Christian
Sommer
Born in Belmont, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France
Ancestors 
Son of Johannes Sommer
and Barbara Stocki
Brother of
Catharina Barbara Sommer
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at about age 74
in Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 15 Aug 2014
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Biography
Christian, b. 4 Feb. 1790 Belmont, Alsace (per his marriage record), living at Ribeauville on 20 Dec. 1815 when he married at Eckbolsheim Madelaine Littweiler, widow of Jean Rupp of Eckbolsheim. She was born 21 Oct. 1777 at la Wantzenau, daughter of Samuel Littweiler, deceased and Barbe Littweiler (per marriage record). Christian Sommer of Eckbolsheim, age 28, notified the authorities of the death of his step-son Christian Rupp at Eckbolsheim on 24 Sept. 1817. Chretian Sommer of Eckbolsheim, Bas-Rhin emigrated to America 1 Mar. 1819, with wife and six children (per John Schunk, referring to the Alsace Emigration Index – LDS Film #1,125,006). Christian Sommer was one of the original Amish settlers in Butler County, Ohio in August 1819) (per Grubb's [1] History of the Mennonites of Butler County, Ohio, p. 11; see also pp. 44-5 listing Christian and his brothers and stating that Christian moved soon after immigrating to Darke Co., Ohio).
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christian by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christian:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Christian by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Christian:
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~0.78%
Jessie (Dilts) Stewart
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