Brief Life History of Alfred
When Alfred Lamb was born on 24 February 1800, in Hoxton, Middlesex, England, his father, Benjamin Lamb, was 30 and his mother, Elizabeth Fry, was 37. He married Mary Ann Crewe about 1826, in Whitechapel, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Manchester, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom for about 18 years. He died on 10 September 1875, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Evanston City Cemetery, Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.
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- Alfred Lamb, "England and Wales Census, 1841"
- Alfred Lamb, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1659-1930 for Alfred Lamb
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1803
France sells Louisiana territories to U.S.A.
1812 · Manchester Food Riots
The Manchester Food Riots started on April 18, 1812, in Shudehill. The main focus was on the potato market. By 3pm, calvary and infantry soldiers began patrolling the streets and breaking up the crowds.
1820 · Making States Equal
The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.
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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