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Family History & Genealogy

The Young Family

2,446 documented Young ancestors — traced through census, vital, cemetery, and newspaper records. Every name below is a real person in the public record.

2,446Documented ancestors
1808Earliest record
9Generations
The name

Origin & meaning of Young

English & Scottish nickname distinguishing the younger of two bearers of the same name (Old English 'geong').

Documented across the American record; part of a growing network of family histories.

Documented families

Young families we’ve reconstructed

Real Young family groups pieced together from the public record — parents, spouse, and children, each with the source that proves it. Recognize your line? Tap a family and we’ll start your documented tree from it.

Abraham Youngdate unknown
Ohio
parents(father, given name not stated) Young & Susan Harrison
Abraham Young ⚭ Christina Fleming (m. 24 May 1865)
childrenJames Young · Maggie Young · Susan Young · Harry Young · Rhoda Young · Emma Young · William Young · Matthew Young · Etta Young
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Henry Young1825 – 1874
Germany → near Mineral Ridge, Mahoning County, Ohio
Henry Young ⚭ Julia Wappler
childrenPhilip Young · Susanna Young · William Young · Elizabeth Young · August Young · Lena Young · Lewis H. Young · Rose Young · Julia Young
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Sallie Matilda Young1871 – 1958
Virginia, USA
parentsEli S. YOUNG & Lucy Young
Sallie Matilda Young ⚭ Troy Franklin Lovelace
childrenEli Franklin LOVELACE · Lucy Jane LOVELACE · Agnes Mae LOVELACE · Edgar Vance LOVELACE · Gwendolyn LOVELACE · Zollie Wave LOVELACE · Vester Wayne LOVELACE
Eli S. Young1835 – 1915
Virginia, USA
Eli S. Young ⚭ Lucy Young
childrenLaura J. Young · Sallie Matilda YOUNG · Elizabeth S. Young · Joseph V. Young · Robert M. Young · George W. Young · Lucy A. Young
Lucy Young1841 – 1910
Virginia
Lucy Young ⚭ Eli S. YOUNG
childrenLaura J. Young · Sallie Matilda YOUNG · Elizabeth S. Young · Joseph V. Young · Robert M. Young · George W. Young · Lucy A. Young
Alphonzo Youngb. 1837
Ashtabula County, Ohio
parentsSeth Young & Abigail Young
Alphonzo Young ⚭ Martha E. Newlove (married Nov 15
childrenJohn N. Young · Mary Anna Young · Ansil Young · Capitola Young · Mattie Young
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Lewis H. Youngdate unknown
Austintown, Mahoning County, Ohio
Lewis H. Young ⚭ Ida A. Ohl (m. 14 Feb 1890)
childrenWilliam Young · Laverne Young · Lemar Young · Arthur Young
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Hamilton R. Youngdate unknown
Madison County, Iowa
Hamilton R. Young ⚭ Edna E. Osborn
childrenDee Young · Minnie Young · Samuel Young · Tom C. Young
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Mary Youngb. 1828
Pennsylvania
Mary Young ⚭ Adam Mundorff, William Hamil
childrenEliza Mundorff · John Wesley Mundorff · William Hamil
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John U. Youngd. 1912
Ohio → Adair County, Iowa
John U. Young ⚭ Cornelia T. Curtis
childrenLeonard C. Young · Josie Young · Henry S. Young
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William M. Youngdate unknown
parentsDavid A. Young & Sarah J. Wright
William M. Young ⚭ Addie J. Rumbaugh
childrenWilla J. Young · David A. Young
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David A. Youngdate unknown
Lee County, Iowa
David A. Young ⚭ Sarah J. Wright (m. 1 Oct 1872)
childrenWilliam M. Young · three children who died in infancy
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The documented line

Young ancestors in the record

Deceased Young ancestors, earliest first. Living family members are deliberately omitted.

