Osmond Lamb

Brief Life History of Osmond

When Osmond Lamb was born on 28 March 1791, in Georgia, Franklin, Vermont, United States, his father, Edmond Lamb I, was 30 and his mother, Rebekah Mc Master, was 24. He married Clarinda Nash on 22 November 1825. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 15 August 1869, in Georgia, Franklin, Vermont, United States, at the age of 78.

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Osmond Lamb
1791–1869
Clarinda Nash
1789–1868
Marriage: 22 November 1825
William Nash
1832–1833

Sources (7)

  • Husbono Lamb, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Osmund Lamb, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
  • Osmand Lamb, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"

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World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Lamb, a pet form of Lambert .

English: nickname for a meek and inoffensive person, from Middle English lamb, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of lambs. See also Lamm .

Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ‘descendant of the warrior’, formerly Anglicized as O'Loan (see Lane 3). MacLysaght comments: "The form Lamb(e), which results from a more than usually absurd pseudo-translation (uan ‘lamb’), is now much more numerous than O'Loan itself.".

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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