Rowland Young

He was born on 8th January 1897 the son of Albert and Mary Young (nee Tatton). Albert was born in Nottingham about 1865 and Mary was also born in Nottingham; they were married in 1885. According to information on the 1911 Census they had had eleven children of whom only six were still living at the time of the census. Seven children were named on the census of 1891 and 1911; Eliza (b. abt 1886), Gertrude, Amelia (b. 1890), George, Rowland (b. 1897), Florrie and Albert (b. 1906). All the children were born in Nottingham. In 1891 Albert (26), a tin plate worker, and Mary (28), a lace hand, were living at 12 Sherwood Lane, Nottingham, with their three daughters, Eliza (5), Gertrude (3) and Amelia (1). The family has not yet been traced on the 1901 Census, but in 1911 they were living at 1 Queen's Place, King's Yard, Barker Gate, Nottingham. Albert was a lace maker and Mary was still working as a lace hand. Five of their children were in the household on the night of the census; Gertrude (23) a lace hand, George (16) and Rowland (14) who were both working as printers, Florrie (10) and Albert (5). At the time of Rowland's death the family was living at 15a Woolpack Lane, Nottingham. Little further information has been found out about Rowland's family. His sister, Florrie, married Thomas James Stott in 1923. Thomas (b. 1900) and his family were living at 14 Commerce Place, Barker Gate, in 1911 and so were neighbours of the Young family. Rowland's father, Albert, may have died in 1939 aged 74.