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The family of Samuel Young was in Canada by 1834, when his daughter Mary was born, and in Upper Canada (now Ontario) by 1838. From 1852 until the end of his life he is found near Armstrong’s Mills, later renamed Chesterville, Williamsburg Tp., Dundas Co., for which all census records between 1852 and 1901 have been searched.

A particularly valuable source has been Dundas County Cemeteries: Old Williamsburg, transcribed by Lynne & Mahlon Cook (Morrisburg, Ontario, 1995), which is extensively annotated with extracts from vital records and death notices. This work is now available online at http://www.empey.ca/Lynne/Williamsburg/Cemeteries/oldwilliamsburg.htm. In addition to the sources cited in the text, we have also consulted the index to the Dundas County marriage register of 1858-1869, without finding any Youngs of Williamsburg Tp.

We should like to thank the following persons for supplying information on their branches of the family:

• Jane (Young) Tatlock
• Steve Lapp

1. Samuel Young, b. probably ca. 1805-06 in Ireland, d. 26 July 1890 in Williamsburg Tp., Dundas Co., Ontario, aged 88 years, “of old age,”^[1] and buried with his wife. He m. by 1843, and if (as there seems no reason to doubt) she was the mother of all his children, by 1833, Elizabeth Clark, b. about September 1809 in Ireland, d. 13 Feb. 1874 in Williamsburg Tp., aged 64 years, of dropsy, which she had suffered for one year prior to her death (according to her death record),^[2] and buried in Old Williamsburg Union Cemetery. Her tombstone gives her age at death as 64 years, 5 months.
    Samuel Young, to judge from the birthplaces reported for his children in census records, was in Canada by 1834 and in Upper Canada (later Ontario) by 1838. He is listed as a farmer, in religion Presbyterian, in all the censuses of Williamsburg Tp. from 1852 through 1881.^[3] The 1852 census, in its agricultural portion, shows his land as being in lot 13 of the 7^th concession of Williamsburg Tp., near the village of Chesterville. An 1879 map reveals him as the owner of the east ¾ of the north half of lot 13, in the 7^th concession, with his son Joseph on the adjacent ¾ of the south half.^[4] In 1881 he was a widower. The informant named on his death certificate (which seems to exaggerate his age) is “Maggie Young.” In 1891 this same daughter is found living alone, apparently in the house that had been his.
    Given the fact that we first find his wife Elizabeth recorded with him in 1852, we cannot be absolutely certain that she was the mother of all of his children before Margaret (b. ca. 1842), whose death record names her mother; but as his wife was not much younger than he and there are no gaps of more than two years between the birthdates of the earlier children, there is no reason to suspect that Samuel Young had any other wife. Elizabeth Clark’s name is also explicitly mentioned in the marriage record of her son Joseph.
    Issue, so far as known (all born in Canada; all but the first certainly born in Ontario):^[5]

