Connecticut Births and Christenings
Name Dwight Leroy Somers
Gender Male
Birth Date 28 May 1832
Birthplace WATERBURY TWP,NEW HAVEN,CONNETICUT
Father's Name David Somers
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Connecticut Deaths and Burials
Name Dwight L. Somers
Gender Male
Burial Place Connecticut
Death Date 19 Oct 1925
Birth Date 28 May 1832
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Connecticut Deaths and Burials
Name Dwight L. Somers
Gender Male
Death Date 19 Oct 1925
Death Place Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut
Age 93
Birth Date 1832
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Find A Grave Memorial# 99297370
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"The father of the founders of the Somers Brass Company, Dwight L. Somers, son of David Somers, rolled metal in the Benedict & Burnham plant for 76 years, being absent only for his three-year service in the Civil War. He taught many men the trade of brass rolling and was such a skilled craftsman himself [that] he was sent home on furlough in order to assist in producing the metal required to make buttons for soldiers' uniforms."
Source: A commemorative booklet produced by Somers Brass Co. and written by Robert D Somers, 1909 - 1959 Somers Brass Company 50th Anniversary.
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Somers Brass Company was founded in 1909 by the 3 brothers, Joseph E., Robert D., and Louis J. Somers. The mill's specialty was rolling incredibly thin gauge brass, which made it a unique operation in Waterbury, the Brass City. It was also the first specialty mill to produce nickel and nickel alloys in thin strip form and later became a pioneer in rolling stainless steel to thin gauges. In 1955 the company's name was changed to Somers Thin Strip and in 1967 it was acquired by the Brass Group of Olin Corporation. It has since been sold to another company but is still rolling thin strip metals on the same site, part of which was sold to the company in 1928 by Emogene Chatfield Somers.
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USA Census, 1870
Name Dwight Somers
Event Place Connecticut
Gender Male
Age 38
Race White
Birth Year (Estimated) 1831-1832
Birthplace Connecticut
Page Number 5
Dwight Somers M 38 Connecticut
Emogene Somers F 28 Connecticut
Lilian Somers F 2 Connecticut
Harriette Howerd F 61 Connecticut
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USA Census, 1880
Name Dwight Somers
Event Place Waterbury, New Haven, Connecticut
Gender Male
Age 47
Marital Status Married
Race White
Occupation Brass Roller
Relationship to Head of Household Self
Birth Year (Estimated) 1833
Birthplace Connecticut
Father's Birthplace Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace Connecticut
Sheet Letter C
Sheet Number 112
Person Number 0
Volume 1
Dwight Somers Self M 47 Connecticut
Emmogene Somers Wife F 38 Connecticut
Lillie Somers Dau F 12 Connecticut
Robert Somers Son M 9 Connecticut
Joseph E Somers Son M 5 Connecticut
Louis E Somers Son M 0 ---
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USA Census, 1900
Name Dwight L Somers
Event Place Waterbury township (excl. Waterbury city), New Haven, Connecticut
Gender Male
Age 68
Marital Status Married
Race White
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Years Married 38
Birth Date May 1832
Birthplace Connecticut
Marriage Year (Estimated) 1862
Father's Birthplace Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace Connecticut
Dwight L Somers Head M 68 Connecticut
Euna G Somers Wife F 59 Connecticut
Joseph E Somers Son M 25 Connecticut
Robert D Somers Son M 30 Connecticut
Lewis J Somers Son M 21 Connecticut
Clarence Smith Son-in-law M 34 Connecticut
Lillian Smith Dau F 33 Connecticut
Jean Smith Grandson M 13 Connecticut
John H Post Boarder M 62 Connecticut
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USA Census, 1920
Name Dwight L Somers
Event Place Waterbury Ward 5, New Haven, Connecticut
Gender Male
Age 87
Marital Status Married
Race White
Can Read Yes
Can Write Yes
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Own or Rent Own
Birth Year (Estimated) 1833
Birthplace Connecticut
Father's Birthplace Connecticut
Mother's Birthplace Connecticut
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 6
Dwight L Somers Head M 87 Connecticut
Emogene Somers Wife F 78 Connecticut