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Name/TitlePioneer register: SOMMERS, John

About this objectFamily name: SOMMERS
Given name: John
Birth year: 1 March 1846
Birth place: Glasgow, Scotland
Parents: John SOMMERS & Ann CONNELL, Glasgow.
Arrival: June 1853
Victorian residence: Maryborough, West Melb., Ballarat

Family name: PROUT
Given name: Lucy Kneeshaw
Parents: Edward PROUT & Elizabeth HALL
Marriage year: 29 Nov 1871
Marriage place: Trinity Church, Williamstown
Victorian residence: West Melbourne, Ballarat.

Family name: SOMMERS
Given name: John Archibald Douglas
Birth year: 1880

Family name: SOMMERS
Given name: Dora Lucy
Birth year: 1884

Notes on back re John Sommers life - trained as an engineers, became a painter/artist/ art teacher/ helped establish the Ballarat Fine Art Gallery.

Note: Pioneer Register records are submitted by individuals to the RHSV and information should always be verified in primary sources such as civil indexes, shipping records and directories.

Publication PlaceVictoria, Australia

Subject and Association KeywordsFamily history

Subject and Association KeywordsPioneers

Named CollectionManuscripts Collection - Pioneer Register

Object TypeForm

Object numberPR S-0065

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