Stephen G. Young was born in 1827 — of fighting age when the Civil War draft came. Did he go? The record can tell you. Trace this line →
William Young
1808 – 1881
County Antrim, Ireland
m. Hester Stott
Job Young
1814 – 1875
Linn County, Iowa
Henry Young
1825 – 1874
Germany
m. Julia Wappler
Stephen G. Young
1827 – 1911
Bourbon County, Kentucky
m. Lucy Francis Jesse
Mary Young
b. 1828
Pennsylvania
m. Adam Mundorff, William Hamil
Sarah Palmer Young
1830 – 1908
Thomas L. Young
b. 1832
Down County, Ireland
Eli S. Young
1835 – 1915
Virginia, USA
m. Lucy Young
Alphonzo Young
b. 1837
Ashtabula County, Ohio
m. Martha E. Newlove (married Nov 15
Lucy Young
1841 – 1910
Virginia
m. Eli S. YOUNG
James H. Young
b. 1841
Fleming County, Kentucky
Edrar We Young
1841 – 1924
Kossuth County, Iowa
William E. Young
1844 – 1905
R. Miller Young
b. 1846
Fulton County, Ohio
Lafayette Young
1848 – 1926
Eddyville
Cynthia E Young
1849 – 1931
Guthrie County, Iowa
Isaac D. Young
1849 – 1927
Pleasantville
James W. Young
b. 1850
Platte township, Clay County, Missouri
James H. Young
d. 1851
Kentucky
m. Margaret M. Henry
Eugene A Young
1856 – 1935
Black Hawk County, Iowa
Elmer E Young
1860 – 1940
Linn County, Iowa
Lewis H. Young
b. 1861
Austintown township, Mahoning County, Ohio
Emma Bey Young
1862 – 1941
Linn County, Iowa
Charles Young
1862 – 1932
Linn County, Iowa
Newton C. Young
1862 – 1923
Mount Pleasant
Ellsworth Young
1866 – 1952
Albia
Younry Young
1868 – 1926
Kossuth County, Iowa
Laura J. Young
b. 1869
Virginia
Sallie Matilda Young
1871 – 1958
Virginia, USA
m. Troy Franklin Lovelace
Mary E Young
1871 – 1969
Iowa
Oren Young
1871 – 1966
Iowa
Elizabeth S. Young
b. 1872
Virginia
Florence Liley Young
1872 – 1974
Fort Dodge
Joseph V. Young
b. 1874
Virginia
John A Young
1874 – 1972
Iowa
Clinton Young
1874 – 1962
Iowa
Anna Young
1874 – 1968
Iowa
Robert M. Young
1875 – 1950
Virginia
m. Laura Bell PLUMMER, Lillie Mettie BOYER
Henry S. Young
b. 1875
Washington County, Iowa
William Young
1875 – 1966
Iowa
Anna Young
1875 – 1970
Iowa
Myrtle Young
1875 – 1967
Iowa
Ernest Young
1875 – 1964
Iowa
John Young
1876 – 1968
Iowa
David Young
1876 – 1972
Iowa
Amy Young
1876 – 1963
Iowa
George W. Young
b. 1877
Virginia
Nora Young
1877 – 1972
Iowa
James Young
1877 – 1963
Iowa
Winfred Young
1877 – 1975
Iowa
Louise Young
1877 – 1966
Iowa
Peter Young
1877 – 1965
Iowa
Fred Young
1877 – 1965
Iowa
Addie Young
1877 – 1963
Iowa
Elizabeth Young
1878 – 1973
Iowa
Kitty Young
1878 – 1973
Iowa
Lewis Young
1878 – 1970
Iowa
Louise Young
1878 – 1969
Iowa
Harry Young
1878 – 1970
Iowa
Lucy A. Young
b. 1879
Virginia
Marvin Young
1879 – 1962
Iowa
Lenna Young
1879 – 1970
Iowa
John Young
1879 – 1966
Iowa
Mamie Young
1879 – 1967
Iowa
Nicholas E Young
1879 – 1966
Iowa
Sadie Young
1879 – 1968
Iowa
James Young
1879 – 1967
Iowa
Clara Young
1879 – 1970
Iowa
Alvis Young
1879 – 1962
Iowa
Karl Young
1879 – 1943
Clinton
Jessie Young
1880 – 1969
Iowa
Ada Young
1880 – 1975
Iowa
Katherine Young
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Margaret Young
1880 – 1967
Iowa
Margaret Young
1880 – 1975
Iowa
Mike Young
1880 – 1963
Iowa
Robert Young
1880 – 1967
Iowa
William Young
1880 – 1965
