Jean Sommer b. Abt 1731 Palatinate, GR d. 9 Dec 1805 Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR: The Schrock-Birkey Connection

Jean Sommer

Male Abt 1731 - 1805  (~ 74 years)


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  • Name Jean Sommer  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Birth Abt 1731  Palatinate, GR Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Gender Male 
    Death 9 Dec 1805  Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [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 Find all individuals with events at this location 
    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 Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1820, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage Between 1767-1772  [5
    Children 
     1. Ulrich Sommer,   b. 4 Oct 1769, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Jul 1833, Raon l’Etape, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     2. Christian Sommer,   b. 4 Oct 1769, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1840, Breitenbach , Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)
     3. Christian Sommer,   b. 1770, Raon l’Etape, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 May 1806, Turquestein-Blancrupt, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
     4. Joseph Sommer,   b. 18 Sep 1775, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Aug 1856, In Illinois? Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     5. Elisabeth Sommer,   b. 15 Feb 1780, Neuviller-la-Roche, Bas-Rhin, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1825, Savonnieres-Devant-Bar, Meuse, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 45 years)
    Family ID F4472  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 28 Jun 2018 

  • Event Map
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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]

  • Sources 
    1. [S453] Donald W. Roth, Introducing the Members of my Extended Sommer Family: Joseph and Anna Mary (Gerig) Sommer.

    2. [S500] Joe Staker, Sommer Family of Neuviller (Provisional).

    3. [S920] Anne Augspurger Schmidt-Lange, The Family of Joseph Sommer (b. 1775) and Anne Marie Gerig: Documentation at the Sommerhof in France.

    4. [S2359] Sommer Family Information.

    5. [S269] GeneaNet Family Tree of Jean François Lorentz.

    6. [S269] GeneaNet Family Tree of Jean François Lorentz, 10 Dec 1805.

    7. [S920] Anne Augspurger Schmidt-Lange, The Family of Joseph Sommer (b. 1775) and Anne Marie Gerig: Documentation at the Sommerhof in France, p. 117.


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