Brief Life History of Mary Wingo
When Mary Wingo Young was born on 6 November 1825, in Yazoo City, Yazoo, Mississippi, United States, her father, William Foster Young, was 24 and her mother, Hester Wingo, was 19. She married John Alexander Ray Sr. in Carroll, Mississippi, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Walker, Texas, United States in 1850 and Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 20 April 1890, in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Fillmore, Millard, Utah, United States.
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- Mary Ray, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mississippi Marriages, 1776-1935
- Mary Wingo Young Ray, "Find A Grave Index"
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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.
1830 · The Oregon Trail
Many people started their 2,170-mile West trek to settle the land found by Louis and Clark. They used large-wheeled wagons to pack most of their belongings and were guided by trails that were made by the previous trappers and traders who walked the area. Over time the trail needed annual improvements to make the trip faster and safer. Most of Interstate 80 and 84 cover most of the ground that was the original trail.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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John Alexander Ray by Betseylee Browning
John Alexander Ray By Betseylee Browning (Mrs. Deven) Written May 2007 John Alexander Ray was very prominent leader in the settling of Fillmore, Millard County, Utah. He arrived in the area in the Sp …
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