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
 |
| William Young and his mother Christian Clapperton |
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 North West Temple
Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150-3440.
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