My Maternal 27th. Great Scottish Grandfather, Lord Gualter de Somerville, Lord of Wychnor

 

Dinan et la rivière la Rance, vallée de la Rance, Côtes d'Armor, France

Gualter "Walter" de Somerville MP

Gender:	Male
Birth:	1030 Normandie, France
Immediate Family:	Son of Sir Gaulter "Walter" de Sémerville and Lady Sémerville Husband of Lady Sémerville Father of Sir Gualter de Somerville  Death: 1100 in Tatenhill, Staffordshire, England
Added by:	Pablo Benítez Barreto on July 3, 2008
Managed by:	Doug Robinson and 8 others
Curated by:	Jason Scott Wills

   Source: geni.com

According to tradition all of the families of the name in England, Scotland, Ireland and America trace their descent from Sir Gualter (Walter) de Somerville, who was rewarded for his service at the time of the Norman conquest of England, by grants of land at Wick-nor, in Staffordshire, and Aston Somerville, in Gloucestershire, England.

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Citation: http://linton-chronicles.com/LINTON_Family_Tree.html

• Lord Gaulter de SÉMERVILLE (1030-?) Ethnarch of Caen, in Sémerville Nord & Lady SÉMERVILLE (about 1030-?)

Children: Gaulter de SÉMERVILLE (1071-1165), Baron Whichnor of County Staffordshire, England
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Birthplace discussion: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOMERVILLE/2007-11/1195708279