Charles Lamb

Male4 December 1799–11 December 1876

Brief Life History of Charles

When Charles Lamb was born on 4 December 1799, in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States, his father, Rev Shubael Lamb Sr, was 28 and his mother, Clarisa Bushnell, was 19. He married Elizabeth Grover on 15 March 1831, in Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Middletown Springs, Rutland, Vermont, United States in 1850 and Vermont, United States in 1870. He died on 11 December 1876, in Middletown, Andover, Windsor, Vermont, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Middletown Springs Cemetery, Middletown Springs, Rutland, Vermont, United States.

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Family Time Line

Charles Lamb
1799–1876
Elizabeth Grover
1811–1872
Marriage: 15 March 1831
Hiram J Lamb
1827–1923
Mary Jane Lamb
1830–1907
Asenath Lamb
1837–1919
Charles Wesley Lamb
1848–

Sources (20)

  • Chas Lamb, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Chas Lamb in entry for Hiram J Lamb, "Iowa, Death Records, 1904-1951"
  • Charles Lamb, "United States Census, 1850"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 March 1831Wells, Rutland, Vermont, United States
  • Children (4)

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    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (7)

    1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.

    Age 1

    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

    Age 4

    France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.

    1820 · Making States Equal

    Age 21

    The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

    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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