Memorable Manitobans: Charles F. Lamb (1863-?)

Farmer.

Born at Parsborough, Nova Scotia on 11 January 1863, son of Lemuel J. Lamb and Mary Fullerton, the family came to Manitoba in 1882 and settled on a farm on Section 19, Township 15, Range 17 near Minnedosa. Charles Lamb quit school at the age of 13 to help on the farm, also working as a carpenter until 1909 when his father died. He took over the family farm, On 15 December 1890, he married Jane Millham at Shellmouth, Manitoba. They had seven children: Mary Lamb, Charles L. Lamb, Cyrus C. Lamb, Alice L. Lamb, Bertha E. Lamb, Everett C. Lamb, and Albert G. Lamb.

Sources:

The Story of Manitoba by F. H. Schofield, Winnipeg: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1913.

This profile was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Profile revised: 4 April 2010

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