Name: MillerSomers2021

Updated: 07-18-2021 05:07:56.


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Family
Marriage: Children:

  1. Elsa Ingrid Somers: Birth: 27 Nov 1933 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. Death: 20 Sep 2018 in Oxnard, Ventura County, California

  2. Jacqueline Sinclair Somers: Birth: 30 Dec 1936 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. Death: 29 Jul 2005 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas

  3. Ann Christine Somers: Birth: 2 Sep 1938 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. Death: 8 Jul 2021 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico

  4. Person Not Viewable


Sources
1. Title:   1910 U.S. Census
2. Title:   1920 U.S. Census
3. Title:   Gore Genealogy Chart (commissioned by Thomas Sinclair Gore [1869-1955], with additional generations added by his granddaughter Elsa Ingrid Somers-Miller-Brent)
4. Title:   Personal knowledge of G.A. Miller
5. Title:   Find A Grave (www.findagrave.com)

Notes
a. Note:   NOTES: Jack's ancestors originated from Germany and migrated to America in 1751. Most of his ancestors and relatives resided in North Carolina where Jack was born.
  Jack's family owned a large tobacco farm in North Carolina. Jack traveled across the country generating business for his family's farm. While on a business trip to Mexico City, Jack happened to stay at the Hotel Geneve where he met his future wife Marie, who was living in the hotel with her parents.
  Jack Somers and Marie were married on 6 Jul 1931 in Mexico City. They had four daughters.
  His father-in-law was Thomas Sinclair Gore (1869-1955), an architect who designed, built and owned the renowned Hotel Geneve in the historic "Zona Rosa" district of Mexico City. (See: www.hotelgeneve.com.mx/en/)
  After Jack and Marie married, he permanently moved to Mexico City, lived and raised their daughters in the Hotel Geneve, and began working for his father-in-law at the hotel. Jack eventually became General Manager of the hotel until his death in 1978. After more than 70 years and four generations, the Hotel Geneve was sold by Jack and Marie's four daughters to the Grupo Carso "Calinda" hotel chain.
  RESIDENCES:
 Caswell County, North Carolina;
 Alamance County, North Carolina;
 Hotel Geneve, Mexico City;
 210 Sierra Aconcagua, Lomas de Chapultepec, Mexico City;
 Las Quintas, Cuernavaca, Mexico
  DEATH: Jack died of colon cancer. He also had diabetes and prostate problems.
  BURIAL: According to their daughter, Jack and his wife Marie are both buried in the "English Cemetery in Mexico City". Unable to locate that cemetery online or in Find A Grave.com. The cemetery may also be known as the "Panteon de los Ingleses" or "El Panteon de los Ingleses" (English Cemetery).
b. Note:   HI10
Note:   (Research):-- Photos courtesy of G.A. Miller
 -- Additional Photos of Jack Somers (https://flic.kr/s/aHskAXDhXs)
 -- Additional Photos of Hotel Geneve (https://flic.kr/s/aHskbJpChB)
 -- Hotel Geneve (www.hotelgeneve.com.mx/en/)
 -- Find A Grave, Memorial # 96462427

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