Brief Life History of Edwin Ruthven
When Edwin Ruthven Lamb was born on 23 December 1831, in Avon, Livingston, New York, United States, his father, Abel Lamb, was 30 and his mother, Almira Merrill, was 24. He married Elizabeth Williams Hardy on 3 September 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Toquerville, Kane, Utah, United States in 1880. His occupation is listed as cooper. made barrels, washboards, ect. with his father and brothers. in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States. He died on 17 March 1924, in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States, at the age of 92, and was buried in Toquerville, Washington, Utah, United States.
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- Edwin Ruthwen Lamb, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- Edwin R. Lamb, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Edwin R. Lamb, "BillionGraves Index"
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1832 · The Black Hawk War
Convinced that a group of Native American tribes were hostile, The United States formed a frontier militia to stop them in their tracks. Even though Black Hawk was hoping to avoid bloodshed while trying to resettle on tribal land, U.S. officials opened fire on the Native Americans. Black Hawk then responded to this confrontation by successfully attacking the militia at the Battle of Stillman's Run and then left northward. After a few months the militia caught up with Black Hawk and his men and defeated them at the Battle of Wisconsin Heights. While being weakened by hunger, injuries and desertion, Black Hawk and the rest of the many native survivors retreated towards the Mississippi. Unfortunately, Black Hawk and other leaders were later captured when they surrendered to the US forces and were then imprisoned for a year.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1858
Historical Boundaries: 1858: Washington, Utah Territory, United States 1864: Kane, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Kane, Utah, United States
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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