1. Mary Young, b. ca. 1833-34, living (unmarried) with her parents in 1852, but no longer in their household in 1861.
2. Sarah Young, b. ca. 1835-38 (per census records, the age of 40 in her marriage record being clearly an understatement), still living (unmarried) with her parents in 1871. She m. 9 June 1880 at Morrisburgh, Williamsburg Tp., by licence,^[6] the much-younger James Charles Hill, b. 1845-46 (aged 34 at their marriage) in Canada, son of John and Margaret (____) Hill. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names of both sets of parents without however providing the maiden surnames of the mothers, both parties were previously unmarried, the groom was of Michigan, a mechanic and an Episcopalian, and the bride was of Morrigburgh, and a Presbyterian; the witnesses were S.B. Fell and Diantha Fell, [both?] of Morrisburgh. We cannot find this couple in the 1881 or 1891 censuses of Dundas County. It will be noted that Sarah was already in her 40s at the time of her marriage, and we cannot find any children registered in Ontario for this couple.
3. Elizabeth Young, b. ca. 1837-39, living (unmarried) with her parents in 1861, but no longer in their household in 1871.
4. 2William Samuel Young, said to have been b. 20 May 1840.^[7]
5. Margaret Young, b. probably ca. 1841-43, d. (unmarried) 11 July 1918 at Dunbar, of heart failure,^[8] aged 75 years (according to her death record and her tombstone) or 76 years (according to an obituary), her death record calling her “daughter of Samuel Younge & … Clarke.” She was the only child in her father’s houshold in 1881, and is the informant named on his death certificate. In 1891 she was living alone, unmarried, probably in the same house, which was near or next door to that of her brother Joseph.^[9] Her address at the time of her death was lot 13 in the 7^th concession of Williamsburg Tp., the same lot on which this brother resided.
6. Samuel Young, Jr., b. probably in 1842,^[10] in Williamsburg Tp. (per his death record), d. v.p. (on or about) 8 July 1878 in California, aged 36 years, having been “robbed and then burned to death,” then (according to his death certificate) “brought home after death”^[11]; he was buried in Williamsburg Old Union Cemetery. He was living unmarried with his parents in 1871, but has not been found in later censuses of Williamsburg Tp. His death certificate gives his occupation as “lumber merchant,” but does not supply his place of residence. We do not know whether his murder was ever solved.
7. John Young, b. ca. 1843-44, living (unmarried) with his father in 1871, but no longer in their household in 1881. He has not been located in the 1881 census of Williamsburg Tp.
8. 3Joseph Young, b. 26 April 1846 in Williamsburg Tp.
9. Rachael Young, b. ca. 1846-49, living (unmarried) with her father in 1871, but no longer in their household in 1881.
10. Susannah Young, b. ca. 1849-52, living (unmarried) with her father in 1871, but no longer in their household in 1881. We note that she cannot have been the Susan Young who married John Samuel Crysler, of Morrisburg Village, Dundas Co., as the 1901 census shows that this woman was born in 1861-62 in England.
11. Arthelie/Arthislie Young [daughter], b. ca. 1852-54, living (unmarried) with her father in 1871, but no longer in their household in 1881. Her name should probably be the locally-popular Athelia. We can find no marriage record for her.

2. William Samuel Young,^[12] of Williamsburg Tp., son of Samuel Young and Elizabeth Clark, is said to have been b. 20 May 1840,^[13] d. 14 Nov. 1913 at Osnabruck Centre, Stormont Co., aged 72 years, of heart disease.^[14] He is not listed with his parents in the 1861 census, but is doubtless the William Young, aged 22, who is found nearby in Williamsburg Tp. in 1861.^[15] He certainly m. (2?) 2 March 1871 in Osnabruck Tp., Stormont Co.,^[16] Agnes Colquhoun, b. 7 Dec. 1846,^[17] in Williamsburg Tp., living 1901, daughter of James Colquhoun and Elizabeth ____. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names of both sets of parents without however providing the maiden surnames of the mothers, both parties were Williamsburg, and the groom was a farmer; the male witness was a Colquhoun but the name of the female witness is somewhat illegible but possibly reads Ann Morrison. The record calls him a widower, but we have found no evidence of any previous marriage. William Young and his wife were enumerated in the 1871 census of Williamsburg, at which time they did not yet have any children.^[18] However, they had removed to Osnabruck Tp. by the taking of the 1881 census, in which he is again called a farmer, and the family’s religion given as Canadian Presbyterian.^[19] They were also enumerated in Osnabruck in 1901, and it is somewhat remarkable that at that time, all their known children were still living, unmarried, with them.^[20] They were again enumerated in Osnabruck in 1911, by which time only James and Jennie were still living with them; the entry shows their land as lot 17 in the 3rd concession.^[21] His death record calls him William S. Young, farmer, married man, born in Dundas County. Known issue, all born in Ontario:^[22]

