Louis Sommer was born in Polish-Germany. He was a Jewish merchant/confectioner and owned a dry goods store. Louis married Augusta "Gussie" Kean abt. 1894 and fathered five children: Eva, Rosie, Hannah, Sidney and David.

U.S. Naturalization Record:
Sommer, Louis age 22
Country of Birth: Poland
Residence: New Haven, Conn.
County: N.H.
Sup. Court at New Haven
Vol.8 Page 148
Nat. Oct 19, 1892

Selected U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1966 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
about Louis Somer
Name: Louis Somer
Birth Date: abt 1870
Birth Place: Poland
Age at event: 22
Place of Residence: Connecticut
Date of Action: 19 Oct 1892
Collection Title: Index to New England Naturalization Petitions, 1791-1906 (M1299)
NARA Series #: M1299
Roll #: 35
Roll Description: S532 (Aaron) - T463 (Luigi)

1900 Federal Census Record
about Louis Sommer
Name: Louis Sommer
Home in 1900: New Haven, New Haven, CT, USA
Age: 34
Estimated birth year: 1866
Birthplace: Russia
Race: White
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Occupation: View Image
Immigration year: 1886

* The June 9, 1900 New Haven 12th Census lists Louis' D.O.B. as May 1866 and states that he had been married for 6 years as of that date. (Conflict) Immigrated to the in May of 1886.
Occupation: merchant (notions)- Owned a dry goods / variety store at 42 St. John Street, New Haven, CT, USA . Read, wrote and spoke English. Mother tongue- German

Lived in the US for 14 years to date as of the 9 June 1900 New Haven Register and was not yet naturalized.

Residences:
791 Grand Ave- at the time of Eva's birth in Feb. 1895.
42 St. John - at the time of Hannah's birth in Aug. 1899
207 Dixwell Ave

1910 Federal Census Record
about Louis Sommer
Name: Louis Sommer
Age in 1910: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1868
Home in 1910: 12-Wd New Haven, New Haven, CT, USA
Neighbors:
Race: White
Gender: Male

The 1920 Federal U.S. Federal Census lists Louis' D.O.B. as Abt. 1869, his arrival as ????, his residence as New Haven, CT, USA .

1920 Federal Census Record
about Louis Sommer
Name: Louis Sommer
Age: 51 years
Estimated birth year: abt 1869
Birthplace: Poland
Race: White
Home in 1920: New Haven Ward 12, New Haven, CT, USA
Home owned: Own
Sex: Male
Marital status: Married
Relation to Head of House: Head
Year of immigration: 1889
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Mother's Birth Place: Poland
Father's Birth Place: Poland
Image: 718
-----------------------------------------------------------JewishGen Online Worldwide Burial Registry (JOWBR)
about Louis Sommer Name: Louis Sommer
Birth Date: 1 Apr 1864
Death Date: 30 Aug 1938
Age at Death: 74
Burial Plot: I14
Burial Place: Hamden, Connecticut, United States
Spouse Name: Augusta
Cemetery: B'Nai Shalom
Cemetery Address: 25 Ailing Street
Cemetery Burials: 523
--------------------------------------------------------- Ship Information
Ship Name: St Germain
Years in service: 1876-1907
Funnels: 1
Masts: 2
Aliases: Ex-Klopstock (1876)
Shipping line: French
Ship description: Built by J. & G. Thomson, Ltd., Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. Tonnage: 3,641. Dimensions: 377' x 40'. Single-screw, 14 knots. Compound engines. Two masts and one funnel. Iron hull.
History: Note: Name spelled as Saint Germain. Service: (a) France-New York, (b) France-Panama. Made her final voyage to New York in 1900. Scrapped in 1907. Ex-Klopstock (1876).