Jesse Bloomer

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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Family Time Line

Jesse Bloomer
1876–1952
Arma Mae Arwood
1888–1951
Marriage: about 1906
Mona Bloomer
1907–1981
Ora Earnest Bloomer
1910–1981
Hazel Bernia Bloomer
1913–1996
Thesyl Eudelle Bloomer
1915–2001
Elsie Bloomer
1919–1998
John B Bloomer
1922–2009

Sources (16)

  • 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"

World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

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1894 · Confederate Soldiers and Sailors Monument

On May 30, 18944 the Confederate Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument was unveiled. It is 73 feet high and over looks Libby Hill Park. the statue represents the 13 Confederate States.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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