1. George Young, b. 16 Dec. 1871 (per 1901 census; no birth registration found), still living unmarried with his parents in 1901, but no longer in their household in 1911.
2. Mary Young, b. 1 Nov. 1873 at Wales, near Parry Sound, Ontario, d. 17 Jan. 1917. She was still living unmarried with her parents in 1881. She was an amateur artist who liked to draw and paint. She m. 10 Feb. 1900 at Wales, Ontario, William Fraser Brassard. Their eldest child was:
   1. William Dewart Brassard, b. 19 Jan. 1901 in Fairview Township, Rollette Co., North Dakota, d. 16 Dec. 1986 at Spokane, WA. He m. Olive Edna Galloway. Information on this branch of the family was supplied by a grandson, Steve Lapp, of Texas.
3. James Young, b. 14 April 1876 in Stormont Co. He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1911, and cannot therefore have been (as suggested in an earlier version of these notes) the James Young, grain-buyer, enumerated at Battleford, Saskatchewan, with a wife Jessie and two children, Myrtle and Donald, in the 1911 census.^[23]
4. Alice Young, b. 18 Feb. 1879 in Stormont Co., still living unmarried with her parents in 1901 but no longer in their household in 1911. Despite the slight discrepancy in their reported birthdates, it seems almost certain that she was the Alice Young, unmarried, born in Sept. 1879 in Ontario, of Scottish origin and Presbyterian in religion, who is found as a lodger in a rooming house at 222 Donald Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, in the 1911 census; her occupation seems to read school-teacher.^[24] In any case she certainly m. (1) 26 June 1912 at Winnipeg,^[25] Charles Walter Trick, b. 18 June 1875 in Ontario,^[26] d. 29 May 1919 at Winnipeg, aged 43 years,^[27] son of John and Jane (Pound) Trick, of Dufferin, Manitoba, with whom he appears there as a child in the 1881 census.^[28] In 1901 he appears as Charles W. Trick, unmarried, b. 18 June 1875 in Ontario, of English origin and Canadian nationality, Methodist in religion, occupation medical doctor, living in the town of Emerson, Manitoba.^[29] Although we have failed to find him in the 1911 census, he was living at Winnipeg by 12 Dec. 1911, when he is mentioned as “Dr. Trick” in a letter.^[30] We are unable to say whether there was issue of the marriage of Alice Young and Charles Trick, as Manitoba birth registrations are closed for 100 years. While we have not found a death notice for Charles Trick, he is mentioned in a newspaper announcement concerning his estate:

   In the matter of the estate of Charles Walter Trick, late of the City of Winnipeg in Manitoba, Physician deceased. Claims against the above estate must be sent to the undersigned at 416 McIntyre Block, Winnipeg, Manitoba, on or before the Eighth day of December, A.D. 1919. Dated at the City of Winnipeg … this Thirty-first day of October, A.D. 1919. E.G. Trick, Solicitor for Alice Young Trick, Administratrix.^[31]

   As Alice Young Trick she m. (2) (as his second wife) 5 Aug. 1924 in Bloor Street Presbyterian Church, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, the ceremony being performed by a Colin G. Young,^[32] Harold Gordon Craig, M.D., C.M., b. 27 March 1880 at Bristol, Québec, son of the Rev. David James Craig by the latter’s wife May G. Workman. At the time of their marriage, the record of which supplies the full names of both sets of parents, both parties were Presbyterian, and the groom, a widower, was a physician and surgeon, of Davidson, Saskatchewan, while the bride, a widow, was residing at the King Edward Hotel [presumably in Toronto]; the witnesses were John R. Craig, of Cleveland, Ohio, and Louila G. Bingham, of 193 Indian Road, Toronto. Given her age at their marriage, it is unlikely they could have had issue. A local history furnishes a lengthy biographical sketch of her husband, published before their marriage:

