Brief Life History of Wallace Wakefield
When Wallace Wakefield Loomis was born on 18 January 1846, in Otis, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Norman Loomis, was 36 and his mother, Dency Wilder, was 37. He married Emma Elizabeth Fehler on 3 October 1871, in LaPorte, Indiana, United States. He lived in New Carlisle, Olive Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States in 1900 and East Chicago, North Township, Lake, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 8 February 1924, in La Porte, LaPorte, Indiana, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in New Carlisle, Olive Township, St. Joseph, Indiana, United States.
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- Wallace W Loomis, "United States Census, 1910"
- Walace W. Loomis, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Wallace W Loomis or Soomis, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
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1851
Historical Boundaries 1851: Lake, Indiana, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
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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