Brief Life History of Joseph S
When Joseph S Young was born in November 1808, in Granville Township, Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada, his father, Job Young, was 35 and his mother, Mary Wade, was 30. He married Judith Day Norcross on 4 May 1837, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Annapolis, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1808 and Blackstone, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States in 1855. He died on 2 June 1874, in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States, at the age of 65.
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- Joseph Young in entry for Rose Revere Young, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
- Joseph Young, "United States Census, 1870"
- Joseph S. in entry for Frank J. Scott and Annie R. Young, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1695-1910"
Spouse and Children
1808–1874 Male
1820–1904 Female
Children (7)
1838–1922 Female
1839– Male
1845–1922 Male
1848–1930 Female
1850–1932 Female
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Parents and Siblings
1773– Male
1778–1843 Female
Siblings (14)
1801–1892 Female
1804–1868 Male
1806– Male
1808–1874 Male
1811–1884 Female
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World Events (7)
1812
Age 4
1823
Age 15
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Age 22
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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