Jacob Edward LamAge: 73 years1864–1937
- Name
- Jacob Edward Lam
- Given names
- Jacob Edward
- Surname
- Lam
 Birth | January 10, 1864 26 26 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
 Birth of a brother | Charles Luther “Chas” Lam October 31, 1865 (Age 21 months) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 2 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Ida Susan “Ida Mae” Lam February 12, 1868 (Age 4 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 4 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Birth of a sister | Mittie Ann Lam February 10, 1870 (Age 6 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Virginia Margaret Lam April 3, 1872 (Age 8 years) |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Susannah Rawley December 13, 1873 (Age 9 years) Cause: Typhoid Pneumonia |
| Birth of a sister | Nannie Isabella Frances Lam April 1, 1874 (Age 10 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Reuben Samuel Lam January 20, 1876 (Age 12 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Alice “Sallie” Lam December 28, 1877 (Age 13 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 13 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a sister | Virginia Margaret Lam November 18, 1881 (Age 17 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Mary Catherine “Mollie” Lam April 30, 1883 (Age 19 years) |
| Death of a sister | Mittie Ann Lam September 3, 1891 (Age 27 years) Cause: Typhoid Fever |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | William E Sandy April 13, 1898 (Age 34 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 34 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Death of a father | William Harvey Lamb February 2, 1910 (Age 46 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 51 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Death of a mother | Elizabeth Catherine “Lizzie” Sandy October 13, 1918 (Age 54 years) Cause: Cardiac Ursufficiency |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 52 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 53 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 65 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
 Death | March 2, 1937 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | March 4, 1947 (10 years after death) |
| Family with parents |
| father |
William Harvey Lamb Birth: May 8, 1837 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: February 2, 1910 — Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States |
| mother |
Elizabeth Catherine “Lizzie” Sandy Birth: August 20, 1837 25 18 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: October 13, 1918 — Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States |
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Marriage: June 23, 1861 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States |
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13 months elder brother |
Elmer L Owens Birth: July 22, 1862 25 24 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: August 13, 1954 — Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, United States |
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18 months himself |
Jacob Edward Lam Birth: January 10, 1864 26 26 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: March 2, 1937 — Ashby, Rockingham, Virginia, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
Charles Luther “Chas” Lam Birth: October 31, 1865 28 28 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: March 12, 1956 — Norborne, Carroll, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Ida Susan “Ida Mae” Lam Birth: February 12, 1868 30 30 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: June 28, 1946 — Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Mittie Ann Lam Birth: February 10, 1870 32 32 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: September 3, 1891 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Virginia Margaret Lam Birth: April 3, 1872 34 34 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: November 18, 1881 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Nannie Isabella Frances Lam Birth: April 1, 1874 36 36 — Pleasant Valley, Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: May 19, 1966 — Modesto, Stanislaus, California, United States |
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22 months younger brother |
Reuben Samuel Lam Birth: January 20, 1876 38 38 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: March 9, 1950 — Idaho Falls, Bonneville, Idaho, United States |
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23 months younger sister |
Sarah Alice “Sallie” Lam Birth: December 28, 1877 40 40 — Harrisonburg, Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: August 6, 1968 — Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States |
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5 years younger sister |
Mary Catherine “Mollie” Lam Birth: April 30, 1883 45 45 — Rockingham, Virginia, United States Death: April 22, 1970 — Nampa, Canyon, Idaho, United States |