   The medical profession of Canada numbers among her foremost representatives Dr. Harold Gordon Craig, surgeon and Radiologist, with offices in Davidson. He was born at Bristol, Quebec, on the 27th of March, 1880, a son of Rev. David James and May (Workman) Craig, both of whom are living. The father is a prominent Presbyterian evangelist and in his work tours the Dominion from coast to coast.
       Dr. Craig received his public and high school education in Ottawa and was graduated from Queen's University in 1906. During that year and 1907 he was house surgeon in the Ottawa General Hospital and gained valuable experience while there. In the fall of 1907 he went to Regina, where he resided until the spring of 1908, when he came to Davidson and has since resided here, having built up an extensive surgical practice. He has all of the most up-to-date equipment known to the profession and is rendering humanity daily service. His practice is indeed extensive and takes in a large area. Davidson is about midway between Saskatoon and Regina, and he is the only surgeon and Radiologist between those two cities.
       Dr. Craig has had quite a career as a soldier. He served in the Great war from 1916 to 1919, with the Eighth Saskatchewan Stationary Hospital Unit, and in 1902 he served in Africa for a few months with the Sixth Canadian Mounted Rifles.
       In October of the year 1909 Dr. Craig was married to Miss Mabel Frances Keeler, who has passed away. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. Dr. Craig … is a postgraduate of the Chicago Post Graduate School and the Chicago Polyclinic, and was one of the first doctors in the province to build up an extensive surgical practice in a small town.^[33]

5. Horace Young, b. 30 Oct. 1880 in Stormont Co., still living unmarried with his parents in 1901, but no longer in their household in 1911.
6. Elizabeth Jane Young, b. 14 Sept. 1882 in Stormont Co., called Jennie in the censuses of 1901 and 1911. She was still living unmarried with her parents in 1911.
7. Agnes Helen Young, b. 1 Feb. 1884 in Stormont Co., still living unmarried with her parents in 1901, but no longer in their household in 1911.

3. Joseph Young, of Williamsburg Tp., son of Samuel Young and Elizabeth Clark, was b. in the township 26 April 1846,^[34] and was still alive in 1901. He was possibly the Joseph Young, son of “S. Young,” who d. 28 Dec. 1916 in Saskatchewan, the age at death not being stated in the index.^[35] He m. 11 Aug. 1875 at the Parsonage, North Williamsburg (the chief village of Williamsburg Tp.) by license,^[36] Jane McMillan, b. 30 Nov. 1850 in Williamsburg Tp., d. 1937, and buried in the Old Williamsburg Union Cemetery, daughter of David and Frances (Cawley?) McMillan, of Williamsburg Tp.
    Their marriage record gives their places of birth and of residence as Williamsburg Tp., and their religion as Presbyterian; the witnesses were M. Davidson and S. Phifer (sic), both of the same township. The record also names both of his parents, giving the full name of his mother. Joseph Young is shown on an 1879 map as the owner of the east ¾ of the south half of lot 13 in the 7^th concession of Williamsburg Tp., adjacent to his father’s land,^[37] and his address is also given as the 7^th concession in the 1884 birth record of his son Hugh.
    Joseph Young is listed as a farmer, Presbyterian in religion, in the 1881, 1891 and 1901 censuses of Williamsburg Tp.^[38] According to the 1891 census, his entire family was literate. In that year his sister Margaret was living close to or next door to him. The belated registration, in 1937, of the birth of his youngest daughter Bessie in 1893, gives his place of residence as Dunbar.
    At the taking of the 1911 census, Jane (McMillan) Young and her youngest child, Bessie, are found in their own household on lot 3, concession 8 of Winchester Tp., Dundas Co., she being called married (not widowed) but the head of the household, and a farmer.^[39] It seems likely that she and her husband had by this time separated, and that he was the Joseph Young, farmer, born in Ontario, Presbyterian in religion, described as married but with no wife present, who is found on the northwest quarter of section 31 in township 34, range 13 west of the 3rd principal meridian, near Battleford, Saskatchewan, in the same census; his birthdate is there given as April 1845 rather than 1846, but the month matches that of the birth of our subject.^[40] This land later passed, at least in part, to a Samuel Young; but rather than this being (as one might suppose) the subject’s son, it may instead have been a Quebec-born man named Samuel T. Young who purchased a considerable amount of land in the area.^[41]
    Issue, so far as known (all born in Ontario):

