Brigham Young Jr.

Brief Life History of Brigham

When Brigham Young Jr. was born on 18 December 1836, in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States, his father, Brigham Young, was 35 and his mother, Mary Ann Angell, was 33. He married Catherine Curtis Spencer on 15 November 1855, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 11 April 1903, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Brigham Young Jr.
1836–1903
Catherine Curtis Spencer
1836–1922
Marriage: 15 November 1855
Alice Roxy Young
1856–1946
Allie Young
1857–
Brigham Young III
1858–1945
Howard Orson Young
1859–1922
Lawrence Henry Young
1861–1940
Mabel Alexandra Young
1865–1951
Joseph Angell Young
1866–1935
George Spencer Young
1868–1958
Florence Ellen Young
1870–1953
Eugene Howe Young
1872–1903
Catherine Curtis Young
1875–1902
Cora Aurelia Young
1879–1963

Sources (58)

  • Brigham Young, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Brigham Young, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Brigham Young, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

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World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847

Historical Boundaries: 1848: Mexican Cession, United States 1850: Utah Territory, United States 1851: Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Salt Lake, Utah, United States

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

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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