Brief Life History of Clarissa
When Clarissa Robinson was born on 15 January 1819, in Pembroke, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Jonathan Robinson, was 33 and her mother, Lucy Dunton, was 28. She married Doctor John Loomis on 17 October 1843, in Concord, Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Jeffersonville Township, Clark, Indiana, United States in 1860 and Jeffersonville, Jeffersonville Township, Clark, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. She died on 22 March 1897, in Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Westfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States.
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- Clarissa Loumis, "United States Census, 1860"
- Clarissa Robinson Loomis, "Find A Grave Index"
- Ciampson in entry for Kirk H Loomis, "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925"
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1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
1833 · First Public Library Founded in Petersborough
In 1833, the oldest tax-supported public library in the world was established by Reverend Abiel Abbot.
1841 · Indiana Nears Bankruptcy
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
Name Meaning
English (Lancashire and Yorkshire): patronymic from the Middle English personal name Robin , a pet form of Robert , + -son. This surname is also very common among African Americans.
French: from a pet form of the personal name Robin .
West Indian (including Haiti) and Guyanese: most likely not (only) of English or French origin as in 1 above and 2 above, but also, if not mostly, from the related name of the famous Daniel Defoe's literary character Robinson Crusoe (from a novel first published in 1719).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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