When Ovie Ellen Young was born on 6 January 1895, in Des Arc, Prairie, Arkansas, United States, her father, John Duckett Young, was 36 and her mother, Nancy Belle Kelley, was 22. She married Ellis Birl McLain on 4 January 1923, in Des Arc, Prairie, Arkansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in United States in 1949 and Dardanelle, Yell, Arkansas, United States in 1950. She died on 13 May 1977, in Vidor, Orange, Texas, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Woodville, Tyler, Texas, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1896: Orange, Texas, United States
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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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