Brief Life History of Mary A.
When Mary A. Young was born about 1849, in Kentucky, United States, her father, Green F Young, was 43 and her mother, Ann S. Simmons, was 35. She lived in Shawswick, Shawswick Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States in 1850.
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Family Time Line
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- Mary A Young in household of Green F Young, "United States Census, 1850"
Parents and Siblings
1807– Male
1815– Female
Siblings (7)
1833– Female
1835–1918 Male
1838– Male
1842– Female
1844– Male
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World Events (8)
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
Age 1
1851 · Constitution of 1851
Age 2
1891
Age 42
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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