Brief Life History of Thomas Granville
When Thomas Granville Bloomer was born on 13 April 1863, in Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States, his father, Daniel Columbus Bloomer, was 28 and his mother, Nancy Elizabeth Hayes, was 28. He married Mary Elizabeth Bray on 19 August 1880, in Rockcastle, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Turkey Creek, Woods, Oklahoma, United States in 1910 and Washita, Oklahoma, United States in 1920. He died on 29 December 1948, in Elk City, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Ural Cemetery, Beckham, Oklahoma, United States.
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- Thomas G Bloomer, "United States Census, 1920"
- Thos G Bloomer, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Thomas G Bloomer, "Find A Grave Index"
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1865
Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.
1865 · The Assassination of a President
"While attending the play ""Our American Cousin"" in Ford's Theatre, actor John Wilkes Booth climbed up the stairs to the suite that President Abraham Lincoln and his wife resided. Once inside the suite Booth pulled out his pistol and shot The President in the head. In critical condition The President was carried out of the theatre for urgent medical attention. Unfortunately, Lincoln died the following day. Abraham Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated, and his death caused a period of national mourning both in the North and South."
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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