Sarah Elizabeth Lamb

Female1826–23 July 1863

Brief Life History of Sarah Elizabeth

When Sarah Elizabeth Lamb was born in 1826, in London, England, United Kingdom, her father, Henry Lamb, was 22 and her mother, Sarah Cooke, was 23. She married Alfred Edward Wild in 1846, in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. She died on 23 July 1863, in Auckland, New Zealand, at the age of 37, and was buried in Symonds Street Cemetery, Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.

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Family Time Line

Alfred Edward Wild
1816–1906
Sarah Elizabeth Lamb
1826–1863
Marriage: 1846
Frederick Abraham Wild
1846–1925
Henry Edward Wild
1850–1934
Ellen Sarah Wild
1852–1945
Elizabeth Wild
1854–1935
William John Wild
1857–1908
Catherine Jane Wild
1861–1933
Ann Wild
1863–1863

Sources (9)

  • Sarah Wild in household of Alfred Wild, "England and Wales Census, 1851"
  • Sarah Elizabeth Lamb, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
  • Sarah Elizabeth Wild, "BillionGraves Index"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1846Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Children (7)

    +2 More Children

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (6)

    +1 More Child

    World Events (8)

    1830

    Age 4

    Eclectic Period (Art and Antiques).

    1831 · Old London Bridge Opens

    Age 5

    "The popular childhood rhyme ""London Bridge is Falling Down"" refers to the infamous overpass above the Thames River. By the 19th century the bridge had started to fall apart."

    1840

    Age 14

    Auckland Timeline

    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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