Luther Rice Lamb

Brief Life History of Luther Rice

When Luther Rice Lamb was born on 28 June 1795, in Spencer, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Jonas Lamb, was 40 and his mother, Mehitable Peirce, was 43. He married Sarah Sally Blashfield on 7 September 1817, in Brimfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Maine, United States in 1870 and Manitoba, Canada in 1883. He died on 16 July 1883, in Wakefield, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 88.

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Family Time Line

Luther Rice Lamb
1795–1883
Mary Beal Brackett
1805–
Marriage: 28 December 1822
George Brackett Lamb
1823–1824
Francis Marion Lamb
1826–1908
Mary Buel Lamb
1827–1833
Charles Hervey Lamb
1829–1883
Sophia Brackett Lamb
1831–1888
Elizabeth "Betsey" Brackett Lamb
1834–
Maria Brackett Lamb
1837–1880
Luther Rice Lamb
1842–1880
Caroline Shaw Lamb
1844–1931
Cyrus Lamb
1847–1850
Augusta Ellen Lamb
1847–1917
James Bracket Lamb
1850–1880

Sources (67)

  • Luther R Lamb, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Luther Rice Lamb, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Luthor R. Lamb, "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"

World Events (8)

1799

Historical Boundaries: 1799: Kennebec, Massachusetts, United States 1820: Kennebec, Maine, United States

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.

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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