Nancy E. Nichols

Brief Life History of Nancy E.

When Nancy E. Nichols was born about 1815, in Chittenden, Rutland, Vermont, United States, her father, (Dr.) Gail Nichols, was 29 and her mother, Mrs. Gail Nichols, was 27. She married Oren Greene Loomis on 13 March 1834. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 6 daughters. She lived in West Virginia, United States in 1870 and Union District, Mason, West Virginia, United States in 1880. She died in October 1892, at the age of 78.

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Family Time Line

Oren Greene Loomis
1814–
Nancy E. Nichols
1815–1892
Marriage: 13 March 1834
Eveline N. Loomis
1834–1911
Luther Loomis
1837–
Alice Loomis
1840–1922
Lavina Loomis
1844–1928
Sarah M. Loomis
1845–
Mary A. Loomis
1848–
Nancy Elona Loomis
1854–1917

Sources (6)

  • N E Loomis in household of Julia M Hamlin, "New York State Census, 1865"
  • Nancy E Loomis in household of Oren G Loomis, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Nancey E Loomis in household of Oren G Loomis, "United States Census, 1870"

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World Events (8)

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. 

1823

When Yates County was formed in 1823, Middlesex became part of the new county.

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Nichol , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages, e.g. Croatian and Serbian Nikolić (see Nikolic ); see also below.

Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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