Harriet Maria Young

Brief Life History of Harriet Maria

When Harriet Maria Young was born on 21 July 1834, in Kirtland Township, Lake, Ohio, United States, her father, Lorenzo Dow Young, was 26 and her mother, Persis Goodall, was 28. She married Joseph Gurnsey Brown on 31 December 1851, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1860 and Saint Joseph, Mohave, Arizona, United States in 1870. She died on 16 February 1928, in Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States, at the age of 93, and was buried in Kanab City Cemetery, Kanab, Kane, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Joseph Gurnsey Brown
1824–1907
Harriet Maria Young
1834–1928
Marriage: 31 December 1851
Homer Achilles Brown
1853–1886
Persis Ann Brown
1855–1919
Joseph Gurnsey Brown Jr.
1857–1887
Lucy Elizabeth Brown
1859–1952
Angeline Brown
1861–1924
Lorenzo Young Brown
1862–1893
Ebenezer Brown
1864–1942
Juliette Little Brown
1867–1869
Feramorz Little Brown
1872–1893
Jennie Brown
1875–1958
Willmia Brown
1877–1965

Sources (43)

  • Hariet M Brown in household of Perris A Spencer, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Utah, Select County Marriages, 1887-1937
  • Harriet Maria Young Brown, "Utah Death Certificates, 1904-1956"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1862

EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER Alsen Haynes Hamblin BIRTH 28 Apr 1828 Munson Township, Geauga County, Ohio, USA DEATH 11 Aug 1862 (aged 34) Santa Clara, Washington County, Utah, USA BURIAL Kanab City Cemetery Kanab, Kane County, Utah, USA MEMORIAL ID 58307135 · View Source

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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Autobiography of Harriet Maria Young Brown

I found this manuscript in my Grandmother's (Nellie McAllister Clark) possessions. I don't know who transcribed it from Harriet Brown's dictation. But thank you to the people who preserved her story …

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