Erastus Lamb

17 May 1804–5 August 1852 (Age 48)
Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States

The Life Summary of Erastus

When Erastus Lamb was born on 17 May 1804, in Glastonbury, Hartford, Connecticut, United States, his father, Daniel Lamb, was 29 and his mother, Prudence Fox, was 28. He married Abigail Mindwell Jackson in 1827, in Romulus, Seneca, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 5 August 1852, in Brule, Keith, Nebraska, United States, at the age of 48, and was buried in Brule, Keith, Nebraska, United States.

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Family Time Line

Erastus Lamb
1804–1852
Abigail Mindwell Jackson
1808–1882
Marriage: 1827
Harriet Laura Lamb
1829–1899
Suel Lamb
1833–1913
James Jackson Lamb
1835–1896
Lamb
1837–1837
Polly Emaline Lamb
1841–1914

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1827Romulus, Seneca, New York, United States
    • Children

    (5)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (7)

    +2 More Children

    World Events (8)

    1808
    Age 4
    Atlantic slave trade abolished.
    1812
    Age 8
    War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
    1819 · Panic! of 1819
    Age 15
    With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years. 

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Lamson
    Lamkin
    Lambson
    Lum
    Lambe
    Lane
    Lambkin
    Lampkin
    Lampson
    Lambert
    Lamison
    Lamm
    Lumpkin
    Lampen

    Story Highlight

    Abigail Mindwell Jackson Lamb

    Abigail Mindwell Jackson Lamb Abigail Lamb was born in New York in 1807. She married Erastus Lamb about 1829. They made their first home in Huron, Wayne County, New York. It was here a daughter and t …

    Sources (19)

    • Erastus Lamb, "United States Census, 1850"
    • Erastus Lamb in entry for Sueal Lamb, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"
    • Family Data Collection - Births

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