Brief Life History of Abel
When Abel Lamb was born on 9 March 1801, in Rowe, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Eneas Lamb, was 27 and his mother, Anna Blackmar, was 26. He married Almira Merrill in 1826, in Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 11 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Farmington, Davis, Utah, United States in 1870. In 1850, at the age of 49, his occupation is listed as a cooper, abel lamb, built the first road into lamb's canyon in 1850, over which he and his sons hauled wood from the canyon forests to make barrels, tubs, washboards, churns, and water buckets in Canyon, Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada. He died on 14 April 1874, in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Cedar City, Iron, Utah, United States.
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- Abel Lamb, "United States Census, 1850"
- Able Lamb in entry for Aluryra Hardy, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1965"
- Abel Lamb, "United States Census, 1860"
Spouse and Children
1801–1874 Male
1807–1865 Female
Children (14)
1827–1880 Male
1828–1891 Male
1830–1839 Male
1831–1924 Male
1833–1915 Male
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Parents and Siblings
1774–1858 Male
1775–1850 Female
Siblings (7)
1793–1869 Female
1796–1803 Male
1799–1887 Female
1801–1874 Male
1804–1880 Female
+2 More Children
World Events (8)
1803
Age 2
1818
Age 17
1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
Age 20
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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Lamb, Abel, Life Story
ABEL LAMB Life Sketch Abel Lamb was born April 9, 1801, at Rowe, Massachusetts. He was the son of Aeneas Lamb and Ann Blackmore. In 1826, he married Almira Merrill who was born in Hartford, Connecti …
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