviller (Provisional).
- [S920] Anne Augspurger Schmidt-Lange, The Family of Joseph Sommer (b. 1775) and Anne Marie Gerig: Documentation at the Sommerhof in France.
- [S2359] Sommer Family Information.
- [S269] GeneaNet Family Tree of Jean François Lorentz.
- [S269] GeneaNet Family Tree of Jean François Lorentz, 10 Dec 1805.
- [S920] Anne Augspurger Schmidt-Lange, The Family of Joseph Sommer (b. 1775) and Anne Marie Gerig: Documentation at the Sommerhof in France, p. 117.
- [S453] Donald W. Roth, Introducing the Members of my Extended Sommer Family: Joseph and Anna Mary (Gerig) Sommer.