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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Family Time Line
Sources (4)
- Sylvenus Lamb, "United States Census, 1860"
- Lomans Lamb, "United States Census, 1850"
- Sylvania D Lamb in entry for Francis A Lamb, "Michigan Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
Spouse and Children
1797–1862 Male
1804–1885 Female
Children (9)
1823–1851 Male
1826–1893 Male
1828–1858 Female
1830– Male
1833–1881 Male
+4 More Children
Parents and Siblings
1760–1825 Male
1762–1804 Female
Siblings (11)
1781–1843 Male
1782–1855 Female
1784–1829 Male
1789– Female
1791–1815 Female
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
Age 3
1803
Age 6
1819 · Panic! of 1819
Age 22
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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