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First Generation
1. Christian
CLAPPERTON 1 was born in
1815. She died on 4 Jul 1902 in Ellen Villa, Bonnyrigg (Midlothian) Scotland.
Christian Clapperton (1815-1902) (Granny Young),
came from a radical Chartist family of
textile weavers in Galashiels. Her father
William Clapperton (1785-1860) had helped to found
both the Co-operative and Temperance movements
there._Census records before 1891: see
under her husband John YOUNG. He died in
1886.__1891 Census: Ellen Villa, Lasswade/
Bonnyrigg: 9 rooms with 1 or more
windows_Christina C. YOUNG . . Head. .Widow F 73
Living on Private Means b.Selkirkshire,
Galashiels_Jeanie WILLIAMSON . . Serv. . Unm . F
24 General serv. . . . . . . . .b.Peeblesshire,
Stobo__At about this time, Christina C. YOUNG
wrote to her son Thomas in Iowa and his wife
Mary:--"My dear Son and Daughter" "You have
no idea how I weary for news from you"
Definitely a mother's letter--asking if Thomas knows
what he is suffering from (what illness) and
asking after Mary, who has evidently had to have
all of her teeth pulled and got artificial
ones..._"David is out of the Dalkeith Gasworks. He has
not been getting along very well with the
Directors." Discusses Sandy (Alexander) leaving the
oil trade...Says that he and David have bought
land near Bathgate and that "they are starting
a aeriated water manufactory." Discusses
John in a new business, with Christina saying that
they just had "a new baby girl as an Xmas
present". She talks about how worried she is that
John's family is getting so large (5 children).
She talks about not being well, due to worrying
about Thomas's brothers and their unsettled
state. Mentions how much she misses Jock. Tells
Thomas that it may be best that he went to
America, because Scotland is in a bad state, and
that it is hard to make a living, etc. Says that
"Mary and her family are in their house."
[Gracemount, next door to Christina herself]
Mentions George Cusiter being in Silverton. "We
had Tina and her baby here last week." (Is
this Mona?) "Bob is still at Peebles..." "He is
building a very fine house..." "We had
Willie yesterday. He is looking quite fine indeed." _"
Your affectionate Mother_C. Young__1901 Census:
Ellen Villa, Lasswade/Bonnyrigg: 7
rooms with 1 or more windows_[daughter,
grandaughters and great-grandaughter next door:
see Mary YOUNG (Mrs Cusiter)]_Christina YOUNG .
. Head. .Widow F 83 Living on own
Means . .b.Roxburgh, Redhead_Rachael POTTS(?) .
. Servant . U . . F 30 General serv.
Domestic. b. Selkirk, Galashiels__Christina's
great great granddaughter writes:_"Mary
Cusiter and Christina Young, the maternal
grandmothers, lived next door to each other in
Bonnyrig. Old John Young had bought the two
houses side by side, probably new-built, in
approximately 1880. The one was for himself and
his wife in retirement (having come back
from Wigan) and the other for his widowed
daughter. Mona would run from one house to the
other: one garden -scrambling over the wall- to
the next. Great-Grandma had a maid called
Rachel, One story went, 'Go with Rachel, dear,
and she'll give you a pear.' Another, 'What
naughty girl has been taking pears from my
garden?' Probably they are both true. Mona said
that when she was at Great-Grandma's house she
once said, 'This is a weariness house, this.
' "__The Scotsman - Saturday, 5th July
1902, page 14_YOUNG.รข€”At Ellen Villa. Bonnyrigg.
On July 4th. Christina CLAPPERTON, Widow of John
Young, gas engineer, in her 88th year.
Funeral private.
Christian married2 John YOUNG on 21 Oct 1836 in Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland.
John was born in 1815 in Edinburgh, Scotland. He died on 24 Jan 1886 in Ellen
Villa, Bonnyrigg (Midlothian) Scotland.
An excellent biography for John can be found at
http://www.penicuikcdt.org.uk/John_and
_William_Young.html#JohnYoung
Appendix A - Sources
1. World
Connect Project pages of Roger Kelly,
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=kosmoid.
2. Compiled
by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Scotland Marriages,
1561-1910 (FamilySearch;
(http://familysearch.org)), Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street,
Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA.
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