Charles Lampkey

Male1837–

Brief Life History of Charles

Charles Lampkey was born in 1837, in Quincy, Adams, Illinois, United States. He married Emily Jane Fisher in Iowa, United States.

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Charles Lampkey
1837–
Emily Jane Fisher
1847–
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  • Marriage
    Iowa, United States

    • World Events (3)

    1839 · From Swamp to Beautiful Place

    Age 2

    By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.

    1846

    Age 9

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

    1863

    Age 26

    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

    Name Meaning

    English (Yorkshire): probably a habitational name from Lamplugh in Cumbria, from Proto-Welsh llan ‘enclosure, church’ + a word related to Middle Cornish blogh ‘bald, bare’, or a variant of Lambley, a habitational name from Lambley (Nottinghamshire) or Lambley (Northumberland). These placenames derive from Old English lamb ‘lamb’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. This surname is now rare in Britain.

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

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