Sarah Lamb

Brief Life History of Sarah

When Sarah Lamb was born on 10 August 1838, in Dryden, Dryden Township, Lapeer, Michigan, United States, her father, John Merritt Lamb, was 29 and her mother, Elizabeth Dean Manwaring, was 27. She died in 1850, at the age of 12.

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Family Time Line

John Merritt Lamb
1808–1871
Elizabeth Dean Manwaring
1811–1882
Emma Lamb
1832–1905
William H. H. Lamb
1860–
Frank Lamb
1862–
Ann Eliza Lamb
1834–1902
Joseph Lippincott Lamb
1835–1928
Sarah Lamb
1838–1850
William Henry Lamb
1841–1918
John Merritt Lamb
1843–1914
Lydia Louisa Lamb
1845–1934
Mary R. Lamb
1847–1874
Clayton J. Lamb
1849–1908
George Franklin Lamb
1851–1914
Caroline Lamb
1855–1866

Sources (1)

  • Sarah Lamb in household of John M Lamb, "United States Census, 1850"

World Events (2)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847 · Moving the State Capital

The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.

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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