Brief Life History of Greenberry
Greenberry Young was born in 1807, in Jessamine, Jessamine, Kentucky, United States. He married Ann S. Simmons on 12 April 1832, in Brandenburg, Meade, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Shawswick Township, Lawrence, Indiana, United States in 1850 and Ballard, Kentucky, United States in 1864. He registered for military service in 1864. He was buried in Brandenburg, Meade, Kentucky, United States.
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- Green F Young, "United States Census, 1840"
- Green F. Young, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954" (1832)
- Greenberry F Young, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1818
Historical Boundaries 1818: Lawrence, Indiana, United States
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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