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SOMERS Family

24 July 1912 – 8 September 1997
Born 19 April 1913

Origin Antwerp, Belgium
Accompanying Family Magda, Rita and Emiel
First settled in Tuggerah Lakes, NSW
Original Occupation Family building firm
Occupation in Australia Labourer, later strawberry farmer

UGOLINO VIVALDI

Departure Port Genoa
Arrival Year 1950

Fremantle

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Read their story

After WWII Emiel and Germaine Somers with three children; Magda, Rita and Emiel decided to migrate to Australia. They were sponsored by a Belgian family living near Wyong NSW. After three years in NSW the family moved to Tasmania and settled there.

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