My great-grandfather, ANDREW YOUNG, was born at Wotton-under Edge circa 1831/2, the son of Josiah Young and Mary Ann Moore, who were married at Wotton on June 6 1824. Like his father, Andrew was a weaver and worked at Frome, Kings Stanley, Stonehouse and Bath and eventually had to move north to Bradford in the 1870s when the West Country cloth trade was being decimated by the new technology of the Lancashire and Yorkshire cotton and woollen/textile mills. On April 7 1833, a multiple baptism of four children took place at Frampton on Severn, Gloucs, Independent Nonconformist (Brethren) Chapel, as follows:- Caroline Young, father Josiah Young, mother Mary Ann Andrew Young, father Josiah Young, mother Mary Ann John Young, father Job Young, mother Susannah Patience Young, father Job Young, mother Susannah * Source: IGI, Batch No. C036101, 1777–1837 (original registers of this chapel are at The National Archives). I assume Josiah and Job Young were probably brothers. Job married SUSANNAH CORNOCK at North Nibley in 1826. Since Frampton on Severn is some way from Wotton, I believe the family must have belonged to a fairly strict nonconformist sect and this was their nearest chapel. I recall my father, whose mother (and my grandmother) Harriet Young was one of the 9 children of Andrew and Sarah, telling me that she was of the Brethren faith. Andrew married SARAH MEAD at Rodden, near Frome, Somerset, in 1852, and they had nine children, born at Frome, Kings Stanley, Stonehouse and Bath. In the 1861 census they were at Twerton, near Bath, and by 1881 they were in Bradford. Does anyone have connections to the Youngs and Moores of Wotton-under-Edge? -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE

I have a Job YOUNGs but he is on the other side of Bristol. His parents have always annoyed me. They were 1st cousins, their first child, Job, was born 11 October 1846. I have never been able to find a marriage and I wonder if the vicar of Winford wouldn't marry them because of their relationship. Liz www.btinternet.com/~e.newbery OPC for Street, Somerset ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roy Stockdill" <roy.stockdill@btinternet.com> My great-grandfather, ANDREW YOUNG, was born at Wotton-under Edge circa 1831/2, the son of Josiah Young and Mary Ann Moore, who were married at Wotton on June 6 1824. Like his father, Andrew was a weaver and worked at Frome, Kings Stanley, Stonehouse and Bath and eventually had to move north to Bradford in the 1870s when the West Country cloth trade was being decimated by the new technology of the Lancashire and Yorkshire cotton and woollen/textile mills.

On 1 Feb 2010 at 22:10, Liz wrote: > I have a Job YOUNGs but he is on the other side of Bristol. His > parents have always annoyed me. They were 1st cousins, their first > child, Job, was born 11 October 1846. I have never been able to find > a marriage and I wonder if the vicar of Winford wouldn't marry them > because of their relationship. > > Liz I imagine there must have been a number of men called Job Young in the West Country around that time - YOUNG being not exactly an uncommon name. In any event, the Job Young who was probably a brother to my ancestor Josiah Young was born earlier, since he was baptising children in 1833. I see from the the 1851 census that your Job's parents were Michael and Ann Young, but the fact you can't find a marriage doesn't necessarily mean there wasn't one. It may well simply not have made it to the IGI, especially as it was possibly after 1837 when civil registration began. Presumably you've looked at the actual parish registers for Winford and contiguous parishes? I would agree, though, that it doesn't seem to appear at FreeBMD. First cousins have never been prohibited from marrying in this country, as far as I'm aware, but I suppose some vicars did believe the relationship was too close. There are a number of examples of first-cousin marriages among the royals, William III and Queen Mary II being the classic example. They were first cousins, both being grandchildren of Charles I. -- Roy Stockdill Genealogical researcher, writer & lecturer Newbies' Guide to Genealogy & Family History: www.genuki.org.uk/gs/Newbie.html "There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about." OSCAR WILDE