Malvina Lamb
1839–
Livingston, Kentucky, United States
The Life of Malvina
When Malvina Lamb was born in 1839, in Livingston, Kentucky, United States, her father, John W. Lamb, was 37 and her mother, Mary "Polly" Wilson, was 41.
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Family Time Line
John W. Lamb
1802–1848
Mary "Polly" Wilson
1798–1860
James Madison Lamb
1827–1903
Jonathan L. Lamb
1828–
Melissa Lamb
1829–
Samuel B. Lamb
1830–1892
John W. Lamb
1831–
Simeon Lamb
1831–
George B. Lamb
1837–1878
Mary M. Lamb
1838–
Malvina Lamb
1839–
Parents & Siblings
1802–1848Male
1798–1860Female
siblings
(9)
1827–1903Male
1828–Male
1829–Female
1830–1892Male
1831–Male
+4 More Children
World Events (3)
1846
Age 7
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
Age 11
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1863
Age 24
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.’
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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