Lucy Pratt Loomis

Brief Life History of Lucy Pratt

When Lucy Pratt Loomis was born on 20 December 1791, in Southwick, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Nehemiah Loomis, was 52 and her mother, Elizabeth Morley, was 39. She married Augustus Blodgett on 2 January 1811. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Brookfield, Waukesha, Wisconsin, United States in 1850 and Wauwatosa, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States in 1860. She died on 28 October 1879, at the age of 87, and was buried in Atwater, Portage, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Augustus Blodgett
1787–1861
Lucy Pratt Loomis
1791–1879
Marriage: 2 January 1811
Sylvia Blodget
1810–1867
Caroline Blodgett
1815–1900
Lucy Melinda Blodgett
1818–1843
Elisha Loomis Blodget
1820–1863
William Rily Blodget
1821–1911
Sally Eliza Blodgett
1823–1856
Chester Arthur Blodgett
1827–1906
Harriett Amanda Blodgett
1830–1831

Sources (13)

  • Lucy Blodgett in household of Augustus Blodgett, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Lucy Loomis, "Massachusetts, Marriages, 1695-1910"
  • Lucy Tallcott, "Ohio Deaths and Burials, 1854-1997"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1803

Ohio was the first state admitted to the Union from the Northwest Territory.

1819 · Panic! of 1819

With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

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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