Researching Duncan Sommerville
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1181 people with the Sommerville surname? In that year Sommerville was ranked number 2429 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Duncan means "Dark-skinned warrior" and is of Celtic origin.
Records of Duncan Sommerville on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Duncan Sommerville and the Sommerville Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Sommerville Genealogy that will form part of your family tree. Although records vary from country to country, they are normally the most formal record of a person's relations. From the sources below you will be able to find a birth record and, from that, a birth certificate can be ordered which lists the names of the mother and father, taking you back another generation in your tree. A marriage certificate may also list the names of the respective fathers of the bride and groom which may then help you to find them earlier in life on a census record enabling you to fill out more detail in the Sommerville family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 1472 people with the Sommerville surname in the UK? Sommerville is now ranked number 2708 for popularity in the UK. |
Sommerville Family Tree Databases
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| Did you know that there are currently 3038 people with the Sommerville surname in the USA? Sommerville is ranked number 156 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Sommerville Databases
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Some Famous People called Duncan Sommerville
Duncan Sommerville
Prof Duncan MacLaren Young Sommerville (1879–1934) was a Scottish mathematician and astronomer. He compiled a bibliography on non-Euclidean geometry and also wrote a leading textbook in that field. He also wrote Introduction to the Geometry of N Dimensions, advancing the study of polytopes. He was a co-founder and the first secretary of the New Zealand Astronomical Society.
Sommerville was also an accomplished watercolourist, producing a series New Zealand landscapes.
The middle name 'MacLaren' is spelt using the old orthography M'Laren in some sources, for example the records of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Source: Duncan Sommerville, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Sommerville
Family names can get corrupted over time, particularly where literacy was not as good. The following list contains some names that have similar sounds so you may want to also look at one or two of the more likely possibilites.
Schnorf Smorfit Smurfit Smurfitt Somerbell Somerfeld Somerfelt Somerfield Somerville Sommerfeld Sommerfelt Sommerfield Sumervell Summerbell Summerfield Summerford Summerville
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