Brief Life History of Jesse
When Jesse Bloomer was born on 21 November 1876, in Fairview, Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, Nathaniel Bloomer, was 37 and his mother, Mary Tyree, was 38. He married Arma Mae Arwood about 1906, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Powell District, Scott, Virginia, United States for about 70 years. He died on 1 February 1952, in Fairview, Scott, Virginia, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Bloomer Cemetery, Pattonsville, Scott, Virginia, United States.
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- Jess Bloomer, "United States 1950 Census"
- Jess Bloomer, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Jess Bloomer, "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987"
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1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
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Name Meaning
English: occupational name for an iron worker, from Middle English blomere (see Bloom 4).
Americanized form of Dutch Bloemer or German Blümer (see Blumer ).
Irish (Tyrone): unexplained. MacLysaght says that it is a synonym of Gormley .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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