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Offline Townsend 76

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Somers surname
« on: Saturday 22 March 14 21:46 GMT (UK) »
Is or has any viewer researched the surname Somers?
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Re: Somers surname
« Reply #1 on: Wednesday 02 April 14 14:15 BST (UK) »
Hi,I haven't researched Somers name but have come across quite a few in the Dunlecky parish registers.Do you know where your Somers are from? Kim

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Re: Somers surname
« Reply #2 on: Wednesday 02 April 14 14:24 BST (UK) »
If you have access to the BBC iPlayer, the Somers family was featured on episode 11 of Heir Hunters - both families featured had roots in Ireland.
McLeod, McKean, Hepburn (Fife)
McGowan, Gowan (Dumfriesshire, Ireland)
Nelson, McKean (Lanarkshire)
McKean, Mulgrew (Lethbridge, Alberta)
Boswell, Plumb, Lyon, Stokes, Pemberton, Crawford, Threadgold (Cheshire)
Tierney (Scotland/Ireland)

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Re: Somers surname
« Reply #3 on: Wednesday 02 April 14 14:24 BST (UK) »
Townsend 76

My S-i-Laws mother's maiden name was Somers.  They are Irish and I believe they have some contact with Clonmel in Co. Tipperary.

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Re: Somers surname
« Reply #4 on: Wednesday 02 April 14 18:18 BST (UK) »
http://www.irishtimes.com/ancestor

This link is for a pay site but has plenty of free information too.  Shows the distribution of the name and also gives variants.
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