When Nancy Jane Young was born in 1839, in Pulaski, Missouri, United States, her father, Alfred Jackson Young, was 33 and her mother, Ruth A Rippee, was 33. She married James Cannon Claxton in 1869, in Wright, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. She died on 1 September 1878, in Wright, Missouri, United States, at the age of 39, and was buried in Claxton Cemetery, Gasconade Township, Wright, Missouri, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1841: Wright County, Missouri, United States
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English, Scottish, and northern Irish: nickname from Middle English yong ‘young’ (Old English geong), used to distinguish a younger man from an older man bearing the same personal name (typically, father and son). In Middle English this name is often found with the Anglo-Norman French definite article, for example Robert le Yunge. In Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland this was widely used as an English equivalent of the Gaelic nickname Og ‘young’; see Ogg . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form (translation into English) of various European surnames meaning ‘young’ or similar, notably German Jung , Dutch Jong and De Jong , and French Lejeune and Lajeunesse .
Americanized form of Swedish Ljung: topographic or an ornamental name from ljung ‘(field of) heather’, or a habitational name from a placename containing this word, e.g. Ljungby.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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