Brief Life History of Emma
When Emma Lamm was born on 3 September 1872, in Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, her father, Joshua Lamm, was 39 and her mother, Caroline Brendle, was 41. She married Charles Heck Deppen on 8 August 1896, in Womelsdorf, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in Heidelberg Township, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States in 1880. She died on 27 March 1943, in Reading, Berks, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 70.
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Sources (8)
- Emma Deppen in household of Charles Deppen, "United States Census, 1940"
- Emma E. Lamm, "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950"
- Emma L Lamm Deppen, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1877 · First National Strike in U.S. Begins In Pittsburgh Against Pennsylvania Railroad
Coming out of an economic crisis, everyone was worried when cuts started happening in the railroad. They went on what would the great railroad strike of 1877.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Name Meaning
German: from Middle High German lamp ‘lamb’, applied as a nickname for a meek and inoffensive person, or in some instances as a topographic or habitational name referring to a house distinguished by the sign of the paschal lamb.
Jewish (Ashkenazic): metonymic occupational name or an artificial from German Lamm, Yiddish lam ‘lamb’ (compare 1 above).
English: variant of Lamb .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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