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It seems rather unlikely at that point in history that a mother's middle name would be used for a son unless people realized it was originally a surname. So I would guess that Tamber is an alternative spelling of Tambur or Tambour, surnames which originally meant "drummer". Though it seems to be rare, there are examples of Tamber as a surname on the Worldwide Web. For example, there is a physician named Michael Tamber in Everett, Washington:

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http://www.everettclinic.com/Physicians/Michael_Tamber.ashx?p=2317&srchloc=1

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and a freelance journalist named Caryn Tamber who lives in Baltimore, Maryland, and writes for many different publications.