1. Martha Jane Young, b. 29 Nov. 1876,^[42] d. 3 Nov. 1878,^[43] aged 1 year, 11 months, 14 days, and buried with her parents.
2. Samuel Young (mistakenly called Daniel in 1881), b. 28 Aug. 1878,^[44] in Williamsburg Tp. (per marriage record), living 1901. He was still living unmarried with his parents in 1891. He m. 18 Oct. 1899 in Williamsburg Tp.,^[45] Phoebe Ellen McEwen, b. 29 June 1879 (per 1901 census) in Matilda Tp. (per marriage record), daughter of Robert McEwen and Alice Munro. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names both sets of parents, both parties were living in Williamsburg Tp., and the groom was a farmer; the witnesses were R.W. Dalgleish and Silas McEwen. They are enumerated in the 1901 census of Williamsburg Tp., in which he is called an agent, a Presbyterian in religion, and his wife a Methodist; they had no children at the time.^[46]
3. 4David McMillan Young (as he is called in his birth record; he is simply called McMillan in the 1891 census), b. 7 Aug. 1880.^[47]
4. Susanna Samantha Helena Young^[48], b. 26 March 1882,^[49] d. 12 Oct. 1937 at Winnipeg General Hospital,^[50] and buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Winnipeg (section 1, grave 733). She m. 22 Jan. 1916 at Westminster Presbyterian Church (now Westminster United Church), Winnipeg, Manitoba, by license,^[51] John Kennedy (V), of Melita, Manitoba, b. 13 April 1862 at St. Anns, Gainsborough Tp., Lincoln Co., Ontario, d. 13 July 1939 at Winnipeg of a heart ailment,^[52] and buried in Elmwood Cemetery aforesaid (section 1, grave 724), son of John Kennedy (IV), of St. Anns, by the latter’s wife Margaret Comfort. At the time of their marriage both parties were Presbyterians, the bride being a nurse, of no. 332 12^th Street, Brandon, Manitoba, and the groom a farmer, of Melita. He was nearly 20 years her senior; they had met while she was nursing him through a lengthy illness. The impression which she created on her daughter, Mrs. Margaret (Kennedy) Mitchelson, of Winnipeg, that she was a graduate of the Nursing School at Johns Hopkins University, is not borne out by the records of that institution, which contain no mention of her ever having attended there.
5. Hugh Allen Young, b. 16 Dec. 1884,^[53] living unmarried with his parents in 1901. A Hugh A. Young, unmarried, aged 28 years, of Irish origin and born in Canada, appears on lot 12 of concession 7 of Williamsburg Tp. in the 1911 census, but this man’s date of birth is given as May 1884 (? year barely legible), and it is unclear whether this is the same person.^[54] A Hugh A. Young, farmer, is listed in a directory of 1916-17 at quite a different location, lot 19 in concession 2.^[55]
6. Honor Merino Young, b. about Sept. 1888, d. 11 Nov. 1890, aged 3 years, 2 months, and buried with her parents.
7. Bessie Merino Young, b. 11 Aug. 1893 in Williamsburg Tp., living unmarried with her mother in 1911. She was still alive, and ostensibly unmarried, on 18 Jan. 1937, when a very belated registration of her birth was made.^[56]

4. David McMillan Young, of New York City and of Edmonton, Alberta, son of Joseph Young and Jane McMillan, was b. 7 Aug. 1880 in Dundas County, Ontario,^[57] still alive in the late 1960s. He is called David McMillan Young in his birth record, but is simply called McMillan in the 1891 census, at the taking of which he was still living unmarried in his parents’ household. We have not found him in the 1901 census of Canada. He is probably the David M. Young, policeman, unmarried, born in English Canada of parents both born there, who appears as a lodger at Warren Street in the 6th Ward of Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, in the 1910 census, although the stated age of 28 years would then be slightly too low; his date of immigration is given as 1898.^[58] He m. by 1913, but subsequently divorced, Gertrude Maria Dunne, b. at New York City. The following information comes from his granddaughter Jane (Young) Tatlock, some of which, she tells us, came from her father’s sister: “David McMillian Young became an United States citizen and at one time was a New York City policeman. My grandmother (his wife) was born and raised in New York City. After their marriage they moved [by 1913] to Sparta, Nevada where my father was born. At some time my grandmother returned to New York City (presumably alone since my aunt, Marie Young MacPherson, was born in my grandmother’s father’s home). David McMillian Young must have returned to the family at some time and moved them to Edmonton, Alberta where my uncle, James Young, was born. Life there was very difficult especially for a city girl like my grandmother. They lived in a log cabin with a dirt floor and the nearest other settlers were five miles away. By this time it was 1920 and my father was 7 years old and his youngest sibling was 6 months. My grandmother returned to NYC and they were divorced. David McMillian Young renounced his US citizenship. The only time we heard from him was in the late 1960s; he had come to NYC and wanted to see my father, but my father refused, he had very bitter feeling towards his father.” Known issue:

