Lineage and Descendants of Joseph Sommer and Elizabeth Barbe Garber
Author | : Grace Hildy Croft Christensen |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 399 |
Release | : 1991 |
ISBN-10 | : OCLC:865877675 |
ISBN-13 | : |
Rating | : 4/5 ( Downloads) |
Download or read book Lineage and Descendants of Joseph Sommer and Elizabeth Barbe Garber written by Grace Hildy Croft Christensen and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Andre Sommer was born ca. 1700 at Lützelflüh or Sumiswald, Canton Bern, Switzerland. He was an Anabaptist and farmer at Lambermoulin, later known of Bambois, in the Pincipality of Salm, France, as early as 1750. He was the father of five children born ca. 1725-ca. 1740. A number of his descendants immigrated to the United States in the 1800s. Descendants, especially descendants of his son, Joseph Sommer (ca. 1736-1781), lived in France, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and elsewhere.