See also

Family of John Harold Young and Norah Ferguson

Husband: John Harold Young

  • Name:

  • John Harold Young1 2

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • Royal Navy Commander rising to a Rear Admiral3

  • Birth:

  • 18 Apr 1883

  • Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland4 3

  • Military Service:

  • "from about 1914"

  • Royal Navy as a Commander and Rear Admiral4 3

  • Medals:

  • 1920 (app)5

  •  

  •  

  • 1914-15 Star, British War and Victory medals, a Commander in the Royal navy serving on HMS Barham

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 35 yrs 2 mns)

  • Dunwood Manor House, Dunwood, Hampshire, England4

  •  

  • married son-in-law serving as a Royal Navy Commander and living in seventeen rooms with his widowed mother-in-law Mary, sister-in-law Marjorie, his wife Nora, daughters Sheila and Katherine Young, wife's cousin Freda Oakley, and six servants. Born in Lanark Glasgow

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 56)

  • Gransden, Wateringbury, Kent, England3

  •  

  • a married and retired Rear Admiral living with his wife Constance, daughter Katherine, two closed records, step-daughter Edith, two others, eight evacuees, and three servants. Born on 18th April 1883

  • Death:

  • 30 Nov 1964 (age 81)

  • Maidstone "Registration District", Kent, England2 6

  • Probate:

  • 18 Feb 1965

  • Probate Registry, London, England6

  •  

  • of Gransden Wateringbury Kent died 30th November 1964, probate of £16,496 (~£291,000 in 2017) to the Governor of and Company of the Bank of Scotland and Constance Edith Young widow

Wife: Norah Ferguson

  • Name:

  • Norah Ferguson7

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • George Ferguson (1855?- )

  • Mother:

  • Mary Fanny Oakley (1863- )

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1894

  • Weybridge, Surrey, England7 8 9 4

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 6)

  • York Road, Weybridge, Surrey, England8

  •  

  • daughter as Nora living with her father George, sister Margerie (sic), brothers Alan and Ronald, and seven servants. Born in Weybridge Surrey

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 16)

  • The Hollies, York Road, Weybridge, Surrey, England9

  •  

  • daughter as Nora attending school and living in twenty-eight rooms with her parents George and Mary, brother Ronald, and seven servants. Born in Weybridge Surrey

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 26 yrs 8 mns)

  • Dunwood Manor House, Dunwood, Hampshire, England4

  •  

  • married daughter living in seventeen rooms with her widowed mother Mary, sister Marjorie, her husband John Young, daughters Sheila and Katherine Young, cousin Freda Oakley, and six servants. Born in Weybridge Surrey

  • Immigration:

  • 23 Jul 1934 (age 39)

  • to Southampton, Hampshire, England from Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa10

  •  

  • a housewife travelling to Wonston Lodge Sutton Scotney on the Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd Llandovery Castle with her daughter Katherine and son Alan

  • Death:

  • Q3 1935 (age 41)

  • St. Pancras "Registration District", London, England11

Child 1: Sheila Mary Young

  • Name:

  • Sheila Mary Young12

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 15 Oct 1917

  • Weybridge, Surrey, England12 4 13

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 3 yrs 8 mns)

  • Dunwood Manor House, Dunwood, Hampshire, England4

  •  

  • granddaughter living in seventeen rooms with her widowed grandmother Mary Ferguson, aunt Marjorie, her parents John and Mary, sister Katherine Young, great aunt Freda Oakley, and six servants. Born in Weybridge Surrey

  • Immigration:

  • 22 Sep 1932 (age 14)

  • to Plymouth, Devon, England from Malta14

  •  

  • a schoolgirl travelling to Grovely Manor nr Southbourne on Sea Hampshire on the P&O Comorin with her sister Katherine and brother Alan

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 21)

  • The Old Rectory, Mere, Wiltshire, England13

  •  

  • unmarried of private means and an emergency reserve for Winchester Hospital living with Charles and Mary Walsh, and a stable lad. Born on 15th October 1917

Child 2: Katherine Mavis Young

  • Name:

  • Katherine Mavis Young15

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Birth:

  • 13 Oct 1919

  • Sheerness, Kent, England15 4 3

  • Census:

  • 19 Jun 1921 (age 1 yr 8 mns)

  • Dunwood Manor House, Dunwood, Hampshire, England4

  •  

  • granddaughter living in seventeen rooms with her widowed grandmother Mary Ferguson, aunt Marjorie, her parents John and Mary, sister Sheila Young, great aunt Freda Oakley, and six servants. Born in Sheerness Kent

  • Immigration:

  • 22 Sep 1932 (age 12)

