Louisa M. Loomis

Brief Life History of Louisa M.

When Louisa M. Loomis was born on 7 September 1812, in Westmoreland, Oneida, New York, United States, her father, John Loomis Jr., was 37 and her mother, Lydia Irena Bennett, was 37. She married Thomas C. Chipchase about 1835, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Florence, Oneida, New York, United States for about 30 years. She died on 24 January 1880, in New London, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 67.

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Family Time Line

Thomas C. Chipchase
1808–1899
Louisa M. Loomis
1812–1880
Marriage: about 1835
Margaret A. Chipchase
1836–1912
John C Chase
1839–1924
Mary Chipchase
1843–1916
Martha Chipchase
1846–
Hannah Elizabeth Chipchase
1850–1905
Henry C. Chase
1856–1937

Sources (7)

  • Louisa Chase in household of Thomas Chase, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Louise Lummis in entry for Henry C. Chase, "Florida, Deaths, 1877-1939"
  • Louise Chase in household of Thomas C Chase, "United States Census, 1880"

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. 

1829 · Farmington Canal Opened

Farmington Canal spans 2,476 acres, starting from New Haven, Connecticut, and on to Northampton, Massachusetts. The groundbreaking for the canal was in 1825 and opened in 1829.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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