Sidney Loman (1880 - 1981)

Born Feb 1880 in Rosebud, Falls County, Texas, United States

Died 1 Jul 1981 at age 101 in San Diego, San Diego, California, United States

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Biography

Sidney Loman is Notable.

Sidney Loman was a centenarian, living to age 101.

Sidney Loman served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 1 Dec 1917
Unit(s):
Service ended: 22 Jul 1919

FROM UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL (UPI) July 3, 1981 SAN DIEGO -- Sidney Loman, the 17th son of a slave who organized the area's first black Boy Scout troops and was the nation's oldest scout leader at the age of 101, died of an apparent heart attack Wednesday at Paradise Valley Hospital...

Loman was confined to a wheelchair following amputation of his legs in his 90s.

Funeral arrangements were still incomplete.

Loman is survived by three daughters; three sons; 17 grandchildren, and nine great-grandchildren.

Despite his handicap, Loman remained active in scouting. He also was active in Big Brothers of San Diego, which he joined in 1936.

He organized the first black scout troops in the Imperial Valley and San Diego, was active as Scoutmaster of Troop 420 until the time of his death.

The son of a freed slave, Loman was born in Rosebud, Texas, and was the 17th of 19 children. When he was 8, the family moved to the Indian Territory that later became Oklahoma.

A World War I Army veteran, Loman moved to California in 1919. He later moved to the Imperial Valley, then San Diego.

In 1952, he was the recipient of the Silver Beaver Award, scouting's highest award for service to boys.

United Press International Obituary July 3, 1981

California Assembly adjourns out of respect for Sidney Loman July 7, 1981.

Sidney Loman Oldest Scout-Boys Life

Sidney Loman. ^[1]

Born Feb 1880. Rosebud Falls County Texas, USA. ^[2]

Residence Marital Status: SingleRelation to Head of House: Son. 1910 Hamilton, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, USA. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Source: #S606880255 Year: 1910; Census Place: Hamilton, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1267; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0148; FHL microfilm: 1375280
2. ↑ Source: #S606880255 Year: 1910; Census Place: Hamilton, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1267; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0148; FHL microfilm: 1375280
3. ↑ Source: #S606880255 Year: 1910; Census Place: Hamilton, Okmulgee, Oklahoma; Roll: T624_1267; Page: 2A; Enumeration District: 0148; FHL microfilm: 1375280

• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GM-YPX : 30 November 2021), Sidney Loman in entry for Bill Lorran, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCFQ-VF1 : accessed 12 November 2022), Sidney L Lowman, Imperial, Imperial, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 38, sheet 16B, line 64, family 421, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 119; FHL microfilm 2,339,854.
• "United States Census, 1940", 62-106 San Diego Judicial Township, San Diego City Councilmanic District 5 in Assembly District 79, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9HX-XJH
• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V9RX-6J7 : 11 January 2021), Sidney Loman, Jul 1981; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGBK-TNV : 26 November 2014), Sidney Loman, 01 Jul 1981; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• "BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3M-8F44 : 25 April 2016), Sidney Loman, died 1981; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198179382/sidney-loman: accessed 11 November 2022), memorial page for Sidney Loman (28 Feb 1880–1 Jul 1981), Find A Grave: Memorial #198179382, citing Greenwood Memorial Park, San Diego, San Diego County, California, USA; Maintained by Oliver Shirley (contributor 49328405) .

• Source: S606880255 Repository: #R600428646 1910 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations Inc
• Repository: R600428646 Ancestry.com