The Early Loomis Family in Pennsylvania

The Loomis Family originally came from Braintree, Essex, England. They emigrated to the United States and became one of the founding fathers of Connecticut. After staying decades in Connecticut, they eventually traveled south to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. George Edward Loomis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 23, 1865. He was the son of Homer Edwin Loomis and Elizabeth Sheridan. He was baptized on September 24, 1865, at St.Patrick’s Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His godparents were Patrick Halpin and Elizabeth Naulty. On October 6, 1886, George Edward Loomis married Anna Meenan in St.Charles Borromeo Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Anna Meenan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 21, 1868. She was the daughter of Edward Meenan and Winifred Gibbons. She was baptized on September 6, 1868, at Our Mother of Sorrows Parish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her godparents were John Meenan and Sara Welsh. They had seven children: Elizabeth (Bessie), Winifred Veronica, Margaret, George, William Francis, Charles, and Edward. 

Elizabeth “Bessie” Loomis was born on February 25, 1888, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was baptized on March 17, 1889, in St. Anthony of Padua in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her godparents were Patrick Meenan, Anna’s younger brother, and Anna Loomis, George’s younger sister. On November 21, 1906, in St. Anthony of Padua in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Elizabeth Loomis married Joseph Charles Reilly. Philip Reilly and Mary Rogers witnessed their marriage. Joseph was born to Patrick Reilly and Mary McCafferty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 29, 1886. They had nine children together: Francis Patrick, Joseph Edward, Father George, Charles, Edward, Elizabeth, James Leo, Mary, and Lawrence. Elizabeth lived a relatively short life, dying at the age of 55. She sadly passed away on March 14, 1943, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Six years later, Joseph Reilly died on December 19, 1949, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were buried together in Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. 

Winifred Veronica Loomis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 22, 1891. She was baptized on June 7, 1891, in St. Anthony of Padua Parish. Bernard and Mary Halpin were her godparents. On April 13, 1918, Winifred Loomis married Samuel Porter Hammond in St. Anthony of Padua Parish. John and Emma Kenney witnessed their marriage. Samuel Porter Hammond, the son of Matthew Wilburn Hammonds and Mary Haseltine Spears, was born on July 1, 1893, in Geneva, Alabama. Samuel and Winifred had nine children: Mary Haseltine, Samuel Matthew, Winifred Veronica, Jane Elizabeth, Anna, Emma, John “Huck” George, an unborn baby, and Joseph. Winifred Veronica Loomis died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 19, 1940. Her husband, Samuel, lived 23 years without his wife. He died on January 27, 1963, in Graduate Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They were both buried in Holy Cross Cemetery. However, Winifred was buried with her two daughters, Anna and Emma, who died as infants, and Samuel was buried with his son, Samuel, who died during WWII. 

Margaret Loomis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 5, 1893. She was baptized on August 13, 1893, in St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Her godparents were Thomas P. Halpin and Margaret Loomis, George’s younger sister. Margaret sadly passed away in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 23, 1894. She died from Whooping Cough. She was buried in New Cathedral Cemetery in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on June 26, 1894. 

George Loomis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 30, 1894. He was baptized on October 21, 1894, in St. Anthony of Padua Parish. His godparents were Edward and Catherine Meenan. George died from Whooping Cough on April 13, 1895, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was buried in New Cathedral Cemetery on April 15, 1895. 

William Francis Loomis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 16, 1896. He was baptized on December 6, 1896, in St. Anthony of Padua Parish. His godparents were Daniel and Mary Meenan. On September 15, 1915, at St. Anthony of Padua Parish in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, William Loomis married Helen Schofield. Helen Dorothy Schofield was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 1, 1897, to Edward and Mary Schofield.  William and Helen had four daughters: Anna, Helen, Mary, and Elizabeth Dorothy Loomis. William died on August 1, 1953, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His wife Helen ended up remarrying to Matthew Barrow. She died on March 20, 1954, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. William and Helen were buried together in Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania.  

Charles Francis Loomis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 21, 1899. He was baptized on August 6, 1899, in St. Anthony of Padua Parish. His godparents were James Green and Frances White. Unfortunately, Charles died two months later, on November 26, 1899, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was buried on November 28, 1899, in Holy Cross Cemetery.

Edward Loomis was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 3, 1901. He was baptized on May 19, 1901, at St. Anthony of Padua. Bernard Halpin and Clara Earl were his godparents. On July 30, 1923, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Edward Loomis married Elizabeth McCall. Elizabeth was born to John and Sara McCall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 18, 1898. Edward and Elizabeth had six children: Elizabeth, George, Edward, John, Raymond, and Anna Loomis. Edward died on October 18, 1952, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His wife, Elizabeth, died almost 20 years later on August 9, 1970, in Camden, New Jersey. Edward and Elizabeth were buried in Holy Cross Cemetery in Yeadon, Pennsylvania. 

Unfortunately, just two years after their last child’s birth, George Edward Loomis died on January 6, 1903, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery. Two years after her husband's death, Anna Meenan remarried Hugh Haggerty on August 14, 1905, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They had three children together: Anna, Catharine, and James Haggerty. Anna died on January 30, 1939, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was buried in Holy Cross Cemetery.