Brief Life History of Abigail
When Abigail Bloomer was born in 1756, in Rye, Westchester, New York, United States, her father, John B. Bloomer, was 52 and her mother, Bethia Fowler, was 36. She died in 1864, in World, at the age of 108.
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Sources (4)
- 1790 United States Federal Census
- John Fowler probate, 1767 - New York Co. NY Wills, 26:232
- New York, Genealogical Records, 1675-1920
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World Events (8)
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1776
New York is the 11th state.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
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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