Lawrence Thayer Young

Brief Life History of Lawrence Thayer

When Lawrence Thayer Young was born on 14 March 1906, in New Cumberland, Hancock, West Virginia, United States, his father, Daniel Oliver Young, was 32 and his mother, Helena Thayer, was 27. He married Dorothy Gertrude Riegler in 1936, in Hancock, West Virginia, United States. He lived in Canton, Stark, Ohio, United States in 1930. He died on 14 September 1993, in Broward, Florida, United States, at the age of 87.

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Lawrence Thayer Young
1906–1993
Dorothy Gertrude Riegler
1916–2009
Marriage: 1936

Sources (8)

  • Lawrence T Young, "United States Census, 1950"
  • Lawrence Thayer Young, "West Virginia Marriages, 1780-1970"
  • Lawrence Thayer Young, "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998"

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1907 · Not for profit elections

The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.

1915

Historical Boundaries: 1915: Broward, Florida, United States

1929

13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

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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