Ann J. Young

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Descendants of Francis Young

Generation No. 1

1. FRANCIS1 YOUNG was born Abt. 1799 in Ayrshire, Scotland, and died Bef. 1860 in Ayrshire, Scotland. He married JANE WOODBURN July 03, 1824 in Loudoun, Ayr, Scotland, daughter of HUGH WOODBURN and JANET SHIELDS. She was born 1803 in Scotland, and died February 24, 1881 in Oakland Co., MI.

Children of FRANCIS YOUNG and JANE WOODBURN are:

i. JENET2 YOUNG, b. April 26, 1825; d. April 18, 1897; m. JOHN HARMON, March 25, 1859; b. December 18, 1818, Montgomery, Orange, NY.

More About JENET YOUNG: Burial: Pioneer Cem., Southfield, Oakland, MI

ii. CHRISTINA YOUNG, b. April 04, 1828, Scotland; d. July 22, 1904, W. Bloomfield Twp., Oakland, MI.

More About CHRISTINA YOUNG: Burial: Southfield Cem., Southfield, Oakland, MI

iii. HUGH YOUNG, b. May 1832, Scotland; d. December 01, 1909, Southfield Twp., Oakland, MI.

More About HUGH YOUNG: Burial: Southfield Cem., Southfield, Oakland, MI

iv. FRANCIS YOUNG, b. May 1835; d. May 11, 1921.

More About FRANCIS YOUNG: Burial: Greenwood Cem., Birmingham, Oakland, MI

2. v. WILLIAM S. YOUNG, b. April 14, 1837, Ayrshire, Scotland; d. September 11, 1898, Oakland Co., MI.

vi. MARION YOUNG, b. June 1840, Scotland; d. March 16, 1923, Royal Oak, Oakland, MI.

More About MARION YOUNG: Burial: Southfield Cem., Southfield, Oakland, MI

vii. ALEXANDER YOUNG, b. Abt. 1842.

viii. JEAN YOUNG, b. Abt. 1845.

Generation No. 2

2. WILLIAM S.2 YOUNG (FRANCIS1) was born April 14, 1837 in Ayrshire, Scotland, and died September 11, 1898 in Oakland Co., MI. He married ANN JANE RODGERS 1862, daughter of JAMES RODGERS and ANN MORTLAND. She was born April 26, 1840 in Commerce Twp., Oakland Co., MI, and died April 04, 1891.

Notes for WILLIAM S. YOUNG:

Oakland County Portrait and Biographical Album of 1891, pp. 677-8

WILLIAM S. YOUNG. Among the most noteworthy and honorable British-American citizens of Southfield Township, we may well mention the name of William S. Young, who was born April 14, 1837, in Ayrshire, Scotland, within two miles of London Castle. His father, Francis Young, was a farmer and died in the old country. The mother, who bore the maiden name of Jane Woodburn, came to America with her family in 1852, and located in Southfield Township.
She was the mother of four sons and four daughters, of whom our subject is the seventh child and youngest son.

William Young's early education was received in Scotland and he completed his schooling in Milford. He was fourteen years old when he came to this country and fifteen when he started out for himself to work at $9 per month in the summers, going to school in the winters. When nineteen years old he entered the employ of Mrs. James Gamble, at Milford. Ile remained with her for five years and then came to Southfield Township and rented a farm where his mother kept house for him until his marriage.

Ann J. Rodgers, who became the wife of our subject in 1862, was born in Commerce Township in 1840, her natal day being April 26. She is the eldest daughter of Dr. James Rodgers. The first home of the young married couple was in Southfield Township. In 1880 they went to Troy Township, where they lived for four years and then located where they now reside. Five children have blessed their union, namely: Ada J., [ see photo below ] the wife of Harry Russell, residing in Birmingham; Nettie A., who resides at home; Mary A., the wife of Jerry Russell; Margaret C., teaching school in Royal Oak Township, and James F.   The mother of these children passed away from earth April 4, 1891, and is buried in Southfield Township. She was an earnest worker in her church, the Church of the Covenanters, where her husband is also a leading member.   He has belonged to this church for thirty-five years and has taught in its Sunday school for twenty years. The whole family are efficient and active members of the same. His departed wife was a very devoted Christian and her loss is felt seriously by all who know her.

Mr. Young has a farm of eighty acres, all under cultivation with the exception of twenty acres. He is doing a general farming business, and aiding in every way in the development of his township and county. He is a Republican in politics and in all things desires to forward the prosperity of the community in which he resides.

More About WILLIAM S. YOUNG: Burial: Southfield Reformed Cem., Southfield, Oakland, MI

Children of WILLIAM YOUNG and ANN RODGERS are:

3. i. ADA JANE3 YOUNG, b. November 16, 1863, Commerce Twp., Oakland Co., MI; d. August 17, 1932.
ii. NETTIE A YOUNG, b. March 03, 1865, Southfield Twp., Oakland, MI; d. April 20, 1939, Birmingham, Oakland, MI.

More About NETTIE A YOUNG: Burial: Grand Lawn Cem., Detroit, MI

iii. MARGARET C YOUNG, b. 1873.
iv. JAMES F YOUNG, b. August 06, 1870, Southfield Twp., Oakland, MI; d. June 14, 1936.
v. MARY A YOUNG, b. March 05, 1868, Southfield Twp., Oakland, MI; m. GERALD HALSEY RUSSELL; b. August 17, 1865.

