Ann Lamb
1724–
Oxton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
The Life of Ann
When Ann Lamb was born about 1724, in Oxton, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom, her father, John Lamb, was 30 and her mother, Jane, was 24. She married John Chappel on 22 January 1743.
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Family Time Line
Ann Lamb
1724–
John Chappel
1718–
Marriage: 22 January 1743
Spouse & Children
1724–Female
- John Chappel
1718–Male
MARRIAGE
22 January 1743
22 January 1743
World Events (4)
1801 · The Act of Union
Age 77
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
Age 84
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
Age 91
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
1 English: from Middle English lamb, a nickname for a meek and inoffensive person, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of lambs. See also Lamm .2 English: from a short form of the personal name Lambert .3 Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ( see Lane 3). MacLysaght comments: ‘The form Lamb(e), which results from a more than usually absurd pseudotranslation (uan ‘lamb’), is now much more numerous than O’Loan itself.’
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
Sources (2)
- Anne Lamb, "England Marriages, 1538–1973"
- Anne in entry for Thomas Chappel, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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