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Margaret Jane Sumner 1836–1931 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 6 Mar 1836

Birth Location: Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

Death Date: 29 Sep 1931

Death Location: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA

Father: Thomas Sumner

Mother: Margaret Springer

Spouse(s): Isaac (Birss), Harvey Davis

Children(s): John Berss, Thomas (Birss), Annie Davis

Margaret Jane Sumner was born in 1836 in Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, the child of Thomas Hunt Sumner And Margaret Springer. Margaret Jane Sumner married Harvey Mckenzie Davis, Isaac Warren Bearss Birss, and had children including Annie Davis, John Wesley Warren Bearss Berss, Thomas Harvey Bearss Birss. Margaret Jane Sumner passed away in 1931 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.

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Biography

  • Margaret Jane Sumner was born in 1836 in Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada, the child of Thomas Hunt Sumner And Margaret Springer.
  • Margaret Jane Sumner married Harvey Mckenzie Davis, Isaac Warren Bearss Birss, and had children including Annie Davis, John Wesley Warren Bearss Berss, Thomas Harvey Bearss Birss.
  • Margaret Jane Sumner passed away in 1931 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Sumner
1794–1880
Birth Location: Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA
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Margaret Springer
1800–1867
Birth Location: Delaware, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada
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Spouses(s)

Isaac (Birss)
1837–1871
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
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Harvey Davis
1836–1911
Birth Location: Westminster, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
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Children(s)

John Berss
1862–1927
Birth Location: Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
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Thomas (Birss)
1863–1963
Birth Location: Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
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Annie Davis
1870–
Birth Location: Ontario
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Margaret Sumner's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Sumner
1836–1931
Birth Place: Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Parents
Thomas Hunt Sumner
1794–1880
Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, USA
Margaret Springer
1800–1867
Delaware, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada
Grandparents
Samuel (Lockhart) Sumner
1766–1822
Hebron, Tolland, Connecticut, United States
Mary ("Molly") Tyler
1768–1865
Claremont, Sullivan, New Hampshire, United States
Squire (Daniel (Lt Col)) Springer
1764–1826
Albany, Albany, New York, USA
1767–1856
American, Allen, Ohio, USA
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Sumner
1734–1820
Rebecca Downer
1739–1820
Colonel Tyler
1733–1814
Mehitable Andrews
1732–1823
1731–1777
Margaret Oliver
1735–1820
Benjamin U.E.L.
1721–1794
Millicent Hall
1734–1797
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Dr. Sumner
1699–1778
HANNAH HUNT
1702–1781
Samuel CivWar
1699–1797
Phebe Bishop
1701–1797
John Tyler
1711–1741
PHEBE BEACH
1710–1740
Mehitable (6GGP)
1701–1780
Richard Oliver
1705–1762
Martha Benewe
1707–1759
Samuel II
1683–1761
Ruth Beach
1683–1722
Joshua Hall
1703–1789
Deborah Williams
1710–1755

Margaret Sumner's Descendants

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Margaret (Jane) Sumner (6 Mar 1836–29 Sep 1931) m. Isaac (Warren Bearss) (Birss) (10 Jun 1837–before 1871) m. Harvey (McKenzie) Davis (1 Aug 1836–16 Mar 1911)
  1. 1. John (Wesley Warren Bearss) Berss 1862–1927 m. Emma Shepard 1868–
  2. 2. Thomas (Harvey Bearss) (Birss) 1863–1963 m. Loretta McLeod 1866–1948
  3. 3. Annie Davis 1870–

Margaret Sumner's Timeline

2 Records

1836
6 Mar 1836
Birth of Margaret Jane Sumner in Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada
1931
29 Sep 1931
Age 95
Death of Margaret Jane Sumner in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 6 Mar 1836
    Event Place: Delaware, Middlesex, Ontario, Canada

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 Sep 1931
    Event Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA
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