George Albert Younghans (1855 - 1898)

Born 1855 in Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Husband of Cora (Decker) Younghans — married 6 Oct 1881 (to 4 Jan 1898) in Hudson, Lenawee, Michigan, United States

Died 4 Jan 1898 at about age 43 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Birth

George Albert Younghans was born in 1855,^[1] the son of Henry Younghans and Katherine (Beck) Younghans. One census and his Death Certificate say that he was born in Pennsylvania (presumably Eire), whereas two others say that he was born in Michigan.

Occupation

"Al Younghans painted carriages for Bill Neebling."^[2] The insane asylum where he died recorded that he had been an engineer,^[3] by which they meant a driver of a locomotive. Given his father Henry's boarding house for railroad employees, and his work on railroad cars, the opportunity was certainly present. Like his father, he too ran a boarding house in Ionia, Michigan, which his widow ran after his death (four boarders).^[4]

Societies

George belonged to at least two societies: the Masons, and the Maccabees, both of which showed up in great numbers for his funeral.^[5]

Marriage

He married Cora M. Decker (13 Aug 1858 - 18 Dec 1945) on 6 October 1881 in Hudson, Lenawee County, Michigan.^[6]

Children

George Albert and Cora had three daughters:^[7]

Land Acquisition

In 1891, George bought land in Orange Township, Michigan:

Township 6N, Range 6W, W½ of the W½ of Section 30 (see Images).^[8]

Death

George Albert Younghans died of pneumonia, and complications due to an organic brain disorder that afflicted him four years earlier, on 4 January 1898 in Traverse City, Grand Traverse County, Michigan.

His obituary reads:^[9]

Obituary of George A. Younghans

He is buried along side his wife in Plot 11-29 at Highland Park Cemetery, Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ The date shown on his grave marker.
2. ↑ English, History of Manchester. His marriage registration also mentions that he is a carriage painter: Michigan Marriage Records for Cora M Decker, Entry 915.
3. ↑ George A. Younghans, DC 1898.
4. ↑ 1900 census.
5. ↑ The Ionia Sentinel, Thursday 13 January 1898.
6. ↑ Michigan Marriage Records for Cora M Decker, Entry 915.
7. ↑ 1900 census.
8. ↑ Land Ownership Maps, Geo. A. Younghans, Ionia, 1891.
9. ↑ The Ionia Sentinel, Thursday 13 January 1898.
10. ↑ Find a Grave.

See Also:

• 1860 Federal Census for Erie, Erie, Pennsylvania; Page: 328. 1860 U.S. census, population schedule. NARA microfilm publication M653, 1,438 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Family Search page.
• 1870 Federal Census for Manchester, Washtenaw, Michigan; Roll: M593_707; Page: 230A. 1870 U.S. census, population schedules. NARA microfilm publication M593, 1,761 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.Minnesota census schedules for 1870. NARA microfilm publication T132, 13 rolls. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Family Search page.
• 1880 Federal Census for Manchester, Washtenaw, Michigan; Roll: 608; Page: 200B; Enumeration District: 233, Manchester Township Village of Manchester. Tenth Census of the United States, 1880. (NARA microfilm publication T9, 1,454 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
• Michigan Marriage Records, 1867-1952 for Cora M. Decker, Entry 915. Registers, 1868-1886. 1881 Branch-Muskegon. Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867–1952. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics.
• U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918 for Geo. A. Younghans, Michigan > Ionia, 1891. Collection Number: G&M_60; Roll Number: 60. Various publishers of County Land Ownership Atlases. Microfilmed by the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
• Michigan, U.S., Death Records, 1867-1952 for George A. Younghans, Death Certificates, 1897-1920. Death Records. Michigan Department of Community Health, Division for Vital Records and Health Statistics, Lansing, Michigan.
• The Ionia Sentinel, Thursday 13 January 1898.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 10 August 2021), memorial page for George A. Younghans (1855–4 Jan 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 83047034, citing Highland Park Cemetery, Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan, USA ; Maintained by Bonnie Hoy (contributor 47000652) .
• 1900 Federal Census for Ionia Ward 4, Ionia, Michigan; Page: 11; Enumeration District: 0013; Ionia City, Ward 4; FHL microfilm: 1240717. Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
• Annetta English, History of Manchester (Ann Arbor, MI: Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, 1930).