Bertha M Lamb
1891–1979 (Age 87)
Kentucky, United States
The Life of Bertha M
Bertha M Lamb was born on 12 December 1891, in Kentucky, United States. She died on 26 June 1979, in Perryville, Boyle, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 87.
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Bertha M Lamb
1891–1979
Samuel Cook Owens
1887–1965
Spouse & Children
1891–1979Female
1887–1965Male
World Events (3)
1892 · The Radio is invented
Age 1
Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 5
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 7
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.
Name Meaning
1 English: from Middle English lamb, a nickname for a meek and inoffensive person, or a metonymic occupational name for a keeper of lambs. See also Lamm .2 English: from a short form of the personal name Lambert .3 Irish: reduced Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Luain ( see Lane 3). MacLysaght comments: ‘The form Lamb(e), which results from a more than usually absurd pseudotranslation (uan ‘lamb’), is now much more numerous than O’Loan itself.’
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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