Lorenzo Dow Young

Brief Life History of Lorenzo Dow

When Lorenzo Dow Young was born on 19 October 1807, in Smyrna, Smyrna, Chenango, New York, United States, his father, John Hayden Young Sr., was 44 and his mother, Abigail Howe, was 42. He married Persis Goodall on 26 June 1826, in Watertown, Jefferson, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 4 daughters. He died on 21 November 1895, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lorenzo Dow Young
1807–1895
Persis Goodall
1806–1894
Marriage: 26 June 1826
William Goodall Young
1827–1894
Joseph Watson Young
1828–1873
Lucy Ann Young
1832–1836
Harriet Maria Young
1834–1928
John Ray Young
1837–1931
Franklin Wheeler Young
1839–1911
Lorenzo Sobieski Young
1841–1924
Lucia Jane Young
1843–1843
Lucius James Young
1843–1844
Frances Elizabeth Young
1845–1845

Sources (134)

  • Lor D Young, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Lorenzo Dow Young, "Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949"
  • Lorenzo Dow Young, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1808

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1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

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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