Brief Life History of Willie Edgar
When Dr. Willie Edgar Lamb was born on 22 January 1881, in Middlebranch, Holt, Nebraska, United States, his father, John Ezra Lamb Sr., was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Arabell Wright, was 27. He married Aseneth Diana Kirlin on 16 May 1904, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Centerville, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States for about 25 years and Centerville Election Precinct, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States in 1940. He registered for military service in 1918. He died on 4 April 1978, in Lincoln, Lancaster, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 97.
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- Willie E Lamb, "United States Census, 1910"
- Willie E. Lamb, "Nebraska Marriages, 1855-1995"
- Willie Edgar Lamb, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act
A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.
1888
Historical Boundaries: 1888: Rock, Nebraska, United States
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
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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