William John Young

Male8 November 1927–11 November 2005

Brief Life History of William John

When William John Young was born on 8 November 1927, in Altadena, Los Angeles, California, United States, his father, William John Young, was 42 and his mother, Mary Crotty, was 35. He married Mary Ellen Petek on 21 November 1953, in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1930 and Pasadena Judicial Township, Los Angeles, California, United States in 1940. He died on 11 November 2005, in Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Sierra Madre Pioneer Cemetery, Sierra Madre, Los Angeles, California, United States.

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Family Time Line

William John Young
1927–2005
Mary Ellen Petek
1930–2018
Marriage: 21 November 1953
Bridget Eileen Young
1954–1954

Sources (9)

  • William J Young in household of William J Young, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Wm John Young, "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994"
  • William John Young, "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    21 November 1953Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (4)

    World Events (8)

    1929

    Age 2

    13 million people become unemployed after the Wall Street stock market crash of 1929 triggers what becomes known as the Great Depression. President Herbert Hoover rejects direct federal relief.

    1934 · Alcatraz Island Becomes Federal Penitentiary

    Age 7

    Alcatraz Island officially became Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary on August 11, 1934. The island is situated in the middle of frigid water and strong currents of the San Francisco Bay, which deemed it virtually inescapable. Alcatraz became known as the toughest prison in America and was seen as a “last resort prison.” Therefore, Alcatraz housed some of America’s most notorious prisoners such as Al Capone and Robert Franklin Stroud. Due to the exorbitant cost of running the prison, and the deterioration of the buildings due to salt spray, Alcatraz Island closed as a penitentiary on March 21, 1963. 

    1948 · The Beginning of the Cold War

    Age 21

    The Berlin Blockade was the first major crises of the Cold War. The Soviet Union blocked all access to the sectors of Berlin under Western control and offered to drop the blockade if the newly introduced Deutsche Mark was removed from West Berlin. The Berlin Blockade showed the different ideological and economic visions for postwar Europe. Even though there wasn't any fire fight during the cold war, many of these skirmishes arose and almost caused nuclear war on multiple occasions.

    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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