John Clifford Loomis

Brief Life History of John Clifford

When John Clifford Loomis was born on 27 February 1880, in Township of Charleston, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States, his father, Charles C. Loomis, was 30 and his mother, Emma Alberta Griffith, was 19. He married Nora Elizabeth Benge on 4 September 1901, in Augusta, Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Aberdeen, Grays Harbor, Washington, United States in 1930 and Mount Pleasant Election Precinct, Clallam, Washington, United States in 1940. He died on 2 August 1962, in Washington, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mount Angeles Memorial Park, Port Angeles, Clallam, Washington, United States.

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John Clifford Loomis
1880–1962
Verna E Howenstine
1896–1978
Marriage: 24 April 1913
Lois Jean Estelle Loomis
1918–1989

Sources (23)

  • Clifford Loomis in household of Charles C Loomis, "Michigan State Census, 1894"
  • C. J. Loomis, "Washington, County Birth Registers, 1873-1965"
  • John C Loomis, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"

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World Events (8)

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

1881 · Hudson's

Clothing merchant Joseph Lowthian Hudson opened his first store inside the Detroit Opera House on April 2, 1881. Hudson was very successful with his small store and was able to move to a larger location on Woodward Avenue, far outside what was then the commercial district. Hudson's continued to grow until it became the tallest department store in the world. Hudson's 2,124,316 square foot store filled 32 floors, had 51 elevators, 48 escalators, 705 fitting rooms, and served over 16,000 meals a day.

1902 · So Much Farm Land

A law that funded many irrigation and agricultural projects in the western states.

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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