Brief Life History of Eliza
When Eliza Freeman was born on 10 August 1841, in Ohio, United States, her father, Benjamin Pitney Freeman, was 40 and her mother, Elizabeth McNealy Hamilton, was 40. She married George Washington Lamb on 21 October 1863, in Jones, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Jones, Iowa, United States in 1895 and Greenfield Township, Jones, Iowa, United States in 1900. She died on 19 June 1918, at the age of 76, and was buried in Green Center Cemetery, Morley, Jones, Iowa, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (20)
- Eliza Lamb in household of George W Lamb, "Iowa State Census, 1895"
- Eliza Freeman, "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934"
- Eliza Lamb, "Iowa, County Death Records, 1880-1992"
Spouse and Children
1837–1926 Male
1841–1918 Female
Children (4)
1864–1919 Male
1865–1952 Female
1871–1945 Male
1878–1949 Female
Parents and Siblings
1801–1863 Male
1801–1862 Female
Siblings (10)
1827–1902 Female
1828–1869 Female
1830–1909 Male
1832–1917 Male
1834–1835 Female
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World Events (8)
1846
Age 5
1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War
Age 19
1863
Age 22
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English freman, fremon ‘freeman, free-born man’ (Old English frēomann, frīgmann), used also occasionally as a personal name. As an African American surname it was in many cases adopted as a name denoting a man freed of slavery. See also Fryman and Free .
Irish: Anglicized (‘translated’) form of Gaelic Ó Saoraidhe (see Seery ).
Americanized form of French Lafrenière (see Lafreniere ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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