Brief Life History of Martha
When Martha Young was born in 1834, her father, John Smiley, was 38 and her mother, Ann Huston Reid, was 30. She had at least 1 son and 4 daughters with John A Bowman. She lived in Larne, County Antrim, Ireland in 1851. She died on 1 January 1904, at the age of 70.
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Family Time Line
Sources (10)
- Martha Simley in household of John Simley, "Ireland Census, 1851"
- Martha Young, "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910"
- Martha Young in entry for Martha Wallace Bowman, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
Spouse and Children
1834–1904 Female
Children (6)
1853– Male
1856– Female
1858– Male
1860– Female
1862–1884 Female
+1 More Child
Parents and Siblings
1796–1878 Male
1804–1868 Female
Siblings (10)
1825–1904 Female
1827–1907 Female
1829– Male
1832–1917 Male
1834–1904 Female
+5 More Children
World Events (2)
1839
Age 5
1845
Age 11
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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