Researching Martin Sommerfeld
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8 people with the Sommerfeld surname? In that year Sommerfeld was ranked number 3571 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Martin means "Warlike" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Martin Sommerfeld on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Martin Sommerfeld and the Sommerfeld Family Tree
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Some Famous People called Martin Sommerfeld
Martin Sommerfeld
Martin Sommerfeld (May 2, 1894 – July 26, 1939) was a Jewish emigre from Nazi Germany to the U.S. who was a professor at the University of Frankfurt and subsequently at Columbia University, the City College of New York, Smith College, and Middlebury College, where he taught German language and literature. He authored and edited a number of volumes on German literature from the 16th to the 20th centuries, and he wrote numerous contributions to the four-volume Reallexikon der deutschen Literaturgeschichte (1925–31).
Source: Martin Sommerfeld, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Sommerfeld
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.
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