Brigham Young Family Association


     John Young, Jr.                  Joseph Young                         Brigham Young                    Phinehas Howe Young            Lorenzo Young  

 
Nancy Young Kent Fanny Young Carr Rhoda Young Greene John Young, Jr. Nabby Young Susanna Young Little Joseph Young Phinehas Howe Young Brigham Young Louisa Young Sanford Lorenzo Young
 
 

 

The purpose of the Brigham Young Family Association is to foster and nurture family relationships, and develop, secure, and preserve  family records and histories.
 All descendents of John Young, Sr. are invited to become members of this family association.

  

 

 
History of the Brigham Young Family Organization

 

Family News

 
Brigham Young Granddaughters Association  

Come join us at Brother Brigham’s Family Ball. Open to all, Brigham’s Family Ball is the perfect activity to finish a month of family events. There will be live period music, traditional dress, a Grande March, poetry reading, vocalists, dance instruction and more. An event for the whole family, the ball begins at 7:00 pm in the Bowery at This is the Place Heritage State Park. View our invitation for more information and see you there!

  


Photo by Gjon Mill—Time Life Pictures/Getty Images

 
Young Family Reunion Updates               
Young Family Newsletter  
Family Officers and Board of Trustees

 

  
The Joseph Smith, Jr. and Brigham Young Families


 

The Brigham Young Family has received a special invitation from Church Historian, Marlin K. Jensen, to come to the new Church History Library for a tour and presentation on the Brigham Young collection by Brigham Young expert, Richard Turley, of the Church Historians Office. Descendants of the extended John Young Family (Brigham’s father). Find out more!

  


 

  


Church leaders opened the new Church History Library to the public June 12-13 and the building was dedicated Saturday, June 20. Photo by Tom Smart, Deseret News

 Summer is finally here and it is time to turn our thoughts to our annual family reunion, Monday the 20th of July, 2009. We will meet at the Brigham Young Farmhouse, at This is the Place Heritage State Park. Pioneer games and an hour to visit and socialize begins at 5:00. A delicious chuck wagon dinner will be served at 6:00. Our program with special guest will  start at 7:00. PLEASE, RSVP with Mary Ellen Elggren at meelggren@comcast.net by July 14th. Hope to see you there!
 

  


The Brigham Young Farmhouse was relocated to its current location at This is the Place Heritage State Park in 1975.
Photo by Jay Tolson, US News, usnews.com

On June 9, 2007, the Joseph Smith Jr. Family Reunion invited representatives of the Young family to attend and present a statement regarding the relationship between Brigham Young and Emma Smith. Our statement began, "We revere [her] as a truly great and saintly lady..."

 

 

 

  


Kari Robinson, Mary Ellen Elggren, and  Peter Kennedy represented the Brigham Young Family Association at the Joseph Smith Jr. Family Reunion this past June, and presented a statement regarding the relationship of Brigham Young to Joseph's wife, Emma

 

Call to Family Members

Please share your histories and photos. Our goal is to gather transcripts and high-resolution scans of all photos and materials available regarding the children of John Sr. and Abigail (Nabby) Young and their descendants. We want to make all of this material available to the membership of the Brigham Young Family Association. Please contact Peter Kennedy, webmaster. 

 
 
                                              
   
 
Contact Information
Email Peter Kennedy with comments, suggestions, questions or additional content.
Updated 20 July 2009