Sommers, Henry Edward

1859 - 1932  (72 years)    Has 2 ancestors and 75 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Sommers, Henry Edward
  Born	7 Oct 1859	Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Gender	Male
  1870 Census	1870	Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
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  1880 Census	1880	Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  1900 Census	1900	Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Henry Sommers 40 Annie Sommers 26 Edward Sommers 7.12 Edward Sommers 84 Ann Sommers 65 Herman Schultz 14
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 1185
  HENRY SOMMERS, a successful farmer and stock raiser of Greenville township, operating on 120 acres of well cultivated soil, was born in this township, October 6, 1858, and is a son of Edward and Anna (O'Leary) Sommers. Mr. Sommers' parents were born in County Wexford, Ireland, and on coming to the United States, in 1857, located at once in Greenville township and purchased a tract of ten acres in the western part of the township. Edward Sommers cleared this little tract and in the meantime worked for other farmers of his vicinity until he was able to purchase the present farm of Henry Sommers, on which he spent the balance of his life, dying June 1, 1901. He was a hard and persevering worker all of his life and arose to a position of prominence among the farmers of his community. He and his wife, who died January 25, 1909, had seven children, of whom three survive: Henry, Ella, the wife of George M. Bishop, an Idaho mining man; and Johnnie, a cement worker and farmer of Ellington township. Henry Sommers attended district school No. 4, in Greenville township, and worked at home on his father's farm until twenty-two years of age, at which time he began working on the river as a log driver during the summer months, and in the woods in winter. After about two years he returned to his home and worked on the farm in summer and woods in winter for about eleven years, after which he remained on the homestead until about 1899, when he purchased a sixty-acre farm adjoining the homestead. Subsequently he purchased the Barkley homestead, a tract of seventy acres, but he later turned this over to his brother as his share of the land accumulated while in partnership, Henry taking the homestead. He has continued to live on this farm to the present time and now has a fertile tract of 120 acres which he devotes to general farming, and also feeds a number of steers for the market every winter. His place is well equipped with modern, substantial buildings, and its appearance denotes the presence of able management. Mr. Sommers is a member of the Roman Catholic church at Stephensville. He is a democrat in his political views, and has served as supervisor of his township for six years. On January 5, 1899, Mr. Sommers was united in marriage with Miss Anna Heiderman, who was born at Neenah, Wisconsin, December 14, 1873, daughter of John and Mary (---------------) Heiderman, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Scotland. They were early settlers of Neenah, and are now actively engaged in agricultural pursuits in Bovina township. Mr. and Mrs. Sommers have had six children, born as follows: Edward, October 18, 1900; Nellie, October 19, 1902; James, December 6, 1904; Frankie, January 28, 1906; Henry, December 12, 1908, and Willie, January 5, 1911.
  	Sommers, Henry Edward Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Died	3 May 1932
  Buried	Aft 3 May 1932	St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Sniderville, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I88254	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Sommers, Edward,   b. Abt Aug 1816, , , , Ireland ,   d. 30 Jun 1900, , Outagamie County, Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 83 years)
  Mother	O'Leary, Anna,   b. Abt May 1834, , , , Ireland ,   d. 25 Jan 1909, , , Wisconsin, USA  (Age ~ 74 years)
  Family ID	F28440	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Heidemann, Anna,   b. 28 Feb 1874, Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 8 Sep 1963, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 89 years)
  Married	5 Jan 1899	, , Wisconsin, USA
  Children	+ 1. Sommers, Edward John,   b. 19 Oct 1899, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 2 Dec 1978, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years) + 2. Sommers, Nellie Ellen,   b. 5 Jan 1901, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 7 Sep 1996, New London, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 95 years) + 3. Sommers, James,   b. 12 Dec 1902, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 23 Mar 1983  (Age 80 years) + 4. Sommers, Frank,   b. 18 Sep 1905,   d. 4 Jan 1982  (Age 76 years) + 5. Sommers, Henry,   b. 19 Jan 1907, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 11 Apr 1991  (Age 84 years)   6. Sommers, William,   b. 28 Nov 1910, Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 25 Apr 1994  (Age 83 years) + 7. Sommers, Alice Eleanor,   b. 1 Oct 1915, Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA ,   d. 7 Oct 1994, Appleton, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA  (Age 79 years)
  Last Modified	1 May 2010
  Family ID	F28435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 7 Oct 1859 - Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1870 Census - Page - 1870 - Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA 1880 Census - 1880 - Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Married - 5 Jan 1899 - , , Wisconsin, USA 1900 Census - 1900 - Greenville, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA Buried - Aft 3 May 1932 - St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Sniderville, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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