Virginia L Young

Brief Life History of Virginia L

When Virginia L Young was born on 15 June 1871, in Missouri, United States, her father, John Hugh Young, was 32 and her mother, Nancy Caroline Rainey, was 28. She married Robert E Lee Mayfield on 8 October 1893, in McDonald, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Center Township, Greene, Missouri, United States in 1880 and Prairie Township, McDonald, Missouri, United States in 1900. She died in 1906, in South West Township, Barton, Missouri, United States, at the age of 35, and was buried in Southwest City, McDonald, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert E Lee Mayfield
1866–1960
Virginia L Young
1871–1906
Marriage: 8 October 1893
Young Talbot Mayfield
1895–1975
John Luther Mayfield
1897–1981
Hattie Eureka Mayfield
1899–1970
Lavina Catherine Mayfield
1903–1995
Georgia Lee Williams
1907–

Sources (4)

  • Jennie L Mayfield in household of Robert E Mayfield, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Virginia L. "Jennie" Young - Government record: birth: June 1871; Missouri, United States
  • Jennie L. Young Mayfield, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1872 · The First National Park

Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

1872 · The Amnesty Act

A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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