David Harland Young (1874 - 1880)

Born 1874 in Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Died 6 Aug 1880 at about age 6 in Ontario, Canada

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Biography

David Young died young.

David is the child of Thomas Young and Annie Young. He died after eating green apples.^[1] He told his mother he could hear angels singing. He was clutching a coin in his hand when he died and his mother kept the coin. It was later stolen, to her great grief, when the family was away at church.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ He may have had an appendix attack.
2. ↑ Entered by Dave Rutherford, March 24, 2013, as recounted to him by his wife, Brenda Rutherford. Brenda was close to her great grandmother, Cora, who was David Harland's sister.

• Dr. David K. Faux: Descendants of Peter Young.Generation 3.
• Cemetery photo courtesy of Bill Young.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193531370/david-harland-young : accessed 04 June 2022), memorial page for David Harland Young (1874–1880), Find a Grave Memorial ID 193531370, citing Caledonia Cemetery, Caledonia, Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Carolyn McDonald (contributor 49661062) .