Brief Life History of William Henry
When William Henry Young was born on 30 November 1827, in Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Caleb Young, was 27 and his mother, Sophronia Wood, was 20. He married Fionah M. Howard on 5 February 1850, in Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Vermont, United States in 1870. He died on 13 January 1874, in Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, United States, at the age of 46, and was buried in South Wardsboro Cemetery, Wardsboro, Windham, Vermont, United States.
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Sources (19)
- William H Yoanny, "United States Census, 1870"
- William H Young, "Find A Grave Index"
- William Young in entry for Leonard J. Brown and Mary Kilburn, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"
Spouse and Children
1827–1874 Male
1832–1885 Female
Children (3)
1850–1874 Male
1863–1910 Female
1865–1949 Female
Parents and Siblings
1799–1870 Male
1807–1883 Female
Siblings (7)
1827–1874 Male
1829–1831 Male
1831–1831 Female
1832–1915 Female
1836–1919 Male
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World Events (7)
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 3
1834 · Vermont Anti-Slavery Society is Formed
Age 7
1846
Age 19
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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