Minerva Loomis

April 1805–2 May 1827 (Age 22)
New York, United States

The Life Summary 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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Family Time Line

Thomas Jefferson Nevins
1795–1861
Minerva Loomis
1805–1827
Marriage: 23 November 1825
Oren Green Nevins
1826–1889

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    23 November 1825Middlesex, Middlesex, Yates, New York, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (13)

    +8 More Children

    World Events (7)

    1808
    Age 3
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1812
    Age 7
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1812 · War of 1812
    Age 7
    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Lomax
    Lumas
    Lummus
    Lummis

    Sources (4)

    • 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"
    • Minerva Loomis, "New York, Yates County, Swann Vital Records Collection, 1723-2009"

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