William Henry Young (1868 - 1944)

Born 27 Oct 1868 in South Carolina, United States

Husband of Josephine (Simmons) Young — married after 1880 in New London, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 12 Aug 1944 at age 75 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

Biography

William Young is a part of US Black heritage.

He was the son of Henry and Mary Young. William married Josephine Simmons.

He was a porter at a train depot, probably at Los Angeles Union Station, in 1920. In that year he was living at Watts, in Los Angeles County. His race was listed as mulatto. His wife was Josephine, age 48, born in Virginia.

Children in 1920 were:

(William) Scott Young, age 27, b. Hartford, Connecticut. He died 6 Dec 1944 in Los Angeles from third-degree burns when his bed caught fire while he was smoking. This was in a V. A. facility in Los Angeles. He was a World War I veteran.^[1]

Ruth M. Young b 1893 in New London, Connecticut. She was not with the family in 1920. She married Eddie Akres 1 Nov 1910 in Los Angeles.^[2]

Frank Young, b. 1899 in Connecticut. He married Ruth Adamson 20 Jul 1917 in Los Angeles.^[3]

Theodore Young, age 18, b. Connecticut

Gertrude Young, age 16, b. California. She married Clarence Field Cowings 4 Jan 1923 in Los Angeles.^[4]

Madeline Young, born 1906, died 2 Nov 1911 in Los Angeles.^[5]

Benjamin Young, age 11, b. California. He married Bertha Arleta Godfrey in 1933.

Josephine Young, age 8, b. California. She married John Henry Lark 30 Jan 1948 in Wilmington, California.^[6]

Pauline Young, age 6, b. California

Jacob Young, age 3, b. California. He married Rose Smart 2 Apr 1940 in Los Angeles.^[7]

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In 1930 he was living with wife Josephine age 59, his son Benjamin Young and granddaughter Geraldine Cowings, age 6.^[9]

In 1940 William was living with wife Josephine, age 69, son Jacob age 24 and daughter-in-law Rose Young, age 22, b. Texas. Their race was listed as Negro.^[10]

According to his death certificate, his usual occupation was a minister of the Methodist Church.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3R-VQY7 : 1 March 2021), William Young in entry for William Scott Young, 1944.
2. ↑ "California Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:41CX-M56Z : 24 March 2020), William H. Young in entry for Eddie Akres, 1910.
3. ↑ "California Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:41Z6-16MM : 24 March 2020), W. H. Young in entry for Frank Young, 1917.
4. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8N9-2C6 : 9 March 2021), William Young in entry for Clarence Field Cowings and Gertrude Mansfield Young, 04 Jan 1923; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,331.
5. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGFD-V7YQ : 1 March 2021), W H Young in entry for Madeline Young, 1911.
6. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPW6-MT3B : 1 March 2021), William Henry Young in entry for Josephine Young Lark, 1948.
7. ↑ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8V6-VVF : 9 March 2021), William H Young in entry for Jacob Young and Rose Smart, 02 Apr 1940; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,114,370.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH7N-7BZ : 31 January 2021), William H Young, 1920.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCZ1-KZY : accessed 20 March 2021), William H Young, Los Angeles (Districts 0501-0750), Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 561, sheet 31B, line 76, family 474, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 154; FHL microfilm 2,339,889.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9ZV-Z6G : 6 January 2021), William Young, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-1240, sheet 5B, line 68, family 107, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 430.
11. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7N-1C61 : 1 March 2021), William Henry Young, 1944.

• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VPQ6-FJF : 26 November 2014), William Henry Young, 12 Aug 1944; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.