Brief Life History of Minerva
When Minerva Loomis was born in April 1805, in New York, United States, her father, Nathan Loomis, was 42 and her mother, Dorcas Pratt, was 36. She married Thomas Jefferson Nevins on 23 November 1825, in Middlesex, Middlesex, Yates, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She died on 2 May 1827, in Yates, New York, United States, at the age of 22, and was buried in Rushville, Potter, Yates, New York, United States.
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- Minerva Nevins, "Find A Grave Index"
- Minerva N Nevins, "New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009"
- Minerva Loomis, "New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009"
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World Events (7)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
1812 · War of 1812
Because of the outbreak of war from Napoleonic France, Britain decided to blockade the trade between the United States and the French. The US then fought this action and said it was illegal under international law. Britain supplied Native Americans who raided settlers living on the frontier and halting expansion westward. In 1814, one of the British raids stormed into Washington D.C. burning down the capital. Neither the Americans or the British wanted to continue fighting, so negotiations of peace began. After Treaty of Ghent was signed, Unaware of the treaty, British forces invaded Louisiana but were defeated in January 1815.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a lost place near Bury inLancashire, recorded in the Middle Ages as Lumhalghs, andapparently named with the Old English elements lumm ‘pool’ +halh ‘nook, recess’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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