Generation No. 3

3. ADA JANE3 YOUNG (WILLIAM S.2, FRANCIS1) was born November 16, 1863 in Commerce Twp., Oakland Co., MI, and died August 17, 1932. She married HARRY MONFORD RUSSELL August 25, 1885, son of DANIEL RUSSELL and PHEBE STEPHENS. He was born July 31, 1860 in Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI, and died December 22, 1949 in Howell, Livingston Co., MI.

More About ADA JANE YOUNG: Burial: Acacia Park Cem., Birmingham, MI

More About HARRY MONFORD RUSSELL: Burial: Acacia Park Cem., Birmingham, MI

Children of ADA YOUNG and HARRY RUSSELL are:

i. HARRY HOWARD4 RUSSELL, b. May 15, 1886, Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI; d. January 28, 1946; m. PAULINE HARGER, September 27, 1914.

4. ii. BESSIE ANNABELLE RUSSELL, b. August 30, 1887, Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI; d. September 09, 1969, Probably Southfield, Oakland Co., MI.

iii. WILLIAM OLIN RUSSELL, b. September 26, 1888, Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI; d. August 15, 1932; m. RUTH ISABEL JUBB, June 05, 1912.

iv. DANIEL HENRY RUSSELL, b. January 06, 1890, Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI; d. November 15, 1946; m. MAYME RENDER, August 27, 1912.

v. RUTH GERTRUDE RUSSELL, b. March 01, 1892, Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI; d. August 22, 1974; m. RUSSELL HOYT, April 15, 1920.

vi. NELSON VANCE RUSSELL, b. April 15, 1895, Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI; d. October 12, 1951, Detroit, Wayne, MI; m. ALVARETTA ROSELLA POTTINGER, June 30, 1923.

Notes for NELSON VANCE RUSSELL:

Niece, Betty Shepherd, wrote the following: Nelson graduated from Birmingham High then attended Wooster College for three years before transferring to University of Michigan for his senior year. He joined the Air Force and trained to be a pilot in WWI. After service, he returned to U of M to receive his Doctorate of Philosophy in 1925.

He taught at Carleton College. In 1931 and 1932 he was a member of the American Seminar to Russia and a Lloyd traveling fellow in England. He wrote The British Regime in Michigan and the Old Northwest, 1760-1796. He was a contributor to a number of historical journals. From 1935-1938, he was the chief of references for National Archives. In 1944 he served as editor-in-chief of the historical branch of the chemical Warfare Service, U.S. Army.

He went back to Carleton College, MN from 1938 to 1946 then went to Carroll College as president in Waukesha, Wi.    (Carroll is a Presbyterian College). He was a wonderful speaker, lover of music and history. His wife came from a large farm family (IL) where most of her siblings rec'd college education. Alvaretta, with her sister, taught in a missionary school in Utah several years before she married Nelson. They met at U of M.

vii. OPAL ISABEL RUSSELL, b. March 26, 1898, Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI; d. February 18, 1929; m. WILLIAM HAACK, April 07, 1920.

viii. EDWARD HALSEY RUSSELL, b. August 08, 1902, Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI; d. October 23, 1969; m. GLADYS IRENE NIXON; b. December 04, 1903.

Generation No. 4

4. BESSIE ANNABELLE4 RUSSELL (ADA JANE3 YOUNG, WILLIAM S.2, FRANCIS1) was born August 30, 1887 in Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI, and died September 09, 1969 in Probably Southfield, Oakland Co., MI. She married OSCAR ANGSTMAN MILLER May 01, 1912 in Redford, Wayne, MI, son of ANDREW MILLER and PAULINE ANGSTMAN. He was born November 15, 1880 in Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI, and died March 29, 1939 in Southfield Twp., Oakland Co., MI.

Notes for BESSIE ANNABELLE RUSSELL: According to a family story, Bessie and her brothers & sisters had wonderful singing voices and had a quartet that would sing in church.

More About BESSIE ANNABELLE RUSSELL: Burial: Grand Lawn Cem, Farmington, MI.

Notes for OSCAR ANGSTMAN MILLER: Oscar was a farmer and ran the farm handed down from his father called Fairview Farm.

More About OSCAR ANGSTMAN MILLER: Burial: Grand Lawn Cem, Farmington, MI

Children of BESSIE RUSSELL and OSCAR MILLER are:

i. EDWARD RUSSELL5 MILLER, b. Abt. 1914; d. November 07, 1966; m. BEULAH.
ii. KENNETH ARNOLD MILLER, b. October 13, 1919; d. April 1985; m. THELMA.

Notes for KENNETH ARNOLD MILLER: Known as Arnold, he took over the family farm and his two brothers moved to farms in Fowlerville, Livingston Co., MI.

5. iii. HALSEY LEWIS MILLER, b. November 29, 1920, Detroit, Wayne, MI; d. February 08, 1990, Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI.

Generation No. 5

5. HALSEY LEWIS5 MILLER (BESSIE ANNABELLE4 RUSSELL, ADA JANE3 YOUNG, WILLIAM S.2, FRANCIS1) was born November 29, 1920 in Detroit, Wayne, MI, and died February 08, 1990 in Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, MI. He married MARY LOUISE WORSFOLD August 30, 1940, daughter of ALFRED WORSFOLD and IDA DENBY. She died February 08, 2000.

More About HALSEY LEWIS MILLER: Burial: Greenwood Cem., Fowlerville, MI

More About MARY LOUISE WORSFOLD: Burial: Greenwood Cem., Fowlerville, MI

Child of HALSEY MILLER and MARY WORSFOLD is:

i. CAROL ANNE6 MILLER.