Margaret, born in Longford, Ireland on July 7, 1906, was the sister of Marcella Sommers, Class of 1916, and Beatrice Sommers, Class of 1926. Their real surname was Hourican but for whatever reason, they all used the surname Sommers/Somers.

Margaret's sister, Marcella, arrived in the U. S. in November 1906, when Margaret was just a few months old. The parents, Philip and Margaret (Collumb/Columb) Hourican, didn't arrive with the rest of the family until 1922. Philip died in 1928 and Margaret in 1957.

Gleaned from genealogical records are the following children of Philip and Margaret (Collumb/Columb) Hourican: Marcella (oldest), Owen, Hugh, Bridget, Beatrice, Philip, James, Patrick, Margaret, and twins, Donald and Daniel.

At the time of the 1940 census of Pittsburgh, the mother, Margaret Hourican, 69,lived on Meade Street with the following children: Owen, 45, Beatrice, 38, James, 36, Pat, 33, Margaret, 32, and Donald, 31.

In the Pittsburgh City Directories, Beatrice and Margaret are listed as Sommers.

Likewise, their nursing licenses were in the Sommers surname. - From the list of Pennsylvania Registered Nurses, 1940-1941, published by the Pennsylvania State Board of Nurse Examiners: "Beatrice J. Sommers, 7143 Meade St., Pittsburgh" and "Margaret Sommers, 7143 Meade St., Pittsburgh." (Marcella was married and long gone from the area.)

Margaret married Frank Loeffler, 1912-1979. Margaret H. Loeffler born in 1906, died on April 17, 1992. They are buried at Calvary Cemetery, Pittsburgh. Margaret's parents and many siblings are also buried there.