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The earliest occurrence of the Young surname in our family history documents is from 1380, and we currently have 3,999,681 records where Young appears . Here are a few more facts to get you started…
3248 Youngs were recorded as working in domestic service in the 1901 Census.
In the early 1900s Youngs were most likely to live in London.
Not all Youngs were law-abiding. We found 2779 in criminal records.
4894 Youngs served in the First World War.
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