Lauren Dwight Lyman

Brief Life History of Lauren Dwight

When Lauren Dwight Lyman was born on 24 April 1891, in Easthampton, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Henry Lauren Lyman, was 32 and his mother, Ann McMahon, was 30. He married Mabel E Styring on 29 June 1921, in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. He immigrated to New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1948 and lived in North Hempstead, Nassau, New York, United States for about 10 years and Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States in 1950. He died on 11 July 1972, in Bridgeport, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Whitefield, Coos, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lauren Dwight Lyman
1891–1972
Mabel E Styring
1894–1947
Marriage: 29 June 1921
Ellen Styring Lyman
1922–1938
Elizabeth D Lyman
1924–
Philip Henry Lyman
1927–1969
Anne M Lyman
1929–1992
Mary S Lyman
1932–

Sources (27)

  • Lauren Dwight Lyman, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Lauren Dwight Lyman, "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915"
  • Lauren Dwight Lyman, "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

World Events (8)

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

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.

1900 · First U.S.  Navy Submarine Constructed

The USS Holland was the first commissioned submarine. It was named after John Philip Holland. It had been laid down in November of 1896 and launched a year later. It was acquired and commissioned in 1900 and decommissioned five years later. The submarine was finally sold in 1913 and put on display until it was scrapped in 1932.

1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment

The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.

Name Meaning

English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow or a patch of arable land (see Layman ).

Swedish: habitational name, formed with man ‘man’, for someone from any of several places whose name is beginning with Ly- (e.g. Lyhundra, Lydinge, and Lynäs).

Americanized form of German Leimann (see Leiman ).

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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