Emily Lamb

Brief Life History of Emily

When Emily Lamb was born on 5 January 1795, in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, her father, Joel Jacob Lamb, was 27 and her mother, Lucy " Dolly" Corse, was 28. She married Martin Hall on 18 January 1815, in Marlboro, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Jackson, Jackson Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States for about 10 years. She died in 1865, at the age of 70.

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Family Time Line

Martin Hall
1780–
Emily Lamb
1795–1865
Marriage: 18 January 1815
Lura Ann Hall
1815–1902
Emily Miranda Hall
1819–1906
Lucy Hall
1821–1858
Semantha Lamb Hall
1823–1911
C Philander Hall
1826–1905
Eliza Jane Hall
1828–1912
Francis Marshall Hall
1831–1866
Rosetta Bernice Hall
1834–1911

Sources (8)

  • Emily Hall in household of Martin Hall, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Emaly Lamb, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
  • Emily Lamb, "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954"

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.

1810

Historical Boundaries: 1810: Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States

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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