1. David Raymond Young, b. 22 or 23 Nov. 1913 at Sparta, Nevada, d. 15 June 1971. He m. Edna Gertrude Hitchcock, and they have two children:
   1. David Hitchcock Young, married but without children. He is living (2007) at North Chelsford, Massachusetts.
   2. Jane Elizabeth Young (our informant on this branch of the family), m. Alan Ralph Tatlock. They are living (2007) at Galway, New York, and have two children:
      1. Andrew James Tatlock, aged 12 in 2007.
      2. Mark David Tatlock, aged 10 in 2007.
2. Marie Young, b. at New York City, m. Thomas MacPherson. They had three children:
   1. Doug MacPherson is unmarried and living (2007) in New Jersey.
   2. Gary MacPherson, married but subsequently divorced, and living (2007) in Colorado. He has one child:
      1. Kelly MacPherson, married but with no children. Present whereabouts not known to Jane (Young) Tatlock.
   3. Judy MacPherson, m. John Schumacher (spelling?), but has no children. Present whereabouts not known to Jane (Young) Tatlock.
3. James Young, b. in 1919-20 at Edmonton, Alberta. He m. Estelle Pope Young. They had two children:
   1. Karen Young, unmarried to the best of Jane (Young) Tatlock’s knowledge.
   2. Chris Young (male) is married and is believed to have two children.

Other Youngs of Williamsburg Township

James Young, b. 1794-95 in Ireland, d. 8 Aug. 1879 in Dundas County, following an accident caused by a runaway horse,^[59] and buried in Old Williamsburg Union Cemetery, his tombstone reading “James Young, native of Co. Antrim Ireland, departed this life Aug 8^th 1879 æ 84 years.” He m. by 1848, Mary Jane Sollok, b. 1807-08, d. in Aug. 1848, aged 40, whose tombstone reads “Mary Jane Sollok, wife of James Young … died Aug. 1848 age 40 yr.” In 1849 he was given a crown grant of land very close to that of Samuel Young above, namely the east half of lot 12 in the 8^th concession of Williamsburg Tp., and in 1852 he received the remaining west half of the same lot, which in fact cornered on Samuel Young’s land.^[60] We have not found this man in the early census records, but as James Young, farmer, aged 76, born in Ireland, he appears as a “married” man but with no wife shown — he doubtless should have been called a widower — in the 1871 census.^[61] Other Youngs, including those below, are buried near him and his wife.

Robert John Young, of Williamsburg Tp., b. 1818-19, d. 28 May 1875, aged 56 years, and buried with his wife in Old Williamburg Cemetery, very close to Mary Jane (Sollok) Young above, who was however obviously too young to be his mother. His name is also known from the marriage records of his son James (1876), Robert (1879), and Alexander (1897). He m. before 1852, Ellen ____, b. about 1830 (aged 60 in 1891, 63 in 1892) in Ireland, d. 8 Dec. 1892, aged 63 years. The widow Ellen Young is found with a number of children in the 1891 census of Williamsburg Tp., the two adjacent households being those of her sons William J. Young and Robert Young.^[62] Considering that this couple had at least ten sons, it seems likely that most of the later Youngs of Williamsburg Township are their descendants. Known issue:

