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Susannah Placette Blondel Hoomes' Page

Susannah was born to John M. & Catherine A. Blondel, in 1821 at Baltimore,
 Maryland.  She married George W. Hoomes.  Their children were Mary R.,
  b. 1840, Celeste, b. 1844, Oeyme, b. 1846, Placette, b. 1856, Norah, b.
 1859, Hay B., b. 1861. The marriage bond that her father, John M. Blondel
    signed, is in the link below and shows John's original signature.  The
   indenture that her father, her husband and her husband's older brother
       signed is also viewable by following the several links below.

Hoomes Estate
"Old Mansion"

The photograph above is of the entrance to the "Old Mansion"
This is the estate where the history of horse racing began in the
United States.  The Hoomes family were the first people in North America
to entertain and host official horse racing.  The cultivated shrubs
record the date the mansion was built:  "1669"

Honorarium of President George Washington's visit to
the "Old Mansion" on April 10, 1791