Brief Life History of John Ray
When John Ray Young was born on 30 April 1837, in Kirtland, Geauga, Ohio, United States, his father, Lorenzo Dow Young, was 29 and his mother, Persis Goodall, was 31. He married Albina Terry on 1 January 1859, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons. He lived in Fruitland, San Juan, New Mexico, United States in 1900 and Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States for about 10 years. He died on 15 September 1931, in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States, at the age of 94, and was buried in Blanding City Cemetery, Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States.
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- John R Young in household of Onnie M Porter, "United States Census, 1920"
- John R. Young, "United States Western States Marriage Index"
- Utah, U.S., Death and Military Death Certificates, 1904-1961
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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.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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