Researching Linda Somers
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1014 people with the Somers surname? In that year Somers was ranked number 2579 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Linda means "pretty" and is of Spanish origin.
Records of Linda Somers on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Linda Somers and the Somers Family History
Birth, Death and Marriage records are often the best method of making the links to the Somers 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 Somers family tree.
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| Did you know that there are currently 2217 people with the Somers surname in the UK? Somers is now ranked number 2215 for popularity in the UK. |
Somers Family Tree Databases
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Somers Forums
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| Did you know that there are currently 12153 people with the Somers surname in the USA? Somers is ranked number 153 for popularity in the USA. |
Miscellaneous Somers Databases
Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Linda Somers. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
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Linda Somers
Linda Somers-Smith (born May 7, 1961 in Bitburg Air Force Base, Rhineland-Palatinate) is an American long-distance runner who is a two-time United States national champion in the marathon. Somers competed in the marathon at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won the 1992 Chicago Marathon (2:37:41) and the 1993 California International Marathon (2:34:11). Somers is notable as she is one of the very few athletes who has continued running at the elite level since she turned Pro in 1984 into the transition to Masters athlete. She continues to win and place in Open competition, even at the age of 50, all the while as a practicing attorney.
She has run in seven US Olympic Trials Marathons and in the 2008 Boston venue she set the United States 45-49 age group record (2:38:49)* placing 17th. She continues to show impressive results, placing sixth in the Open US Club Nationals Cross Country meet in 2009* (Lexington, KY), and setting age group road records in the 5K (16:14, San Jose 11/26/2009)*, the 10k (33:39, Paso Robles, CA 9/26/2010), 10 Miles (57:07 Redding, CA 3/6/2010) and the Half Marathon (1:13:32, Rock 'n Roll San Jose Half Marathon, CA 10/3/2010).
Somers qualified for her seventh consecutive US Olympic Trials A Standard, a record number, while winning the Masters title (sixth place overall finish ) in the 2010 Los Angeles Marathon (2:36:33). On January 14, 2012, at the age of 50, she finished in 28th place at the USA Olympic Trials Marathon in Houston with a time of 2:37:36, another American Age Group Record.
Somers was inducted into the Road Runners Club of America (RRCA) Hall of Fame on March 17, 2012. Later in 2012 she was inducted into the USATF Masters Hall of Fame.
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