Brief Life History of Elizabeth "Betsy"
When Elizabeth "Betsy" Lamb was born on 10 February 1797, in Vermont, United States, her father, Joel Jacob Lamb, was 29 and her mother, Lucy " Dolly" Corse, was 30. She married Torrey Whitney on 22 April 1815, in Gibson, Gibson Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. She died on 22 October 1865, in Thompson, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Jackson, Jackson Township, Susquehanna, Pennsylvania, United States.
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- E Whitney in household of Torrey Whitney, "United States Census, 1860"
- Elisabeth Lamb, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Elizabeth Lamb Whitney, "Find A Grave Index"
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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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