Brief Life History of Ortha Maud
When Ortha Maud Loomis was born on 9 March 1874, in Webster Township, Wood, Ohio, United States, her father, George Washington Loomis Jr, was 22 and her mother, Ellen Almira Phillips, was 24. She married George South on 1 June 1892, in Wood, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Toledo, Lucas, Ohio, United States for about 10 years. She died on 31 December 1957, in Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, United States, at the age of 83, and was buried in Scotch Ridge Cemetery, Webster Township, Wood, Ohio, United States.
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- Oretha M South, "United States Census, 1950"
- Ortha M. Loomis, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
- Artha Loomis, "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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