George Sommer b. 1801 Lorraine, FR d. 24 Feb 1883 Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL: The Schrock-Birkey Connection
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George Sommer

Male 1801 - 1883  (82 years)


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  • Name George Sommer  [1, 2] 
    Birth 1801  Lorraine, FR Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Immigration 15 Sep 1836  New Orleans, LA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4] 
    • From Le Havre de Graci, FR, on the ship Mozart, captained by John Colling.
    Religion Amish 
    Residence Spring Bay, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Partridge Creek area
    Death 24 Feb 1883  Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Hickory Point Cemetery
    Person ID I8263  Schrock-Birkey Connection
    Last Modified 11 Mar 2022 

    Father Christian Sommer,   b. 1770, Raon-sur-Plaine, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1847, Turquestein, Lorquin, FR Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Mother Barbe Verly,   b. 1772   d. 5 May 1806 (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1793  Raon-sur-Plaine, Vosges, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Family ID F1941  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Anna Gosser (Gasser),   b. 1810, Rhodes, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Apr 1889, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Marriage 4 Apr 1831  Diane-Capelle, Moselle, FR Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Sommer,   b. 1832   d. 1904 (Age 72 years)
     2. Christian Sommer,   b. 16 Jan 1833   d. 3 Jul 1921 (Age 88 years)
     3. John Sommer,   b. 6 Aug 1835   d. 2 Aug 1912, Normal, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     4. Katherine Sommer,   b. 1838   d. 1911, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years)
     5. Joseph Sommer,   b. 1840, Spring Bay, Washington Twp., Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1936 (Age 96 years)
     6. Peter Sommer (Summer),   b. 11 Apr 1843, Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Jun 1922, Washington, Tazewell Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     7. Jacob Sommer,   b. 11 Mar 1847, Spring Bay, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Sep 1927, Meadows, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)
     8. Anna Sommer,   b. 17 Mar 1850, Spring Bay, Woodford Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 May 1929, Chenoa, McLean Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     9. George Sommer, Jr.,   b. 1853, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 May 1930, Peoria, Peoria Co., IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F5825  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 14 Feb 2018 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1801 - Lorraine, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Apr 1831 - Diane-Capelle, Moselle, FR Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsImmigration - 15 Sep 1836 - New Orleans, LA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - Spring Bay, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 24 Feb 1883 - Worth Twp., Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Metamora, Woodford Co., IL Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • George became a deacon in the Partridge Amish Church. The name later became spelled Summer through a clerical error. (See notes for son, Peter.)George became a deacon in the Partridge Amish Church. The name later became spelled Summer through a clerical error. (See notes for son, Peter.)
      Sommer family
      Sommer (Sommers, Summer, Summers), a Mennonite family name of Swiss origin. The early homes of the family were Sumiswald and Lützelflüh in the Emmental, canton of Bern, Switzerland. During the fore part of the 18th century members of the family moved to the Jura, Montbéliard, Alsace, and the Palatinate. The migrations of the early 19th century brought several Sommer families from their European homes to Ohio and Illinois. Isaac Sommer became one of the first settlers in the Sonnenberg settlement in Wayne County, Ohio, coming there in 1819 from the Jura. A brother, Ulrich Sommer, came in 1824. Christian Sommer came in 1819. Christian Sommer (1811-1891) was ordained to the ministry in 1838 and bishop of the Sonnenberg congregation in 1862. He preached his farewell sermon 4 October 1891, just two months before his death. Ulrich Sommer (1792-1880) came from Switzerland in 1824 and was ordained a minister of the Sonnenberg congregation in 1827 and bishop in 1842.

      In 1836 George Sommers (1801-83) migrated from Alsace to Woodford County, Illinois. He was a deacon in the Amish Mennonite church, and one of the pioneer settlers in central Illinois. Peter Sommers, a son, was a minister of the Metamora (Mennonite Church) church for many years.
      Pierre Sommer (1874-1952) was the leading minister and elder of the French-speaking congregations in France 1900-50.

      Goertz, Delbert L. "Sommer family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 30 Mar 2019. http://gameo.org/index.php?title=Sommer_family&oldid=120475.

  • Sources 
    1. [S518] Dennis D. Summer, George Sommer Family: Early IllinoisSettlers.

    2. [S1060] Find-A-Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/20965816/george-sommer.

    3. [S11] Obituaries of Individuals.

    4. [S1055] Lee Summer, Family History of George and Anna Sommer.

    5. [S1055] Lee Summer, Family History of George and Anna Sommer, Date.


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