Marshall &Kay Family  Histories

GEORGE YOUNG 

 

 

 

 

 

Born on 24 February 1826 in

Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland

Son to William YOUNG & Janet NOTMAN

Died September 4, 1899

in Rocksprings, Sweetwater, WY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are genealogy notes frommom (Yvonne Kay Marshall),that are also available in theDATABASE above on Rootsweb.com& our RootsMagic site, underGeorge Young & Catherine Black

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He was born on 24 February 1826

in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.

He was christened on 5 March

1826 in Dalkeith, Midlothian,

Scotland. George was converted

and baptized into the Church

of Jesus Christ of Latter Day

Saints about 1850 in Scotland

by John Crofford. He was

rebaptized in 1883 in Wyoming

because there was a question

about the date on the original

records. Katie (Catherine) Blyth,

my Aunt, told me that she

remembers stories of

“Grampa George” helping

the missionaries and 

being very active in the

LDS Church in Scotland.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

George and Catherine announced

Banns 10 August 1850, both

living in Newbattle parish.

George married Catherine Black,

daughter of Lauchlan Black and

Isabelle McDougal-Mclucias,

on 4 October 1850 in Stobhill,

Newbattle, Midlothian, Scotland.

George is in the 1851 Cockpen

census living at 22 Hunterfield

Manor No. 81 with his wife

Catherine (age 18) George’s

age is 24 and he is a coal miner.

 

 

 

 

 

The family had to move often because the coal mines, where George worked, would ‘play’ out and had to close down.He is again the 1861 Newbattle census living at 5 Castlehill with his wife Catherine and 6 children. Again we see them in the Newbattle in the 1861 census living at #5 Castle Hill with his wife Catherine and his six children: Isabelle 9 yrs., William 8 yrs., Janet 6 yrs., Mary 4 yrs., Adam 2 yrs. and George 1 month old. He is also in the 1881 Cockpen census with Catherine and ten of their children: Isabelle -29 yrs.married, William - 28 yrs.,Adam - 21 yrs.,George -20 yrs. John - 13 yrs., Maggie - 13 yrs,Christina -?, Jane - 9 yrs ,Lauchlan - 6 yrs, Elizabeth - 1 yrs Also Grandson David Johnston, son to Isabelle and father was David Johnston.

 

They had 15 children: Isabelle, William Black, George, Janet, Mary, Adam, George, Catherine, Anna, John Black, Margaret, Christina, Jean Black, Lauchlan Black, and Elizabeth.

 

George and Catherine’s last child (Elizabeth) was born in Scotland in 1879 and the family still appears in Scotland in the 1881 census although some of the older children were living away from home by that time. Most of the family, except for a few of the older children, began to immigrate to the U.S. after 1881.