Gerta Maria Loomis
22 February 1884–
Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
The Life of Gerta Maria
When Gerta Maria Loomis was born on 22 February 1884, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, her father, Justin A. Loomis, was 37 and her mother, Fredericka Buck, was 35.
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Family Time Line
Justin A. Loomis
1847–1915
Fredericka Buck
1848–1928
Julia Loomis
1878–
Gerta Maria Loomis
1884–
Parents and Siblings
1847–1915Male
1848–1928Female
siblings
(2)
1878–Female
1884–Female
World Events (3)
1885 · The World's First Skyscraper
Age 1
The Home Insurance Building is considered to be the first skyscraper in the world. It was supported both inside and outside by steel and metal that were deemed fireproof and also it was reinforced with concrete. It originally had ten stories but in 1891 two more were added.
1886
Age 2
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1886 · Giving Working Men a Union
Age 2
The largest union group in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. It still exists today but merged with The Congress of Industrial Organization.
Name Meaning
English: habitational name from a lost place near Bury in Lancashire, recorded in the Middle Ages as Lumhalghs, and apparently named with the Old English elements lumm ‘pool’ + halh ‘nook’, ‘recess’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (3)
- Greta Marie Loomis, "Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915"
- Loomis, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
- Greta Marie Loomis Mendelsohn, "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940"
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