John George Young (1885-1967)


Dates

Birth: October-December 1885 58 Spa Road, Bermondsey, Surrey, UK
Father: John Young 1857-1931
Mother: Elizabeth Wells 1863-1919

Christening: 23 February 1887 St Luke, Bermondsey, Surrey, UK

Marriage: 2 December 1917 St John, Horsleydown, London, UK
Wife: Jessie Maud Fisher 1885-1953

Death: October-December 1967 Southwark, Greater London, UK

Children

John George Young 1919-1990
Frederick C Young 1923
Joyce M Young 1926

Notes

Birth of John George Young in FreeBMD in October-December 1885 in St Olave (1d 274) which included Bermondsey.

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Births and Baptisms, 1813-1906 for John George Young baptised on 23 February 1877 at Bermondsey St Luke, Southwark, parents John and Elizabeth Young."Baptisms solemnized in the Parish Church of St Luke Bermondsey in the County of Surrey in the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventy seven [...] 1887 February 23 No 181 John George parents John, a Mariner, and Elizabeth Young of 58 Spa Road."

In the 1891 census as John G Young aged 5, born in Bermondsey, and living with his parents (John and Elizabeth), and two sisters (Ellen M and Sarah T) in three rooms at 13 Kintore? Street, Bermondsey St Mary Magdalene, London.

In the 1901 census as John G Young aged 15, born in Bermondsey, London, an errand boy and living with his parents (John and Elizabeth), and four sisters (Ellen M, Elizabeth E, Florrie and Sarah J) in three rooms at 27 Clifton Buildings, St George The Martyr, Southwark, London.

In the 1911 census as John Young aged 25, born in London, single, a cork porter, and living with his parents (John and Elizabeth), brother (James), and six sisters (Beatrice, Dorothy, Elizabeth, Ellen and Florence and Jessie) in three rooms at 27 Clifton Buildings, Noel Street, Tower Bridge Rd S E, London.

Marriage of John G Young and Jessie M Fisher in FreeBMD in October-December 1917 in St Olave (1d 373).

Entry in Ancestry London, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1921 for John George Young aged 32, father John Young, and Jessie Maud Fisher aged 32, father George Henry Fisher on 2 December 1917 at Horselydown St John, Southwark. "1917 Marriage solemnized at The Parish Church in the Parish of St John Horselydown in the County of London "No. 119 Dec 2nd 1917 John George Young aged 32, a Bachelor and Transport Worker of 98 9 Bk Vine Steet Blds, father John Young, a rope splicer, and Jessie Maud Fisher aged 32, a spinster and Tin Box Maker of 41 Centre Bk Vine Street Blds, father George Henry Fisher (deceased), a Barge Builder. Married in the Parish Church according to the Rites and Ceremonies of the Established Church after Banns in the Presence of us Florence Young and Robert Alfred Causton. " Florence was his sister.

His two sons and daughter were born in St Olave in 1919 to 1926.

There are sixteen entries in Ancestry London, England, Electoral Registers, 1832-1965 for John George Young in 1918 to 1939, address 41 Centre Block, Vine Street Buildings, St Olave, Bermondsey, Southwark in 1918 to 1935 and 102 Block 9 Vine Lane Buildings, Vine Street Buildings, St Olave, Bermondsey, Southwark in 1938 to 1939, other occupant Jessie Maud Young (wife?), four entries for John G Young in 1949 to 1953, address 102 Block 9 Vine Lane Buildings, Vine Street Buildings, St Olave, Bermondsey, Southwark, other occupants Jessie M Young (wife?), Frederick C Young (son?) in 1949 and 1950, and Joyce M Young (daughter?) in 1949 to 1951, and an entry for John G Young Snr in 1954 address 102 Block 9 Vine Lane Buildings, Vine Street Buildings, St Olave, Bermondsey, Southwark, other occupants John G Young Jnr (son?) and Joyce M Young (daughter?).

His wife died in Wandsworth in 1953.

Death of John G Young in FreeBMD in October-December 1967 aged 81 in Southwark (5e 11).

St Olave Southwark was in Surrey until 1889.

Relationship

John George Young was the second cousin of Ellen, wife of Thomas Paine, my eighth cousin three times removed.

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