Darling-McAllister-Lamb
By Don Taylor

James Cooper Lamb was the brother of my wife’s 2^nd great-grandmother, Margaret Mary Lamb (1860-1929). I researched him primarily to seek additional information regarding his mother Isabella (Atkinson) Lamb who appears to have vanished from the records about 1864. I may, or may not, have found her in am 1898 record.

Darling-McAllister-Lamb – Brother of #27

List of Greats & Grands

• Grandfather: Robert Harry Darling(1907-1969).
• 1^st Great-grandmother: Hannah McAllisterDarling White (1886-1913)
• 2^nd Great-grandmother: Margaret Mary Lamb(1860-1929)
• 3^rd Great-grandparents: Edward Lamb (c. 1831-1893) & Isabella Atkinson (1834-___).
  • 3^rd Great-uncle: James Cooper Lamb (1862-1898).

James Cooper Lamb (1862-1898).

Birth

James Cooper Lamb was baptized on 18 May 1862, He was nine years old during the 1871 Census, taken on 2 April) so I presumed he was born between 2 April 1862 and 17 May 1862.

James had a difficult childhood. His mother appears to have vanished from the records after the birth of his younger brother, Edward, in 1864. The 1871 Census shows the family has been broken up and nine-year-old James is living with his grandparents.

Adulthood

Photo courtesy of the New York Public Library, from their British Cigarette Cards collection.

The 1881 Census finds 19-year-old James working as a servant in the household of John Lancaster.

James may have become ill and entered the City Road Workhouse in London on 5 August 1886. He was transferred to the Highgate Workhouse the next day and was discharged from Highgate on 4 September 1886.[1]

James’ father, Edward Lamb, died November 1^st. 1893. Edward’s estate was probated and James received the effects. James was a sergeant in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers.

Death

James died on 20 April 1898. His estate was also probated. The Isabella Lamb (a widow) was the administrator. It isn’t clear if this is Isabella, James’ widow, or Isabella, the widow of Edward Lamb. If the latter, that would prove James’ mother, Isabella, was living in 1898.

Events by Location

• England, Westmorland, Soulby – 2 Apr 1871 – Residence.
• England, Cumberland, Culgaith – 3 Apr 1881 – Residence.
• England, Cumberland, Carlisle – 10 Jul 1894 – Probate of father.
• England, Middlesex, Holborn – 5 Aug 1886 – Event.
• England, Westmorland, Warcop – Between 2 Apr – 17 May 1862 (Birth)
• England, Westmorland, Warcop – 18 May 1892 –  Christening,
• Ireland, Kildare, Curragh – 20 Apr 1898 – Death.

Further Actions / Follow-up

• Find the probate record for James Cooper Lamb.
• Find the military record for James Cooper Lamb.

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Sources

• Source Title: 1871 England Census (April 2)
  Repository: Ancestry
  Citation: 1871 England Census (April 2) (National Archives of the UK), Ancestry, John Atkerson – Soulby, Westmorland, England. The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1871 England Census; Class: RG10; Piece: 5271; Folio: 88; Page: 7; GSU roll: 847454.
• Source Title: 1881 England Census (April 3)
  Repository: Ancestry
  Citation: 1881 England Census (April 3) (National Archives of the UK), Ancestry, James Lamb – Age 19 – Culgaith, Cumberland, England. Class: RG11; Piece: 5143; Folio: 60; Page: 14; GSU roll: 1342241.
• Source Title: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995
  Repository: Ancestry
  Citation: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995, Ancestry, James Cooper Lamb – 20 Apr 1898. https://search.ancestry.com/collections/1904/records/571734/.
• Source Title: England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
  Repository: Family Search
  Citation: England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957, Family Search, LAMB, Edward of Sanford. Citing this Record. “England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7X3N-7DT2 : 27 August 2019), James Cooper Lamb in entry for Edward Lamb, 10 Jul 1894; citing Probate, Westmorland, England, United Kingdom, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, Great Britain.
• Source Title: England Births and Christenings, 1538-­1975
  Repository: Family Search
  Citation: England Births and Christenings, 1538-­1975, Family Search, James Cooper Lamb – Warcop, Westmorland, England. “England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR9L-K8X : 11 February 2018, James Cooper Lamb, 18 May 1862); citing , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 97,420. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NR9L-K8X.
• Source Title: Letters
  Repository: Personal Files
  Citation: Letters, Letter – Betty Darling Kemon to Jerome Howell 30 Dec 1978.
• Source Title: London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1930
  Repository: Ancestry
  Citation: London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1930 (London Metropolitan Archives), Ancestry, Lamb, James born 1862 – Page 284. London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: HOBG/542/13.
• Source Title: London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1930
  Repository: Ancestry
  Citation: London, England, Workhouse Admission and Discharge Records, 1764-1930 (London Metropolitan Archives), Ancestry, Lamb, James born 1862 – Page 285 . London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: HOBG/542/13
  City Road Workhouse (St Luke´s and Other Workhouses) Register, 1885-1886.

EEndnotes

[1] I am not positive this event related to James Cooper Lamb, the son of Edward and Isabella Lamb, however, I have accepted it tentatively and have entered it here.