 Mary Elizabeth Somers at 64 in May 1972 Mary Elizabeth Somers was born as Mary Elizabeth Gregg on Friday 22 November 1907 in Noble County, Ohio, United States of America. Childhood: Parents Mary’s father Aaron Melvin Gregg was born on Tuesday 3 October 1882 in Noble County, Ohio, United States of America and passed on at 50 years of age on Saturday 2 September 1933 in Beaver Township, Noble County, Ohio, United States of America. Mary’s mother Amanda M. Roe (possible middle name Maude or Maue; maiden name Bates; first married name Gregg; second married name Roe) was born on Wednesday 23 December 1885 in Marion Township, Noble County, Ohio, United States of America and passed on at 61 years of age on Sunday 19 January 1947 in Cambridge, Cambridge Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States of America. Aaron Melvin Gregg was 24 years of age and Amanda M. Roe (possible middle name Maude; maiden name Bates; first married name Gregg; second married name Roe) was 21 years of age when the couple married on Friday 1 February 1907 in Noble County, Ohio, United States of America. Together the couple had 5 children (listed in birth order) as follows. Childhood: Siblings Aaron Melvin Gregg and his wife Amanda M. Roe’s (maiden name Bates; first married name Gregg; second married name Roe) son (and Mary’s brother) William George Gregg was born on Monday 30 August 1909 in Noble County, Ohio, United States of America and passed on at 59 years of age on Friday 29 March 1969 in the vicinity of Quaker City, Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States of America. His wife Vivian Elaine Carpenter (maiden name Williams; first married name Gregg; second married name Carpenter) was born on Thursday 6 March 1919 and passed on at 90 years of age on Tuesday 23 February 2010 in Quaker City, Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States of America. William George Gregg was 28 years of age and Vivian Elaine Gregg (maiden name Williams) was 18 years of age when the couple married on Tuesday 23 November 1937. Together the couple had either no children or an as of yet unknown number of children. Aaron Melvin Gregg and his wife Amanda M. Roe’s (maiden name Bates; first married named Gregg; second married name Roe) daughter (and Mary’s sister) Emma Mildred Day (maiden name Gregg) was born on Friday 20 December 1912 in the vicinity of Batesville, Beaver Township, Noble County, Ohio, United States of America and passed on at 96 years of age on Tuesday 6 October 2009 in Barnesville, Warren Township, Belmont County, Ohio, United States of America. Her husband James Blaine Day was born on Tuesday 6 April 1909 in Noble County, Ohio, United States of America and passed on at 81 years of age on Monday 5 November 1990 in RFD, Quaker City, Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States of America. Emma Mildred Day (maiden name Gregg) was 21 years of age and James Blaine Day was 25 years of age when the couple married on Saturday 16 June 1934. Together the couple had either no children or an as of yet unknown number of children. Aaron Melvin Gregg and his wife Amanda M. Roe’s (maiden name Bates; first married named Gregg; second married name Roe) son (and Mary’s brother) Frank Melvin Gregg, Senior was born on Thursday 21 May 1914 in Batesville, Beaver Township, Noble County, Ohio, United States of America and passed on at 51 years of age on Tuesday 7 September 1965 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States of America. His first wife Olivine Marie Matchett was born on 25 August 1922 in Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida, United States of America and passed on at 66 years of age on 2 April 1989 in Lake Wales, Polk County, Florida, United States of America. Together the couple had either no children or an as of yet unknown number of children. His second wife Lillian Bertill Gregg (maiden name Dyess) was born on 9 April 1919 in Prentiss, Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States of America and passed on at 87 years of age on 15 August 2006 in Meridian, Lauderdale County, Mississipi, United States of America. Together the couple had 3 children. Aaron Melvin Gregg and his wife Amanda M. Roe’s (maiden name Bates; first married name Gregg; second married name Roe daughter (and Mary’s sister) Nellie Frances Ahrendt (maiden name Gregg; first married name Brill; second married name Ahrendt) was born on Friday 14 January 1916 in Quaker City, Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States of America and passed on at 84 years of age on Saturday 13 January 2001 in Columbus, Franklin Township, Franklin County, Ohio, United States of America. Her first husband Paul Luther Brill was born on Saturday 28 March 1908 in Quaker City, Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States of America and passed on at 34 years of age on Tuesday 5 January 1943 in Wayne Township, Noble County, Ohio, United States of America. Nellie Frances Ahrendt (maiden name Gregg; first married name Brill; second married name Ahrendt) was 17 years of age and Paul Luther Brill was 24 years of age when the couple married on Saturday 18 March 1933 in Wheeling, Ohio County and Marshall County, West Virginia, United States of