Researching Johnny Summers
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The name Johnny means "form of JOHN - God is gracious" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of Johnny Summers on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Johnny Summers and the Summers Genealogy
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Summers 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 listed below it will be possible to locate a birth record and, from that record, a birth certificate may be obtainable which is likely to list the names of the parents, therefore taking you back another generation. 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 Summers family tree.
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![]() | Did you know that there are currently 11888 people with the Summers surname in the UK? Summers is now ranked number 481 for popularity in the UK. |
Summers Genealogy Databases
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Johnny Summers. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Johnny Summers
Johnny Summers (footballer)
Johnny Summers (10 September 1927 – 2 June 1962) was a football striker who scored 104 goals for Charlton Athletic.
Summers engineered one of the most remarkable comebacks in football history; Charlton were 5-1 down against Huddersfield with half an hour to go with only 10 men; they won 7-6 in the Second Division at The Valley, 21 December 1957. Johnny scored five goals, set up two and scored a six-minute hat-trick. Summers later revealed that he changed his boots at half-time after his old pair had started falling apart.
Johnny Summers played for Norwich City, Fulham and Millwall, prior to his Charlton career. He made his debut for Millwall in 1955 in the opening match of the 1955–56 season, against Brighton and Hove Albion, in front of a 25,000 plus crowd at The Den. In a 2–0 win, he disappointed the fickle crowd and after a few weeks disappeared into the Reserves, surfacing again the following January, as a left winger. From that time, he never looked back, and was one of the most fearsome and lethal forwards seen at The Den in years. His transfer to Charlton Athletic, for their last season in the old First Division, was regretted by Millwall fans, but seen as inevitable.
He died at the age of just 34 in 1962 of cancer.
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