When Joseph Henry Chamberlain was born about 1806, in Maine, United States, his father, John Chamberlain, was 35 and his mother, Mary J Brown, was 30. He married Sarah Dunlap on 25 October 1828, in Corinth, Penobscot, Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Clinton, Kennebec, Maine, United States in 1850. He died on 22 February 1879, in Burnham, Waldo, Maine, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Burnham, Waldo, Maine, United States.
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Atlantic slave trade abolished.
Maine is the 23rd state.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Waldo, Maine, United States
English: status name from Old French chambrelain, Norman French cambrelanc, cambrelen(c) ‘chamberlain’ (of ancient Germanic origin, from kamer ‘chamber, room’, Latin camera (see Chambers ) + the diminutive suffix -(l)ing). This was originally the name of an official in charge of the private chambers of his master, but is so widespread in late medieval England that it must sometimes have been used of people of more ordinary status, perhaps as a nickname for an officious or self-important person or for someone who played the role of chamberlain in a folk play, tableau, or ceremony. Compare Chancellor for a possible similar usage.
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