Brief Life History of Clara Bell
When Clara Bell Young was born on 28 April 1908, in Athens, Limestone, Alabama, United States, her father, John Spencer Young, was 38 and her mother, Ora Lee Clem, was 32. She married John Henry Martin on 4 January 1963, in Limestone, Alabama, United States. She died on 9 November 1997, in her hometown, at the age of 89, and was buried in Athens City Cemetery, Athens, Limestone, Alabama, United States.
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- Clara Young in household of John Spencer Young, "United States Census, 1940"
- Clara Bell Young, "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950"
- Clara Y Bowers, "United States Social Security Death Index"
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1909 · The NAACP is formed
Organized as a civil rights organization, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. It is one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the nation.
1910 · The BSA is Made
Being modeled after the Boy Scout Association in England, The Boy Scouts of America is a program for young teens to learn traits, life and social skills, and many other things to remind the public about the general act of service and kindness to others.
1932
Amelia Earhart completes first solo nonstop transatlantic flight by a woman.
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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