Robert Walgrave Young (1856 - 1933)

Born 12 Jun 1856 in Tazewell County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Died 8 Mar 1933 at age 76 in Bluefield, Mercer Co., West Virginia, USA

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Biography

Robert was born in 1856. He is the son of Charles Young and Louisa Smith Duff.

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Research Note

Why did the 1860 census taker record this individual's age as "2"? (Compton-2184 14:49, 3 August 2017 (EDT))

• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41B-47J : 12 April 2016), Walgrave Young in entry for Charles Young, 1860. Western District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States.

Why did informant Margaret Gardner of Columbus, Ohio, report Robert's mother's name as "Margareth Dailey" on his death certificate? (Compton-2184 10:02, 10 October 2017 (EDT))

• "West Virginia Death Record Detail", Id=1258997 Robert W. Young, Death Date: 08 Mar 1933 Death Place: Mercer, West Virginia; available at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1258997&Type=Death, accessed 3 August 2017.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGC-JQP : 12 April 2016), Robert Young in household of Charles Young, Virginia, United States; citing p. 29, family 195, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,176.

• "Virginia Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR3M-K5Z : 5 December 2014), Robert W Young and Margaret C. Baily, 08 Jan 1879; citing Tazewell, Virginia, reference Page 51 Line 2; FHL microfilm 34,214.

• "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X522-38X : 5 December 2014), Robert W. Young in entry for Margaret L. Young, 21 Nov 1879; citing Tazewell, Virginia, reference p 169; FHL microfilm 2,048,444.

• "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X52P-W6Y : 5 December 2014), Robt. Walgrave Young in entry for Ella Made Young, 01 May 1884; citing Clinch River, Tazewell, Virginia, reference p 232; FHL microfilm 2,048,444.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9ZM-WJV : accessed 3 August 2017), Robert W Young, Beaver Pond district (east side), Mercer, West Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 76, sheet 14B, family 245, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,766.

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN2W-B5R : accessed 3 August 2017), Robert W Young, Bluefield Ward 1, Mercer, West Virginia, United States; citing ED 76, sheet 11B, line 74, family 237, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1963; FHL microfilm 1,821,963.

• Harman, John Newton, Annals of Tazewell County, Virginia from 1800-1922, (Richmond, Va. : W.C. Hill Printing Co., 1922), Volume II, Page 586.

• "West Virginia Death Record Detail", Id=1258997 Robert W. Young, Death Date: 08 Mar 1933 Death Place: Mercer, West Virginia; available at http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=1258997&Type=Death, accessed 3 August 2017.

Acknowledgments

• Marie Mills created this profile Apr 29, 2012. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Marie and others.