Brief Life History of Sylvanius
When Sylvanius Lamb was born on 22 September 1797, in New York, United States, his father, Daniel Lamb, was 37 and his mother, Esther Avery, was 35. He married Jane Ann Dratt about 1817, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Concord Township, Elkhart, Indiana, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 November 1862, in Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Middleton Cemetery, Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States.
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- Sylvenus Lamb, "United States Census, 1860"
- Sylvanus Lamb, "Find A Grave Index"
- Sylvania D Lamb in entry for Francis A Lamb, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
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World Events (8)
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.
1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1819 · Panic! of 1819
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
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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