1. James Young, b. 1851-52 (aged 24 in 1876) in Williamsburg Tp. (per marriage record); alive in 1876. He m. 31 Oct 1876 at Winchester Springs, Winchester Tp., Dundas Co.,^[63] Adaline Ouderkirk, b. (19 in 1876) in Winchester Tp., daughter of Eli Ouderkirk and Mary ____. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names both sets of parents without however supplying the maiden surnames of the mothers, the groom was a farmer, of Williamsburg Tp., and a Presbyterian, while the bride was of Winchester Tp., and an Episcopal Methodist; the witnesses were Mrs. A.H. Anderson and Miss A. Sears, [both?] of Winchester Springs.
2. Robert Young, b. about Jan. 1853, d. 21 June 1857, aged 4 years, 5 months, and buried with his parents.
3. William John Young, b. about 1855 (aged 25 in 1880, 35 in 1891) in Williamsburg Tp. (per marriage record), d. before 16 June 1942 (see below). He m. 22 Sept. 1880 at West Winchester, Winchester Tp., Dundas Co.,^[64] Annis Elida Servage,^[65] b. about 1859 (aged 20 in 1880, 32 in 1891) in Winchester Tp. (per marriage record), d. before 16 June 1942 (see below), sister-in-law of his younger brother Robert, and daughter of Michael Servage and Jane ____. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names both sets of parents without however supplying the maiden surnames of the mothers, the groom was a farmer, of Williamsburg Tp., and a Presbyterian, and the bride was of Winchester Tp., and of the Church of England; the witnesses were Eliza Jane Erwin and T.E. Servage, [both?] of Williamsburg. He is also called a farmer in the (delayed) birth record of his son Archibald (1886). He and his family were living next door to his widowed mother in 1891. Known issue:
   1. Orin Young, b. 1882-83 (aged 8 in 1891) in Ontario.
   2. John Young, b. 1884-85 (aged 6 in 1891) in Ontario. Alive on 16 June 1942, when he supported the claims of his younger brother Archibald in seeking to file a delayed birth registration. His testimony reads, in part: “I, John Young, of the Village of Chesterville in the County of Dundas … do solemnly declare that I am the brother of the aforesaid [Archibald Deanchar Young]… [and] that our parents are dead. I am older than my brother Archibald by about two years and while I have no recollection of the occurance of the said birth, I grew up with him and it was family knowledge that he was born as above said.”
   3. Archibald Deanchar Young, b. 16 June 1886 in Dundas Co.^[66]
   4. Stella May Young, b. 3 Jan. 1898 in Dundas Co.^[67]
4. Robert Young, b. about 1857 (aged 21 in 1879, 33 in 1891) in Williamsburg Tp. (not in Ireland as stated in the 1891 census). He m. 29 July 1879 in Williamsburg Tp.,^[68] Eliza Servage, b. 1857-58 (aged 33 in 1891) in Williamsburg Tp. (per her marriage record, and not in Ireland as stated in the 1891 census), sister of Annis Servage above, and daughter of Michael Servage and Jane ____. At the time of their marriage, the record of which names both sets of parents without however supplying the maiden surnames of the mothers, both parties were of Williamsburg Tp. and Presbyterian, and the groom was a farmer; the witnesses were Thomas Servage and Eliza Jane Irvine, places of residence not stated. Only known child:
   1. George Adrian Young (called Adrian in the 1891 census), b. 30 Aug. 1880 in Dundas Co.^[69]
5. Samuel Young, b. 1860-61 (aged 30 in 1891), still living unmarried with his widowed mother in 1891.
6. Thomas Young, b. 1864-65 (aged 26 in 1891), still living unmarried with his widowed mother in 1891.
7. Michael Young, b. 1866-67 (aged 24 in 1891), still living unmarried with his widowed mother in 1891.
8. Simeon Young, b. 1868-69 (aged 22 in 1891), still living unmarried with his widowed mother in 1891.
9. Isaac Young, b. 1870-71 (aged 20 in 1891), still living unmarried with his widowed mother in 1891.
10. Alexander Young, b. probably 1871-72 (aged 19 in 1891, 22 in 1897 [sic!]) in Williamsburg Tp., still living unmarried with his widowed mother in 1891. He m. 22 June 1897 in Marriage Dundas Co.,^[70] Edna McMillan, b. 1876-77 (aged 20 in 1897) in Williamsburg Tp., daughter of Edwin McMillan and Mary Wilson. She was no known relation to Jane McMillan, above. At the time of the marriage both parties were of Williamsburg Tp., and the groom was a farmer. The record happens in this instance to supply the full name of both her parents including the maiden surname of her mother, but as examination of surrounding entries shows that this is not consistently observed, we attach no significance to the fact that the groom’s parents are named as Robert Young and Ellen Young.
11. David Young, b. 1873-74 (aged 17 in 1891), still living unmarried with his widowed mother in 1891.

