Brief Life History of Joseph Smith
When Joseph Smith Lamb was born on 30 October 1836, in Livonia, Livonia, Livingston, New York, United States, his father, Abel Lamb, was 35 and his mother, Almira Merrill, was 29. He married Harriet Cornelia Clawson on 4 September 1857, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 8 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Monroe, Sevier, Utah, United States in 1880 and Maricopa, Arizona, United States in 1900. He died on 10 October 1901, in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Mesa, Maricopa, Arizona, United States.
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- Joseph Lamb, "United States Census, 1870"
- Joseph S. Lamb in birth entry for Louis Edward Lamb, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
- Joseph Smith Lamb, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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Joseph Smith Lamb
JOSEPH SMITH LAMB (1836-1901) Son of Abel Lamb and Almira Merrill Written by Harriet Jane Lamb Stradling Some time after the organization of the Church, Brigham Young went on a mission to Canada, d …
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