Cy Young Note to his sister?

[r2678]

1910 census shows a Lula Young living in Fincastle, VA in 1910. She was born 1882.

[Greenmonster]

Originally Posted by r2678

1910 census shows a Lula Young living in Fincastle, VA in 1910. She was born 1882.

Hi John...Thanks for the research and note, I've been using ancestry.com but could not find censes date for several years starting in 1909. The birth date of Cy's sister Luellen shows up as 8/11/1872 passing away in 1956.

[r2678]

I just did a Google search for 1910 census and then put the town's name in the search box.

[sb1]

Lula does not appear to be Cy Young's sister. Her father was Charlton Young, more than likely it is he that signed the postcard, Henry & Robert were her brothers, per the 1900 census.

[mschwade]

Originally Posted by sb1

Lula does not appear to be Cy Young's sister. Her father was Charlton Young, more than likely it is he that signed the postcard, Henry & Robert were her brothers, per the 1900 census.

The thing that has me curious is that generally when people back then had the same name, they signed the name (i.e. Young) in the same way they signed their own name. She more than likely addressed it to herself if in fact it's genuine.

How about the theory that this is his cousin or another relative?

[cubsfan-budman]

I'm guessing this is the strike in question:

http://philadelphiaareatraction.com/...rike_1909.html

[sb1]

There is no connection to Lula Young's father and Cy Young's father.

[collectbaseball]

"Hello Kid, the strike was settled Saturday morning and everything is quiet. Henry & Robert got through all right & had no trouble. I was so busy I did not have time to see anything. In some places they had a good deal of trouble. Our section was quiet the trouble only occurred in the uncivilized sections. I will write you all to morrow."

[collectbaseball]

(However, I don't think Young's handwriting was anywhere near that choppy in this period, and I would guess that the second letter in the signature is a J)