Elsa Ingrid SOMERS

   Cause of her death was Cancer.

  General Notes:

NATIONALITY: American (child born abroad to U.S. Citizens); Elsa rescinded her U.S. Citizenship in 1961 in order to freely purchase property while living in Mexico; but instead, she and her family decided to relocate to California in 1962; after which Elsa reapplied and received back her U.S. Citizenship in 1973
MARRIAGES: Elsa married Glenn Dale Miller in 1955. After raising their 3 children, they were divorced in 1977 after 22 years. She then married Roger Irwin Brent in 1980, and they spent 24 years happily together until Roger's untimely death in 2004.
IMMIGRATION: Mexico to United States (1962)
RESIDENCES: Mexico City, D.F., Mexico (1933-1958);
Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico (1958-1959);
Mexico City, D.F., Mexico (1959-1962);
Los Angeles County, CA (1962-1970);
Ventura County, CA (1970-2018)
CREMATION: Elsa was cremated at Conejo Mountain Funeral Home
CAUSE OF DEATH: Cancer

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 designed, built and owned the renowned Hotel Geneve in the historic "Zona Rosa" district of Mexico City (see: www.hotelgeneve.com.mx/en/), and the architect who designed, built and owned the 216-unit Condesa-Gore Apartment Buildings in the trendy area of Colonia Condesa in Mexico City; 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 Elsa (https://flic.kr/s/aHsmsBWDQh)
-- Photos of Elsa's Quilts (https://flic.kr/s/aHskFPSgqg)
-- Find A Grave, Memorial # 229638522

Elsa married Glenn Dale MILLER, son of LaMar Silverthorne MILLER and Lydia "Dorothy" Amelia HANSEN, on 12 Feb 1955 in Mexico City, D.F., Mexico. The marriage ended in divorce on 28 Sep 1977. (Glenn Dale MILLER was born on 1 Jan 1931 in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California and died on 12 Feb 2010 in Los Robles Hospital, Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California.). The cause of his death was Respiratory Failure, Aspiration Pneumonia, and Small Bowel Obstruction.

Elsa next married Roger Irwin BRENT, son of Milton W. ROSE and Jeanette Helen GOLDBERG, on 1 Mar 1980 in Thousand Oaks, Ventura County, California. (Roger Irwin BRENT was born on 25 Jun 1941 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, died on 10 Jan 2004 in Camarillo, Ventura County, California and was buried on 16 Jan 2004 in Conejo Mountain Memorial Park, Camarillo, Ventura County, California.). The cause of his death was Metastatic Renal Cancer.