Cosmo "Jack" Lindley SOMERS

   Cause of his death was Colon Cancer.

  General Notes:

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 then 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. He died in Mexico City, Cuauhtémoc Borough, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

BURIAL: Panteón Inglés (British Cemetery, Panteón Británico), Calz México-Tacuba 1129, Huichapan, Miguel Hidalgo Borough, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

  Research Notes:

-- 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

Cosmo married Marie Sinclair GORE, daughter of Thomas Sinclair GORE and Pauline Ingrid JOHNSON, on 6 Jul 1931 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. (Marie Sinclair GORE was born on 27 Mar 1906 in New York City, New York County, New York, died on 17 May 1969 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico and was buried in 1969 in (British Cemetery, Panteón Británico), Calz México-Tacuba 1129, Huichapan, Miguel Hidalgo Borough, Distrito Federal, Mexico..)