Edwin Lamb

Brief Life History of Edwin

When Edwin Lamb was born on 10 April 1825, in Charter Township of Washington, Macomb, Michigan, United States, his father, James Otis Lamb, was 34 and his mother, Theodosia Wales, was 33. He married Caroline Stone on 29 June 1851, in Charter Township of Washington, Macomb, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Macomb, Michigan, United States in 1860 and Michigan, United States in 1870. He died on 10 February 1890, in Charter Township of Washington, Macomb, Michigan, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Charter Township of Washington, Macomb, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Edwin Lamb
1825–1890
Caroline Stone
1826–1914
Marriage: 29 June 1851
Eugene Henry Lamb
1852–1919
Metta A Lamb
1857–1935
Ida A. Lamb
1859–1932
Elmer E. Lamb
1862–
Aura Roswell Lamb
1864–1917

Sources (11)

  • Edwin Lamb, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Edwin Lamb, "Michigan Deaths, 1867-1897"
  • Edwin Lamb in entry for Metta A Terpening, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"

World Events (8)

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

1837

Michigan is the 26th state.

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

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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