Huron Loomis

Brief Life History of Huron

When Huron Loomis was born in 1834, in Canton, Bradford, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Seth Loomis, was 31 and his mother, Harriet Simpkins, was 30. He married Harriet Genevra Evans on 3 March 1861, in McHenry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Coral, McHenry, Illinois, United States for about 10 years and Illinois, United States in 1870.

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Family Time Line

Huron Loomis
1834–
Harriet Genevra Evans
1840–1927
Marriage: 3 March 1861
Frank Huron Loomis
1861–1938
Grace Loomis
1864–1870
William Isaac Loomis
1864–1946
Inez Loomis
1866–1952
Flora Belle Loomis
1869–
George Loomis
1872–
Georgia Anna Loomis
1875–1937

Sources (15)

  • Huron Loomis in household of Seth Loomis, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Huron Loomis, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Huron Loomis in entry for Fred Kimme and Inez Burchard, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

World Events (8)

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.

1837

Historical Boundaries: 1837: McHenry, Illinois, United States

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: habitational name from a lost place near Bury inLancashire, recorded in the Middle Ages as Lumhalghs, andapparently named with the Old English elements lumm ‘pool’ +halh ‘nook, recess’.

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

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