Notes

name         cond. gender ethn. age   occ.
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William Young  mar.  M  Irish     41  farmer
Agnes     "    mar.  F  Scottish  36
George    "          M  Irish      9
Mary      "          F  Irish      7
James     "          M  Irish      4  
Allice    "          F  Irish      2
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All born in Ontario; all Canadian Presbyterian.

name      gender relat. stat. birthdate   age
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Young William  M  head  M  May   20 1840  60
Young Agnes    F  wife  M  Dec.   7 1846  54
Young George   M  son   S  Dec.  16 1871  29
Young James    M  son   S  April 14 1876  25
Young Alice    F  dau.  S  Feb.  18 1879  22
Young Horace   M  son   S  Oct.  30 1881  19
Young Jennie   F  dau.  S  Sept. 14 1882  18
Young Agnes    F  dau.  S  Feb.   1 1874  17

name        gender relat. stat. birthdate age ethn.   occ.
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William S. Young  M  head  M  May   1841  70  Irish   farmer
Agnes Young       F  wife  M  Dec.  1846  67  Scotch  ----
James Young       M  son   S  April 1877  37  Irish   farmer
Jennie Young      F  dau   S  Sept. 1883  27  Irish   ----
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All born in Ontario; all Canadian in nationality; all Presbyterian in religion

                         birthdate  age b.p. ethn. nat. relig. occ.
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Jane Young f. head mar.  Nov. 1850  60  Ont. Irish Can. Presb. farming
Bessie  "  f. dau. sing. Aug. 1893  17  Ont. Irish Can. Presb. none

name          cond. age birthplace father   mother   occupation
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William J. Young  M  35  Ontario   Ireland  Ireland  farmer
Anna        "     M  32  Ontario   England  Ontario
Orran       "         8  Ontario   Ontario  Ontario
John        "         6  Ontario   Ontario  Ontario
Archie*     "      4  Ontario   Ontario  Ontario
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[next household:]
Ellen Young       W  60  Ireland   Ireland  Ireland  ----
Samuel  "            30  Ontario   Ireland  Ireland  [blank]**
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Thomas  "            26  Ontario   Ireland  Ireland  farmer
Michael "            24  Ontario   Ireland  Ireland
Simeon  "            22  Ontario   Ireland  Ireland
Isaaic  "            20  Ontario   Ireland  Ireland
Alexander "          19  Ontario   Ireland  Ireland
David   "            17  Ontario   Ireland  Ireland
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[next household:]
Robert  "            33  Ireland+  Ireland  Ireland  [blank]**
Eliza   "            33  Ireland+  Ireland  Ireland
Adrian  "            10  Ireland+  Ireland+ Ireland+
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 * Illegible
** Possibly these entries should have read "farmer"; the record is
carelessly-written
 + These entries are all erroneous; they should read "Ontario"
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Everyone in all three households Canadian Presbyterian in religion

From the Genealogy Page of John Blythe Dobson
URL = cybrary.uwinnipeg.ca/people/Dobson/genealogy/ff/Young.cfm
This page written 7 December 1999
Last revised 6 March 2010