America. Together the couple had 1 child. Her second husband William Sherman Ahrendt was born on Tuesday 7 September 1920 in Mansfield, Madison Township, Richland County, Ohio, United States of America and passed on at 74 years of age on Wednesday 7 June 1995 in Columbus, Franklin Township, Franklin County, Ohio, United States of America. Nellie France Ahrendt (maiden name Gregg; first married name Brill; second married name Ahrendt) and William Sherman Ahrendt married sometime after Tuesday 5 January 1943. Together the couple had either no children or as yet unknown number of children. Childhood: Step-Father Mary’s mother Amanda M. Roe (possible middle name Maude; maiden name Bates; first married name Gregg; second married name Roe) married her second husband (and Mary’s step-father) Lemuel Franklin ‘Lem’ Roe who was born on Thursday 8 September 1892 in Noble County, Ohio, United States of America and passed away at 68 years of age on Monday 15 May 1961 in Guernsey County, Ohio. Lemuel ‘Lem’ Franklin Roe and Amanda M. Roe (maiden name Bates; first married name Gregg; second married name Roe) married sometime after Saturday 2 September 1933. Together the couple had either no children or an as of yet unknown number of children. Childhood: Step-Siblings Lemuel Franklin ‘Lem’ Roe and his second wife Inez May Roe’s (maiden name Foraker) son (and Mary’s step-brother) Edwin L. Roe was born on 4 November 1918 and passed on at 61 years of age on 1 July 1980 in Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, United States of America. Adulthood Mary’s physical description was as follows. Mary had flaming red or mahogany-red hair when she was young, which turned to white as she grew older. No photographs have yet been found of her showing her natural hair color before it turned white. She was about 5 feet or less in height. Adulthood: Marriage Mary was 24 years of age on Saturday 21 November 1931 and in Summerfield, Marion Township, Noble County, Ohio, United States of America when she married her husband 23 years of age Charles Elijah ‘Charlie or Charley’ Somers who was born on Friday 10 April 1908 in Noble County, Ohio, United States of America and passed on at 94 years of age on Friday 10 January 2003 in Noble County, Ohio, United States of America. Together the couple had 2 children (listed in birth order) as follows. Adulthood: Children Mary Elizabeth Somers (maiden name Gregg) and her husband Charles Elijah ‘Charlie or Charley Somers’s daughter Thelma Louise DeLong (maiden name Somers; married name Taylor; later name DeLong) was born on Sunday 25 March 1934 and passed on at 78 years of age on Thursday 17 January 2013. Thelma Louise DeLong’s (maiden name Somers; married name Taylor; later name DeLong) husband Merl Virgil Taylor was born on Thursday 9 March 1933 on Marquette Island, Cedarville, Clark Township, Mackinac County, Michigan, United States of America and passed on at 75 years of age on Tuesday 6 January 2009 in Portage Lakes, Summit County, Ohio, United States of America. Thelma Louise DeLong (maiden name Somers; married name Taylor; later name DeLong) was 24 years of age and her husband Merl Virgil Taylor was 25 years of age when the couple married on Monday 7 April 1958 in the city of Canton, located in both Canton Township and Plain Township, Stark County, Ohio, United States of America. Together the couple had 5 children. Mary Elizabeth Somers (maiden name Gregg) and her husband Charles Elijah ‘Charlie or Charley’ Somers’s son James Edgar ‘Jim’ Somers was born on Tuesday 4 August 1936. James Edgar ‘Jim’ Somers never married or had children, but instead devoted his life to his business enterprise, a retail store specializing in equipment and supplies for freshwater fishing. Marriage: Conclusion Mary was about 39 years of age in about 1946 when her marriage of about 15 years to her about 38 years of age husband Charles Elijah ‘Charlie or Charley’ Somers ended due to divorce. At a time after the divorce, Charles Elijah ‘Charlie or Charley’ Somers would marry again, to Nellie B. Montgomery, who was born on Monday 13 February 1893 and passed on at 89 years of age on Thursday 16 September 1982. Together the couple had no children. Retirement Mary lived out her retirement years in a high-rise apartment building for senior citizens in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, United States of America. Her pastimes included hand-knitting colorful yarn into afghans which could be used as blankets, throws, wraps, and shawls, or to decorate the backs of chairs or as wall-hangings. She also enjoyed calls and letters from her daughter and sending birthday cards to her grandchildren. Passing On Mary’s last known place of residence while still living was in a high-rise apartment building for seniors citizens in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, United States of America; postal ZIP code 44312. Mary was 95 years, 2 months, and 30 days of age on Friday 21 February 2003 and in Akron, Summit County, Ohio, United States of America when she passed on. She lived 34,791 days. Mary Elizabeth Somers (maiden name Gregg) rests in the Friends Cemetery in Quaker City, Millwood Township, Guernsey County, Ohio, United States of America. The gravesite marker is etched with a decorative scroll at the top of which is a Christian cross and ivy leaves; in the lower middle of the scroll between her date of birth and date of death is a single rose; the scroll reads as follows: SOMERS, MARY E. (GREGG), NOV. 22 1907 - FEB. 21 2003. Name Origin and Meaning First given name (first name) Mary (pronounced MAR-ee) is a feminine given (first) name. It is the usual English form of Maria, which was the Latin form of the Holy Bible’s New Testament Greek names Mariam and Maria - the spellings are interchangeable - which were derived from the Hebrew name Miryam. The meaning is not known with certainty, but it was most likely originally an Egyptian name, perhaps derived from ‘mry’ meaning ‘beloved or ‘mr’ meaning ‘love.’ This is the name of several New Testament figures, most notably Mary the mother of Jesus, and Mary Magdalene. Due to its association with Mary the mother of Jesus, the name has been very popular in the Christian world, though at certain times in some cultures it has been considered too holy for everyday use. In England it has been used since the 12th century, and it has been among the most common feminine names since the 16th century. The Latinized form ‘Maria’ is also used in English as well as in several other languages. This name has been borne by two queens of England, as well as a Queen of Scotland, Mary Queen of Scots. Middle given name (middle name or middle names) Elizabeth (pronounced i-LIZ-ə-bəth) is a feminine given (first) name. It comes from Elisabet, the Greek form of the Hebrew name ‘Elisheva’ meaning ‘my God is an oath’ or possibly ‘my God is abundance.’ The Hebrew form appears in the Holy Bible’s Old Testament where Elisheba is the wife of Aaron, while the Greek form appears in the New Testament where Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist. Among Christians, this name was originally more common in Eastern Europe. It was borne in the 12th century by Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, a daughter of King Andrew II who used her wealth to help the poor. In medieval England it was occasionally used in honor of the saint, though the form Isabel (from Occitan and Spanish) was more common. It has been very popular in England since the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in the 16th century. Famous modern bearers include the British queen Elizabeth II (1926 - 2022) and American actress Elizabeth Taylor (1932 - 2011). Surname (last name or family name) The surname Gregg is associated with the Clan Gregor also known as the Clan MacGregor, which suggests that Mary Elizabeth Somers’ (maiden name Gregg) ancestral homeland possibly may be the Highlands of Scotland or Ireland, although the ancestral lineage link has yet to be made. Married surname (last name or family name acquired through marriage) Somers is a surname (last name) of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is of multiple possible origins, the first being from an English nickname for a person of a warm or sunny disposition or for someone who was associated with the season of summer in some other way. The derivation is from pre-seventh-century Olde English ‘somer’ which developed in Middle English into ‘sum(m)er.’ A sizeable group of early European surnames were gradually created from the habitual use of nicknames. These were given in the first instance with reference to occupation, or to a variety of characteristics, such as physical attributes or peculiarities or to habits of dress. A second possible source of Somers is an English patronymic surname adopted as an English equivalent of Gaelic ‘Ó Somacháin’ meaning ‘descendant of Somachán,’ a nickname meaning ‘gentle’ or ‘innocent.’ A third possible derivation is from an occupational name, from the Middle English ‘sum(p)tes’ meaning ‘the driver of a pack animal.’ Job-descriptive surnames originally denoted the actual occupation of the name-bearer, and later became hereditary. The ‘s’ of Somers is the patronymic form, meaning ‘son of.’ George Somers (1554 - 1610) the buccaneer, was one of the founders of the south Virginia Company in America in 1609, and was wrecked later that year on the Bermudas (now known as the Summer Islands) and took possession of them for King James I. A coat of arms granted to a family of the name from Kent is an ermine fess dancettee on a green shield, the Crest being a gold lion’s head erased, charged with an ermine fess dancettee. An early recorded spelling of the family name is that of Geoffrey Sumer, which was dated 1203, recorded in the “Pipe Rolls of Essex,” during the reign of King John, known as “Lackland” (1199 - 1216). The Somers name goes back to C.E. 1066 in England and is most likely Norman French in origin, as that is when William and the Normans conquered England. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation, in England being known as the Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to develop, often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling. Many ancestral name spellings changed when people immigrated to a new country, especially when the inhabitants had difficulty pronouncing or spelling the newcomers’ names.
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