Brief Life History of Adam
When Adam Young was born on 7 January 1779, in Ontario, North Bethlehem Township, Washington, Pennsylvania, United States, his father, John George Young, was 39 and his mother, Margaret Streit, was 39. He married Margaret Misener about 1816, in Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 29 December 1859, in Crowland, Welland, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 80, and was buried in Niagara Falls, Lincoln, Upper Canada, British Colonial America.
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- Adam Young, "Find A Grave Index"
- Adam Young in entry for Walter Young and Samantha Bracebill, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Adam Young in entry for Walter Young and Charlotte Wills, "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
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1781 · The First Constitution
Serving the newly created United States of America as the first constitution, the Articles of Confederation were an agreement among the 13 original states preserving the independence and sovereignty of the states. But with a limited central government, the Constitutional Convention came together to replace the Articles of Confederation with a more established Constitution and central government on where the states can be represented and voice their concerns and comments to build up the nation.
1781
Historical Boundaries: 1781: Washington, Pennsylvania, United States
1800 · Movement to Washington D.C.
While the growth of the new nation was exponential, the United States didn’t have permanent location to house the Government. The First capital was temporary in New York City but by the second term of George Washington the Capital moved to Philadelphia for the following 10 years. Ultimately during the Presidency of John Adams, the Capital found a permanent home in the District of Columbia.
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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