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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- 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"
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1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1808
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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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