William Mark Young

b. 4 February 1892, d. 13 January 1948
  • William Mark Young was born on 4 February 1892 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York.
  • Oliver Mark Young and Susanna Kammerer appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1339 Willow Avenue. Other members of the household included William Mark Young, Estella Elizabeth Young, James Kammerer Young, John Oliver Young and Alice Marie Young.
  • He was baptized/christened on 8 February 1908 at Zion Lutheran Church in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, and also confirmed at the same time.
  • Oliver Mark Young and Susanna Kammerer appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York, at 1347 Whitney Avenue. Other members of the household included William Mark Young, James Kammerer Young, John Oliver Young and Alice Marie Young.
  • He was a factory clerk, according to the 1910 census.
  • The following appeared on 17 July 1911 in the Niagara Falls Gazette: [Died] Susan Young, nee Kammerer, wife of Oliver Young of this city. She leaves husband, mother, father, two daughters, Mrs. George Benning and Miss Alice, two sons, William of this city, John of Kansas City, Mo., also six sisters, Mrs. Louis Eimer, Mrs. Chas. Ford, Mrs. Albert Hoffman, Mrs. Fred Borth and Mrs. George Barnett, both of Buffalo, and Mrs. C. Frank of Devil's Lake, Dakota, one brother, Jacob Kammerer of Toronto. Funeral from family residence, 1347 Whitney avenue, Tuesday, July 18th, at 2 p. m., and from the Zion Lutheran Church at 2:30.
  • William Mark Young registered for the draft on 5 June 1917 in Los Angeles County, California, while single and living at 131 East 24th in Los Angeles, employed there in a clerical position by Southern California Edison at 343 San Fernando Boulevard.
  • William Mark Young appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Santa Paula Township, Ventura County, California, living in a bunk house, property of Oak Ridge Oil Company in the mountains.
  • He was employed as a clerk by an oil well company, according to the 1920 census.
  • He married Rae Ferguson.
  • He married Gertrude Inez Yeaton, daughter of Charles Henry Yeaton and Mary Jane Folsom, on 19 September 1930 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, by license issued the same day, with Episcopal clergyman Wallace N. Pierson officiating. Witnesses were Gordon and Florence Yeaton.
  • William Mark Young and Gertrude Inez Yeaton appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, at 709 Twentieth Street. In 1935 they were living in Los Angeles.
  • He was employed as an oil production manager, according to the 1940 census.
  • William Mark Young registered for the draft in 1942 in California while living at 709 Twentieth in Santa Monica, and employed by The Texas Company, 929 South Broadway, Los Angeles.
  • William Mark Young died on 13 January 1948 at age 55 in California.
  • Gertrude Inez Yeaton became a widow at his death.
  • Last Edited: 14 Sep 2013

Family 1: Rae Ferguson b. circa 1897

Family 2: Gertrude Inez Yeaton b. 14 August 1899, d. 1 June 1986