  • to Plymouth, Devon, England from Malta14

  •  

  • a schoolgirl travelling to Grovely Manor nr Southbourne on Sea Hampshire on the P&O Comorin with her sister Sheila and brother Alan

  • Immigration:

  • 23 Jul 1934 (age 14)

  • to Southampton, Hampshire, England from Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa10

  •  

  • a student travelling to Wonston Lodge Sutton Scotney on the Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd Llandovery Castle with her mother Nora and brother Alan

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 19)

  • Gransden, Wateringbury, Kent, England3

  •  

  • unmarried and studying for the Land Army and living with her father John, her step-mother Constance, two closed records, step-sister Edith, two others, eight evacuees, and three servants. Born on 13th October 1919

Child 3: Alan Hume Young

  • Name:

  • Alan Hume Young16 17 18

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Name Suffix:

  • MBE

  • Birth:

  • Q4 1922

  • Sevenoaks "Registration District", Kent, England16

  • Baptism:

  • 27 Dec 1922 (age 0)

  • St. Mary's Church, Kippington Road, Kippington, Sevenoaks, Kent, England17

  •  

  • son of John harold Young (Commander RN) and Nora of Beaconhurst Sevenoaks

  • Immigration:

  • 22 Sep 1932 (age 9)

  • to Plymouth, Devon, England from Malta14

  •  

  • a schoolboy travelling to New Beacon Sevenoaks Kent on the P&O Comorin with his sisters Sheila and Katherine

  • Immigration:

  • 23 Jul 1934 (age 11)

  • to Southampton, Hampshire, England from Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa10

  •  

  • a student travelling to Wonston Lodge Sutton Scotney on the Union Castle Mail Steamship Co. Ltd Llandovery Castle with his mother Nora and sister Katherine

  • Military Service:

  • 1 Mar 1943 (age 20)

  • Royal Navy as a Lieutenant19

  • Death:

  • 2001 (age 78)

  • Inverness "Registration District", Highland Council, Scotland18

Note on Husband: John Harold Young

Following Nora's death, John married Constance Edith Van der Byl neé Knight (1906-1985) in Kensington registration district in the second quarter of 193720 3 21

Sources

1.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Chertsey 1917 quarter:1 volume:2a page:115. Cit. Date: 26 November 2025.

2.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maidstone 1964 quarter:4 volume:5b page:743. Cit. Date: 28 November 2025.

3.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1833B page:25 line:38 letter code:DJMV. Cit. Date: 28 November 2025.

4.

England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:5714 registration district:101 sub-district:1 enumeration district:17, 18, 19, 20, 21 schedule:79. Cit. Date: 26 November 2025.

5.

FindMyPast Britain, Campaign, Gallantry & Long Service Medals & Awards, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). page:420. Cit. Date: 27 November 2025.

6.

UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). London 1965 page:867. Cit. Date: 28 November 2025.

7.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chertsey 1894 quarter:4 volume:2a page:35. Cit. Date: 25 November 2025.

8.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:588 folio:111 page:34 schedule:213. Cit. Date: 25 November 2025.

9.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:2992 class:RG78 piece:104 registration district:32 sub-district:1 enumeration district:11 schedule:123. Cit. Date: 25 November 2025.

10.

FindMyPast Britain And Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:BT 26/1055/2 item:149 line:18. Cit. Date: 27 November 2025.

11.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). St. Pancras 1935 quarter:3 volume:1b page:30. Cit. Date: 27 November 2025.

12.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Chertsey 1917 quarter:4 volume:2a page:58. Cit. Date: 27 November 2025.

13.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:7162I page:5 line:12 letter code:WSNF. Cit. Date: 27 November 2025.

14.

FindMyPast Britain And Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive ref:BT 26/993/149 item:149 line:18. Cit. Date: 27 November 2025.

15.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2023, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Sheppey 1919 quarter:4 volume:2a page:2005. Cit. Date: 27 November 2025.

16.

Ibid. Sevenoaks 1922 quarter:4 volume:2a page:1313. Cit. Date: 27 November 2025.

17.

FindMyPast Parish Records Collection - Baptisms, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). Kent Kippington St. Mary baptisms 1878-1944 Kent Library & History Centre ref:P33D/1/B/1 page:81 entry:646. Cit. Date: 27 November 2025.

18.

Scotland Death Index, (on-line at www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk). Inverness 2001 ref:240/441. Cit. Date: 27 November 2025.

19.

FindMyPast Britain, Royal Navy, Navy Lists, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). 1945 page:954. Cit. Date: 27 November 2025.

20.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Kensington 1937 quarter:2 volume:1a page:398. Cit. Date: 28 November 2025.

21.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Maidstone 1985 quarter:3 register:885 volume:16 page:1140. Cit. Date: 28 November 2025.