Iowa
Thomas Young
1880 – 1966
Iowa
Bertha D Young
1880 – 1972
Iowa
William Young
1880 – 1964
Iowa
Earl Young
1881 – 1967
Iowa
Bertha Young
1881 – 1981
Iowa
Howard Young
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Millie Young
1881 – 1975
Iowa
Maude Young
1881 – 1976
Iowa
Charles Young
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Charles Young
1881 – 1962
Iowa
Lloyd Young
1881 – 1977
Iowa
Sylvia Young
1881 – 1978
Iowa
Retta Young
1881 – 1965
Iowa
Almeda Young
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Myra Young
1881 – 1971
Iowa
Bertha Young
1881 – 1969
Iowa
Kate Young
1882 – 1965
Iowa
Alice Young
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Clara Young
1882 – 1965
Iowa
Henry Young
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Elmer Young
1882 – 1975
Iowa
Arthur Young
1882 – 1963
Iowa
John Young
1882 – 1972
Iowa
Sadie Young
1882 – 1964
Iowa
Edith Young
1882 – 1974
Iowa
Mathew Young
1882 – 1967
Iowa
Anna Young
1882 – 1976
Iowa
James Young
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Bill Young
1883 – 1964
Iowa
Dessie Young
1883 – 1982
Iowa
Robert Young
1883 – 1966
Iowa
Virginia Young
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Lena Young
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Blanche Young
1883 – 1973
Iowa
Clarence Young
1883 – 1974
Iowa
William Young
1883 – 1969
Iowa
Wilfred Young
1883 – 1965
Iowa
Warren Young
1883 – 1965
Iowa
Clarence Young
1883 – 1967
Iowa
Edmond Young
1883 – 1980
Iowa
Alva Young
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Florence Young
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Maude Young
1883 – 1968
Iowa
Rose Young
1883 – 1970
Iowa
Jesse Young
1883 – 1971
Iowa
Edward Young
1884 – 1974
Iowa
Charles Young
1884 – 1964
Iowa
Edna Young
1884 – 1981
Iowa
Emma Young
1884 – 1971
Iowa
George Young
1884 – 1963
Iowa
Robert Young
1884 – 1975
Iowa
Bessie M Young
1884 – 1966
Iowa
Mabel Young
1884 – 1974
Iowa
Maude Young
1884 – 1971
Iowa
Stella Young
1884 – 1965
Iowa
Maude Young
1884 – 1967
Iowa
John Young
1884 – 1964
Iowa
Iva Young
1884 – 1977
Iowa
Margaret Young
1884 – 1983
Iowa
Inez Young
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Margaret Young
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Ruth Young
1885 – 1968
Iowa
Robert Young
1885 – 1974
Iowa
Anna Young
1885 – 1983
Iowa
Brittie Young
1885 – 1977
Iowa
Frank Young
1885 – 1971
Iowa
John Young
1885 – 1981
Iowa
Johanna Young
1885 – 1975
Iowa
Blanche Young
1885 – 1984
Iowa
Ray Young
1885 – 1968
Iowa
William Young
1885 – 1962
Iowa
Rose Young
1885 – 1977
Iowa
Phillip Young
1885 – 1939
Iowa
Edna Young
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Samuel Young
1885 – 1971
Iowa
Bessie Young
1885 – 1966
Iowa
Thomas Young
1885 – 1969
Iowa
Grace Young
1885 – 1968
Iowa
William Young
1886 – 1966
Iowa
Frank Young
1886 – 1967
Iowa
Adda Young
1886 – 1967
Iowa
James Young
1886 – 1967
Iowa
Mattie Young
1886 – 1966
Iowa
Elmer Young
1886 – 1971
Iowa
E Young
1886 – 1970
Iowa
Charles Young
1886 – 1986
Iowa
Herman Young
1886 – 1963
Iowa
Elizabeth Young
1886 – 1981
Iowa
Albert Young
1886 – 1966
Iowa
Todd Young
1886 – 1963
Iowa
Alice Young
