Shortly after Young's birth in 1945, the family moved to rural Omemee, Ontario, which Young later described fondly as a "sleepy little place". Young's parents married in 1940 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and moved to Toronto shortly thereafter where their first son, Robert "Bob" Young, was born in 1942. Although Canadian, his mother had American and French ancestry. His mother, Edna Blow Ragland "Rassy" Young (1918–1990) was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution. His father, Scott Alexander Young (1918–2005), was a journalist and sportswriter who also wrote fiction. Neil Young was born on November 12, 1945, in Toronto, Canada.