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Abraham BLOOM

Abraham BLOOM[1]

Male 1795 - 1874  (79 years)

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  • Name Abraham BLOOM  [2] 
    Born (alternate) 10 Apr 1795  [3] 
    Born 13 Apr 1795  Nittany, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Born (alternate) Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5, 6] 
    Occupation 1870: Farmer  [7] 
    Residence 1820  Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1830  Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1850  Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1860  Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1870  Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 23 Sep 1874  Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Margery Scott (Caldwell) and Abraham Bloom    		 Abraham Bloom
    Death Notice

    Includes wife Margery's obituary who died less than a month earlier.
    Buried McClure Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    • Click here for the McClure Cemetery - We Are the Story Tellers video. Written and produced by this website compiler, it's a short presentation about the historic cemetery in Clearfield County, PA. and of some of the pioneer families whose graves can be found there, including those of William and Mary (Mettler) Bloom and some of their descendants, including Abraham. Dedicated to all those in pursuit of our ancestry.
    Notes 
    • Came to Clearfield County in 1798. [9]

    • Abraham and his sister Mary married siblings Margery and Matthew Caldwell. [10]

    • “Abraham was born in New Jersey* and when he was about six years old came to Clearfield County in 1798. He was considered an excellent hunter and a champion pilot in running coal arks down the Susquehanna River to Harrisburg and other lower cities.

      “Came to Clearfield Co., in 1798, at the age of three. While growing to manhood he and his brothers, assisted his father in clearing a homestead. He was considered to be an excellent hunter and a champion river pilot, in running coal arks down the Susquehanna River to Harrisburg, Pa., and lower cities. In 1817 he purchased a tract of land in the Southern end of what is now Pike Twp., Pa., near the village of New Millport, Pa., where he cleared a fine farm, and reared a family of eight children.” [8]

    • The barn of Abraham Bloom of Pike twp., this county, was entirely consumed by fire on the 30th ult. The barn was nearly new, having been built last summer - valued at seven or eight hundred dollars. How the fire originated is unknown. There not being any fire convenient, nor any of the family about the barn, it is supposed that some other person had either accidentally or intentionally set it on fire. About three hundred dollars worth of Carpenter's Tools, belonging to John L. Rex, together with a several bushels of grain and a barrel of Rice belonging to Mr. Bloom, were also destroyed by the flames.

      [I’m not sure this is the same Abraham Bloom this article published June 14, 1854 refers to.] [11]

    • Abraham Bloom was born in New Jersey* and came to Clearfield County in 1798. He married Marjory Caldwell. Their family follows: William A., born October 31, 1817, died September 15, 1898, married Lydia Reams; Samuel, born October 1, 1819, died September 1, 1868, married, 1st Abigail Wise, 2nd, Jane Curry; Levi, born January 10, 1824, died January 5, 1896, married Susannah High; James M., married Margaret Glenn; Amos went West about 1870, married Rebecca McCracken; Elmira, married Moses Wise; Nancy, married Robert Curry; Elizabeth, married, Micahel Rex. [12]

    • Abraham’s [children were] 4 girls and 7 boys. [3]

    • *Despite the fact that several history books report that Abraham was born in New Jersey, this is probably not the case. Records indicate that long prior to 1795 his family had moved to Potter Township, (then) Cumberland County, PA. Abraham’s older sister Mary was born in Potter Township as were his two siblings Sarah and James that followed. Of course there is always the possibility that Abraham’s parents were visiting family in New Jersey when his mother gave birth. [10]
    Person ID I21504  tree1
    Last Modified 8 Jun 2020 

    Father William (Wilhelm) BLOOM, Sr.,   b. 26 Feb 1752, Baden, GERMANY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 May 1828, Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Mary Ann METTLER,   b. 10 Apr 1756, Alexandria Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey Province, British Colonial America Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Aug 1827, Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Married 2 Feb 1778 
    Family ID F195  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Margery Scott CALDWELL,   b. 28 Apr 1799, Martic Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Aug 1874, Clearfield, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Married 19 Jun 1817  Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 13] 
    Residence 8 Jun 1870  Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Real estate value 3000, personal estate 800
    Notes 
    • Living in Abraham and Margery’s home in June 1870 in addition to what appears to be their son Amos and his family is an 18-year-old Ella Bloom (b. circa 1852). It is unclear who this individual might be. [7]

    • The above Ella may be the Grandniece of Abraham Bloom (individual #16582). She is the daughter of George (1825-1897) and Rebecca (Irwin) Bloom. [10]

    • Living next door to Abraham and Margery in the 1870 census is their son Levi and his family. Also two houses from his nephew John (1809-1883). [7]

    • Margey died just 25 days before her husband Abraham. The notice regarding both of their deaths appeared in the same newspaper entry. [14]
    Children 
    +1. William Abraham BLOOM,   b. 31 Oct 1817, New Millport, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 15 Sep 1898, Ferguson Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
    +2. Samuel C BLOOM,   b. 1 Oct 1819, Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Sep 1868, Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
    +3. Levi BLOOM,   b. 10 Jun1824, Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1896, Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    +4. James Mettler BLOOM,   b. 5 Apr 1825, Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Mar 1913  (Age 87 years)
    +5. Elmira J BLOOM,   b. 23 May 1828, Bloomington, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Dec 1870, Bloomington, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 42 years)
    +6. Nancy BLOOM,   b. Abt 1831, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Elizabeth C BLOOM,   b. 1833 or 1836, Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    +8. Amos W BLOOM,   b. 18 Jan 1838, Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Aug 1909, Independence, Montgomery County, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)
    Last Modified 13 Jun 2019 
    Family ID F204  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    Link to Google MapsBorn - 13 Apr 1795 - Nittany, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBorn (alternate) - - Potter Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - 19 Jun 1817 - Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1820 - Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1830 - Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1850 - Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1860 - Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1870 - Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 8 Jun 1870 - Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 23 Sep 1874 - Pike Township, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - McClure Cemetery, Curwensville, Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, USA Link to Google Earth
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    Abraham Bloom    		Abraham Bloom
    (1795-1874)

    Documents At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1072] GEDCOM File: Snyder Family.

    2. [S27] John & Rosemary Mort's Searchable Genealogy Data.

    3. [S778] History of Clearfield County, From It’s Incorporation to the Present Time (1897), p. 5.

    4. [S17] History of Clearfield County Pennsylvania, with illustrations and biographical sketches (1887), Chapter 48, pp. 628-645.

    5. [S93] Some Genealogies and Family Records (1931), p. 152, as transcribed at http://tdavep.tripod.com/Family/pafg27.htm, viewed by Richard Lee Gleason on 13 Feb 2009.

    6. [S777] Eunice Fink Kline: Application to The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, provided birth place.

    7. [S838] 1870 United States Federal Census: Pike Township, PA 10.

    8. [S214] World Connect Project: Central Pennsylvania and More 2-10-2011.

    9. [S93] Some Genealogies and Family Records (1931), p. 152, as transcribed at http:&|;&|;tdavep.tripod.com&|;Family&|;pafg27.htm - retrieved 13 Feb 2009.

    10. [S185] Richard Lee Gleason Observations.

    11. [S205] Clearfield (Pennsylvania) Republican, Extractions, Issue dated June 14, 1854.

    12. [S527] Website: Peters and Related Families, cites “Some Genealogies and Family Records\" by Albert Straw, pg. 152.

    13. [S777] Eunice Fink Kline: Application to The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution.

    14. [S375] Obituary: Abram and Margery S. Bloom.