Emily Margaret Heard

Brief Life History of Emily Margaret

When Emily Margaret Heard was born on 30 September 1880, in Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States, her father, Oscar Edwin Heard Sr, was 24 and her mother, Mary Jeanette Peters, was 22. She married Archibald Tarbox Youngs in 1900. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She died on 26 August 1939, in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, at the age of 58, and was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Archibald Tarbox Youngs
1878–1956
Emily Margaret Heard
1880–1939
Marriage: 1900
Donald Heard Youngs Sr
1902–1956
Mary Youngs
1907–

Sources (9)

  • Emilyn Young in household of Arch T Young, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Emily Youngs, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Emily Youngs, "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998"

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Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English herd(e), hird(e), hord(e), Older Scots herd, hird ‘herdsman’, i.e. one who looked after cattle, sheep, or goats (Old English heorde, hierde). Compare Hardman .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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