Summe in Hannover

"MisNomer" <misnomer@shaw.ca> schrieb:

My first post to the list - Greetings all!

According tho the US census from 1860 my family of "Summe" came from this area.
Anyone find this name in their tree?

Hello Liz,

the name SUMME is very rare in Germany. In the telephone directory of Germany there are about 35 SUMME, nearly all in the area north of the city of Osnabrück in the former kingdom of Hannover, now Niedersachsen (Lower Saxony).

Good luck
Wilfried (Petersen)

Thanks Wilfried, my first clue as to where they may have come from!

Its sort of refreshing to find a "rare" German name, most of my research has
been on the more common Meyer, Schmitt, and Kaufmann names, (but not in the
Hannover area).

take care
Liz