Ancestry of
John Watts Young

NASA Astronaut

John Watts Young

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • William Hugh Young 
  • Mother:
  • Wanda Howland   
  • Birth Date:
  • 24 Sep 1930 
  • Birth Location:
  • San Francisco, San Francisco Co., California 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 5 Jan 2018 
  • Death Location:
  • Houston, Texas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington Co., Virginia 
  • Notes: 

  • NASA Astronaut

    A member of NASA Astronaut Group 2, John Young was on the first crewed Gemini mission (1965), the ninth person to walk on the Moon (1972), and the first, along with crewmate Bob Crippen, to fly on a Space Shuttle (1981).

• Marriages for John Watts Young

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  • Spouse:
  • Barbara Vincent White
  • Marriage Date:
  • 1 Dec 1955
  • Marriage Location:
  • Duval County, Florida

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  • Spouse:
  • Susy Feldman
  • Marriage Date:
  • ABT 1971

• Sources for John Watts Young

  • ¹ California Birth Index, 1905-1995, Birth record for John Watts Young.
  • ² Florida, U.S., Marriage Indexes, 1822-1875 and 1927-2001, Marriage record for John Watts Young and Barbara Vincent White.
  • ³ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/27/2021).
  • ⁴ South Florida Sun Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Florida), 10 AUG 1982, p. 7, Obituary for father William Young.
  • ⁵ Texas, U.S., Divorce Index, 1968-2014, 21 JUL 1971, Harris Co., Texas, Divorce record for John W and Barbara V Young.
  • ⁶ The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, Florida), 25 SEP 1955, p. 53, Wedding of John Watts Young and Barbara Vincent White.
  • ⁷ Wikipedia, "John Young (astronaut)", (accessed 05/27/2021).