Earl Louis Lambeau (1898 - 1965)

Born 9 Apr 1898 in Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Grace Olive Nicholls — married 13 Jul 1945 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Died 1 Jun 1965 at age 67 in Sturgeon Bay, Door, Wisconsin, United States

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Biography

Earl Lambeau is Notable.

Earl Louis "Curly" Lambeau was an American professional football player and coach in the National Football League. He co-founded the Green Bay Packers in 1919 and until 1929, Lambeau served as a player-coach, as well as maintaining control on the day-to-day operations of the team. Lambeau was inducted to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1963, the inaugural class.

Earl was born in 1898 in Green Bay, Wisconsin. ^[1] He was the son of Marcelline and Mary Latour Lambeau.^[1][2] His parents were both of Belgian descent; all four of his grandparents were born in the province of Namur, in francophone Belgium. He had three younger siblings, Raymond, Oliver and Beatrice.^[3]

He served in the Student Army Training Corps during World War I. ^[4]

Earl Lambeau was first married to Marguerite Van Kessel.^[5] They had one son, Donald.^[6]

Earl Lambeau married Grace Nicholls on 13 July 1945 in Los Angeles, California.^[7]

He passed away in 1965 and is interred at Allouez Catholic Cemetery in Green Bay, Wisconsin. ^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Wisconsin Birth Index, 1820-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VHHD-98F : 4 December 2014), Earl L Lambeau, 09 Apr 1898; from "Wisconsin Births, 1820-1907," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Brown, Wisconsin, reel 0017, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services, Vital Records Division, Madison.
2. ↑ "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRR6-TF8 : 30 January 2020), Earl L. Lambean, 1898.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP2H-K8N : accessed 26 January 2021), Earl L Lambeau in household of Larceline Lambeau, Green Bay Ward 5, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 16, sheet 10B, family 147, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1702; FHL microfilm 1,375,715.
4. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPTN-Y11F : 17 October 2019), Earl Louis Lambeau, Dec 1918; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFK5-6YN : 20 January 2021), Earl Lambeau in entry for John Van Kessel, 1920.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X93K-G9R : accessed 29 January 2021), Earl Lambeau, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 14, sheet 4B, line 66, family 67, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2562; FHL microfilm 2,342,296.
7. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8V1-HYG : 8 December 2017), Marcelin Lambeau in entry for Earl Lambeau and Grace Nicholls, 13 Jul 1945; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,115,071.
8. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 25 January 2021), memorial page for Curly Lambeau (9 Apr 1898–1 Jun 1965), Find A Grave: Memorial #7129302, citing Allouez Catholic Cemetery And Chapel Mausoleum, Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave.

See also:

• "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8Q5-45T : 20 January 2021), Earl Louis Lambeau, 1917-1918.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7NC-37B : 10 January 2021), Earl L Lambeau, Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 5-20, sheet 25A, line 3, family 520, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4459.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curly_Lambeau