1886 – 1986
Iowa
Charles Young
1886 – 1963
Iowa
Claude Young
1886 – 1963
Iowa
Margaret Young
1886 – 1977
Iowa
Geraldine Young
1886 – 1964
Iowa
Bessie Young
1886 – 1974
Iowa
John Orr Young
1886 – 1976
Leon
Wilbur Young
1887 – 1970
Iowa
Cortland Young
1887 – 1976
Iowa
Clifford Young
1887 – 1964
Iowa
Harriet Young
1887 – 1967
Iowa
Iva Young
1887 – 1977
Iowa
Ada B Young
1887 – 1968
Iowa
Emma Young
1887 – 1987
Iowa
Emma Young
1887 – 1977
Iowa
Anna M Young
1887 – 1971
Iowa
John Young
1887 – 1966
Iowa
Charles Young
1887 – 1977
Iowa
Mary Young
1887 – 1976
Iowa
Agnes Young
1887 – 1963
Iowa
Elsie Young
1887 – 1981
Iowa
Pauline Young
1887 – 1979
Iowa
Mildred Young
1887 – 1981
Iowa
Oliver Young
1887 – 1963
Iowa
John Young
1887 – 1974
Iowa
George Young
1887 – 1974
Iowa
Blanche Young
1887 – 1970
Iowa
Ada Young
1887 – 1967
Iowa
Elizabeth Young
1887 – 1975
Iowa
Mary Young
1887 – 1982
Iowa
George Young
1887 – 1963
Iowa
Frank Young
1887 – 1977
Iowa
Goldie Young
1887 – 1973
Iowa
Ethel Young
1887 – 1984
Iowa
Lottie Young
1887 – 1972
Iowa
Blanche Young
1887 – 1980
Iowa
Thomas Young
1888 – 1966
Iowa
James Young
1888 – 1967
Iowa
William Young
1888 – 1978
Iowa
Timon Young
1888 – 1967
Iowa
Everett Young
1888 – 1963
Iowa
Lloyd Young
1888 – 1968
Iowa
Julia Young
1888 – 1981
Iowa
Tressie Young
1888 – 1981
Iowa
Mabel Young
1888 – 1977
Iowa
Nell Young
1888 – 1966
Iowa
Fred Young
1888 – 1965
Iowa
Rozetta Young
1888 – 1973
Iowa
Mae Young
1888 – 1981
Iowa
Agnes Young
1888 – 1976
Iowa
Emma Young
1888 – 1981
Iowa
Jennie Young
1888 – 1973
Iowa
Manford Young
1888 – 1976
Iowa
Emil Young
1888 – 1976
Iowa
Louise Young
1888 – 1973
Iowa
Dora Young
1888 – 1969
Iowa
Carrie Young
1888 – 1968
Iowa
Charles Young
1888 – 1970
Iowa
Eph Young
1888 – 1977
Iowa
Lynden Young
1888 – 1963
Iowa
Angus Young
1888 – 1968
Iowa
Alma Young
1888 – 1984
Iowa
Alberta Young
1888 – 1968
Iowa
Bessie Young
1888 – 1979
Iowa
Emelia Young
1888 – 1975
Iowa
Joseph Young
1888 – 1964
Iowa
Mary Young
1888 – 1966
Iowa
William Young
1888 – 1969
Iowa
Ella Young
1888 – 1977
Iowa
Ethel Young
1888 – 1974
Iowa
N Young
1888 – 1976
Iowa
Harold Young
1888 – 1965
Iowa
Eber Young
1889 – 1974
Iowa
Bessie Young
1889 – 1965
Iowa
Effie Young
1889 – 1972
Iowa
Benona Young
1889 – 1985
Iowa
Eugene Young
1889 – 1965
Iowa
Oliver Young
1889 – 1968
Iowa
Jessie Young
1889 – 1975
Iowa
Alice Young
1889 – 1973
Iowa
Undine Young
1889 – 1973
Iowa
Mabel Young
1889 – 1985
Iowa
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Common questions

Young genealogy — FAQ

Where does the Young surname come from?

English & Scottish nickname distinguishing the younger of two bearers of the same name (Old English 'geong').

How far back does the Young family tree go?

The documented line here reaches back to 1808. Most Young lines can be traced to the end of the surviving public record.

Are living Young family members listed here?

No. Deceased ancestors only, from public records. Living people are excluded for privacy.

Is this my Young family?

If a name here matches your family, it may well be. A full documented build confirms exactly how your line connects.

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