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Hugh YOUNG

Male 1826 - 1885


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  • Born  12 May 1826  Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  10 Sep 1885 
    Buried  12 Sep 1885  Union Dale Cemetery, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I297  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  17 Mar 2018 

    Father  Hugh YOUNG 
    Family ID  F137  Group Sheet

    Family  Martha J. Wilson,   b. 16 Jun 1830, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Apr 1904, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  8 Feb 1850  Second Garvagh Presb. Ch., Garvagh, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • According to the marriage records of the First Garvagh Presbyterian
      Church, Garvagh, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland, obtained from The Genealogy
      Centre, Heritage Library, 14 Bishop Street, Derry, N. Ireland, BT4869W,
      John Wilson (Martha's father) and John Woodburn Wilson (Martha's brother)
      were witnesses at Hugh and Martha's marriage. [1]
    Children 
     1. John W. YOUNG,   b. 29 Nov 1850, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1930, Avalon, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Hugh YOUNG,   b. 25 Dec 1856, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 May 1938, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. James YOUNG,   b. 17 Feb 1853, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 May 1935, Wilkinsburg, Allegheny Co, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. William YOUNG,   b. 1858, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Henry YOUNG,   b. 17 Jan 1861, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Feb 1928, Avalon, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Mary Ellen YOUNG,   b. 25 May 1863, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Mar 1942
     7. Martha W. YOUNG,   b. 11 Dec 1866, Southside (Pittsburgh), Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Dec 1940
     8. Elizabeth ("Lizzie") YOUNG,   b. 15 Jan 1872,   d. 23 Dec 1880
    Family ID  F100  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • According to the marriage records of the First Garvagh Presbyterian Church, Garvagh, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland, obtained from The Genealogy Centre, Heritage Library, 14 Bishop Street, Derry, N. Ireland, BT4869W, in 1850, Hugh was from carpenter from Spittle Hill, Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland. Spittle Hill is a townland located on the northern edge of the town of of Coleraine in the civil parish of Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland. According to these marriage records, Hugh's father was named Hugh Young.

      Hugh and his wife Martha sailed from Liverpool, England on the ship William-Rathbone, arriving in New York on May 14, 1850. (According to The Famine Immigrants, v. V, ed. Ira Glazier, Gen. Pub. Co. (1985)) According to the 1850 census (taken September 24, 1850), they lived with a Hugh and Mary Boyce and their five children in the 7th Ward of Pittsburgh in 1850. Everyone in the house is shown to have been born in Ireland. In fact, Hugh and Mary Boyce and their children also came to America on the William-Rathbone with Hugh and Mary Young. A Hugh Young declared his intention to become a U.S. citizen on Jan 11, 1854. (According to "A List of Immigrants Who Applied for Naturalization Papers in the District Courts of Allegheny Co., Pa.", W.Pa.Gen.Soc., v.2.)

      According to both the 1860 and 1880 censuses, Hugh, Mary and family continued to lived in the 7th Ward of Pittsburgh. Hugh is shown to be a carpenter. According to Janet Houston Rhein, Hugh was a carpenter from Spittle Hill, a townland in Co. Londonderry, N. Ireland. All of his and Mattie's children were born in Pennsylvania.

      According to the obituary in the Sept. 11, 1885 edition of the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, he died at 2:47 a.m. on Thursday, September 10, 1885. The funeral was at his late residence, No. 119 13th St., South Side, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday at 2:00 p.m. The obituary reads in its entirety as follows:

      YOUNG--On Thursday, Sept. 10, 1885, at 2:47 a.m., HUGH YOUNG, Sr., in the 60th year of his age.

      Funeral from his late residence, No. 119 13th st., S. S., on SATURDAY AFTERNOON at 2 o'clock. Friends of the family are respectfully invited to attend.

  • Sources 
    1. [S379] According to the marriage records of the First Gar.