Elizabeth Young
b. 16 December 1840, d. 13 March 1897
- Father: Walter Young b. 27 February 1818, d. between 1860 and 1870
- Mother: Jennette Porteous b. 28 May 1821, d. 27 October 1896
- Elizabeth Young was born on 16 December 1840 in New York.
- Walter Young and Jennette Porteous appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Madrid, St. Lawrence County, New York. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Young, James Young, Samuel Porteous Young and Walter A. Young.
- Walter Young and Jennette Porteous appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Waddington, St. Lawrence County, New York. Other members of the household included Elizabeth Young, James Young, Samuel Porteous Young, Walter A. Young, Anna Young, Isabelle A. Young and Thomas D. Young. Daughter Anna is missing from the household.
- She married Thomas A. Veitch say 1861.
- Elizabeth Young died on 13 March 1897 at age 56 in Waddington, New York.
- Thomas A. Veitch became a widower at her death.
- She was interred at Scotch Cemetery, Waddington, St. Lawrence County, New York.
- The following appeared on 18 March 1897 in : The Ogdensburg Advance & St. Lawrence Weekly: (Waddington, March 15) Mrs. Thomas Veitch died at her home in this town Friday after a long illness. The deceased leaves a husband, one daughter, Mrs. Edward Graham, and two sons, Adam Veitch and Walter Veitch, and a mother, Mrs. Young [sic], and three sisters, Mrs. John Fulton, Mrs. Lewis Rutherford and Miss Anna Young, and two brothers, Samuel Young and Thomas Young. The funeral was held at the family residence Sunday. Mrs. Veitch was a most estimable woman and her death is deeply regretted by many warm friends.
- Last Edited: 5 Dec 2015