Ann Christine SOMERS

  General Notes:

NATIONALITY: American (child born abroad to U.S. Citizens)
OCCUPATION: Store Owner, Mexico City
ANCESTRY:
-- Her great, great, grandfather was Thomas Sinclair Gore (1820-1858), an Irishman who founded the town of Gore's Landing at Rice Lake, Ontario, Canada in 1841 after migrating from Ireland to Canada with his wife Harriette;
-- Her great, grandfather, William Sinclair Gore (1842-1919), moved from Ontario, Canada to British Columbia, Canada in 1875 (at age 35) while a dominion land surveyor working on the westward railroad surveys. At the age of 38 William was appointed Surveyor-General for the Province of British Columbia, Canada, a position he held twice for 20 years, the record for this post in the British Columbia government. William was responsible for preliminary land surveys conducted at the north end of Vancouver Island and for several years was the Minister of Lands and Words. It was he who prepared the specifications for the present legislative buildings in Victoria. In 1891, William was appointed Deputy Minister/Commissioner of Lands & Works for the Province of British Columbia. William's many interests included bicycling, golf and canoeing. He was Commodore of the Victoria Yacht Club and designed and built class winning yachts. In his later years, he was secretary of the Corporation of British Columbia Land Surveyors;
-- Her maternal grandfather, Thomas Sinclair Gore (1869-1955), was an architect who built and owned the renowned Hotel Geneve in the historic "Zona Rosa" district of Mexico City (see: www.hotelgeneve.com.mx/en/); Thomas was also a renowned baritone opera star who gave performances in New York and Mexico;
-- Her maternal grandmother, Pauline Ingrid Johnson-Gore, was a renowned soprano opera star who gave numerous concert performances throughout the eastern and central United States, as well as in Mexico, known as the "Swedish Nightingale" throughout North America;
-- Her maternal uncle Arthur Sinclair Gore (1879-1976), was a draftsman who started the Electric Blueprint and Map Company in 1907 (at age 28), one of the first engineering supply and blueprint firms, with branches in both Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. Arthur Gore's home in Victoria, British Columbia (built in 1912 by famed Canadian artichitect Samuel Maclure) eventually became a designated Heritage Site in 1988;
-- Her paternal grandfather, Robert Lee Somers, owned a large tobacco farm in North Carolina;
-- Her mother was a gifted concert pianist;
-- Her father was the Manager of the Hotel Geneve until his death in 1978.

  Research Notes:

-- Photos courtesy of G.A. Miller
-- Additional Photos of Ann Somers (https://flic.kr/s/aHsmWhUk9p)
-- Photos of Hotel Geneve (https://flic.kr/s/aHskbJpChB)
-- Find A Grave, Memorial # 229638596

Ann married Roberto (Tilín) Berrueco DIAZ-GONZALEZ, son of Adolfo Reyero DIAZ-GONZALEZ and Esperanza Mier BERRUECO, on 9 Jun 1956 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. The marriage ended in divorce. (Roberto (Tilín) Berrueco DIAZ-GONZALEZ was born on 11 Mar 1934 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico.)

Ann next married Living