Researching Luke 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 Luke means "Form of LUCUS. Light" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Luke Somers on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Luke Somers and the Somers Family Tree
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 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 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 History Databases
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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. |
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Some Famous People called Luke Somers
Luke Somers
Luke Daniel Somers (29 August 1981 – 6 December 2014) was a British-born American photojournalist who had been held hostage by the militant Islamist group al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) in Yemen. He was a dual citizen of the United Kingdom and the United States. He traveled to Egypt before settling in Yemen.
Somers was described by his friend as "a great man with a kind heart who really loves the Yemeni people and the country ... He was so dedicated in trying to help change Yemen's future, to do good things for the people that he didn't leave the country [Yemen] his entire time here."
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