Brief Life History of Adam J.
When Adam J. Lieb was born on 31 May 1853, in Nicktown, Barr Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, Adam Joseph Lieb, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Vogl, was 35. He married Mary Cecilia Luther on 2 May 1876, in Carrolltown, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States in 1900 and Barr Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States in 1910. He died on 14 January 1916, in Nicktown, Barr Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Saint Nicholas Cemetery, Nicktown, Barr Township, Cambria, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Adam Leab in household of Adam Leab, "United States Census, 1870"
- Adam Lieb in entry for Bert C. Lieb and Bertha M. Marsh, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Adam Lieb, "United States Census, 1880"
Spouse and Children
1853–1916 Male
1858–1948 Female
Children (11)
1877–1943 Female
1878–1960 Male
1879–1946 Male
1881–1917 Female
1884–1959 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1813–1886 Male
1817–1886 Female
Siblings (8)
1839–1886 Male
1839– Female
1841–1908 Female
1844–1928 Male
1847–1918 Male
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World Events (8)
1863
Age 10
1863 · Battle of Gettysburg
Age 10
1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment
Age 17
Name Meaning
German and Jewish (Ashkenazic): nickname for a pleasant or agreeable person, from Middle High German liep ‘dear, beloved’, Yiddish lib or German lieb. This word was also used as a personal name, both alone (German) and in compounds (German and Jewish).
German (of Slavic origin): from a short form of any of numerous Slavic personal names based on Old Slavic ljubъ ‘beloved, dear’.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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