Lafayette Young

Male4 June 1872–15 January 1964

Brief Life History of Lafayette

When Lafayette Young was born on 4 June 1872, in Nye, Nevada, United States, his father, Kenneth Bennett Young, was 34 and his mother, Almira Lucinda Smithson, was 30. He married Lorena Dunn on 29 December 1903, in Grangeville, Idaho, Idaho, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Orchard Mesa, Mesa, Colorado, United States in 1910 and Fruita, Mesa, Colorado, United States in 1950. He died on 15 January 1964, in Fruita, Gunnison, Colorado, United States, at the age of 91, and was buried in Fruita, Gunnison, Colorado, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lafayette Young
1872–1964
Lorena Dunn
1883–1970
Marriage: 29 December 1903
Kenneth James Young
1907–1990
Dorothy Young
1909–1973
Virginia Young
1913–1999
Lafayette Young
1915–1999
Stanley Keith Young
1924–1974

Sources (17)

  • Lafeyette Young, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Lafayette Young, "Idaho, County Marriages, 1864-1950"
  • Lafayette Young, "United States Census, 1920"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    29 December 1903Grangeville, Idaho, Idaho, United States
  • Children (5)

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    Siblings (10)

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    World Events (8)

    1874

    Age 2

    Historical Boundaries: 1874: La Plata, Colorado Territory, United States 1876: La Plata, Colorado, United States

    1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii

    Age 3

    In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 24

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    Name Meaning

    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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