Mamie Lamb
1892–1976 (Age 83)
Itawamba, Mississippi, United States
The Life of Mamie
When Mamie Lamb was born on 4 October 1892, in Itawamba, Mississippi, United States, her father, Daniel Luther Lamb, was 39 and her mother, Henrietta Savannah McCarty, was 37. She lived in Beat 3, Lee, Mississippi, United States in 1900. She died on 30 August 1976, at the age of 83.
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Family Time Line
Daniel Luther Lamb
1853–
Henrietta Savannah McCarty
1854–1913
James Henry Lamb
1875–1953
Pope Emmett Lamb
1877–1944
Herbert Lamb
1878–
Sampson Prince Lamb
1881–1956
Fredrick Lamb
1882–
Maude Lamb
1882–
Mamie Lamb
1885–
Fred Lamb
1887–1971
Mary Lamb
1890–1941
Mamie Lamb
1892–1976
Mattie Lamb
1897–
Parents & Siblings
- Daniel Luther Lamb
1853–Male
- Henrietta Savannah McCarty
1854–1913Female
siblings
(11)
- James Henry Lamb
1875–1953Male
- Pope Emmett Lamb
1877–1944Male
- Herbert Lamb
1878–Male
1881–1956Male
- Fredrick Lamb
1882–Male
+6 More Children
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 4
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop
Age 15
When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 24
Jeannette Pickering Rankin became the first woman to hold a federal office position in the House of Representatives, and remains the only woman elected to Congress by Montana.
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 (1)
Mamie Lamb in household of Luther Lamb, "United States Census, 1900"
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