Elmira Little

Brief Life History of Elmira

When Elmira Little was born in 1881, in Champlain, Champlain, Clinton, New York, United States, her father, Narcisse Petit, was 39 and her mother, Malvina Brassard Little, was 33. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Herbert Arthur Loomis. She died in 1948, in North Adams, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 67.

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Family Time Line

Herbert Arthur Loomis
1880–1952
Elmira Little
1881–1948
Leo Welch Loomis
1898–
Sylvia Loomis
1908–
Doris Jane Loomis
1912–2002

Sources (5)

  • Elmira Loomis in household of Herbert Loomis, "United States Census, 1920"
  • Elmira Little in entry for Doris Janette Loomis, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Elmira Loomis in household of Herbert A Loomis, "United States Census, 1930"

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.

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

Name Meaning

English: nickname for a small man (if not ironic), or distinguishing epithet for the younger of two bearers of the same personal name, from Middle English littel, Old English lȳtel (see Light 3).

Irish: translation into English of Gaelic Ó Beagáin ‘descendant of Beagán’ (see Began ).

Americanized form (translation into English) of any of various European surnames meaning ‘little’, e.g. French Petit , Polish Mały (see Maly 1).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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