Anliza Lamb

1840–1918 (Age 78)
Michigan, United States

The Life of Anliza

When Anliza Lamb was born in 1840, in Michigan, United States, her father, Thomas Baldwin Lamb, was 24 and her mother, Clarinda Maria Gardner, was 22. She married George H. Cahoon about 1858. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Lowell Township, Kent, Michigan, United States in 1870 and Lowell, Kent, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 9 December 1918, in Grand Ledge, Eaton, Michigan, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Lowell Township, Kent, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Anliza Lamb
1840–1918
George H. Cahoon
1830–1894
Marriage: about 1858
Ruth Cahoon
1859–
Lora Cahoon
1860–
Hugh J Cahoon
1862–
Clare Cahoon
1865–
Edna K Cahoon
1867–1936
Lora Cahoon
1870–1927
Daisy Cahoon
1874–1956

Spouse & Children

  • Anliza Lamb

    Female1840–1918Female

  • George H. Cahoon

    Male1830–1894Male

MARRIAGE
about 1858
children

(7)

  • Ruth Cahoon

    Male1859–Male

  • Lora Cahoon

    Female1860–Female

  • Hugh J Cahoon

    Male1862–Male

  • Clare Cahoon

    Female1865–Female

  • Edna K Cahoon

    Female1867–1936Female

+2 More Children

Parents & Siblings

siblings

(6)

+1 More Child

World Events (8)

1846

Age 6

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847 · Moving the State Capital

Age 7

The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.
1863

Age 23

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

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.’

Possible Related Names

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Sources (3)

  • Adaline Cahoon in household of George H Cahoon, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Analiza Lamb in household of Thomas B Lamb, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Ann Cahoon in household of George Cahoon, "United States Census, 1870"

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