Born about in Rottingdean, Sussex, England
Daughter of George Young
and Sarah (Comber) Young
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Joseph Edwards
— married
10 Oct 1874 in St. Peter's Church, Brighton, Sussex, England
Descendants 
Mother of
Norah (Edwards) Price and Jeanie Edwards
Died about
at about age 93
in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Feb 2014
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Biography
Phoebe Miriam Young was born about 1851. She was baptised 31st August, 1851, at Rottingdean, Sussex, the daughter of George Young, Labourer of Rottingdean, and his wife, Mary. [1]
Marriage. On 10th October, 1874, Phoebe was 23 when she married Joseph Edwards, a 28-year-old Carpenter, at St Peter's Church in the Parish of Brighton, Sussex, by License. Their respective fathers were recorded as Henry Edwards, Builder, and George Young, 'Potatoe' Merchant. The Established Church cermeony was performed before witnesses Thomas Edwards and Susanna [Garrod?][2]
Death. She passed away about 1945. [3]
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Research Note
DNA AncestryDNA thrulines (TM) suggests Phoebe's parents are George Young and Mary Patching with a descendant (via Norah Edwards) of hers sharing 8cM | 1 segment with the mother of Christine with their mutual ancestors being Edward Jeffery and Lydia Hickmott, Christine's 4th great-grandparents. Not enough DNA to show as a match to Christine, herself. (note:
Sources
- ↑ Baptism Register "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KG8K-T9R : 7 December 2017), Phoebe Miriam Young, 1851.
- ↑ Marriage Register "England, Sussex, Parish Registers, 1538-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KFGV-D31 : 7 December 2017), Joseph Edwards and Phoebe Miriam Young, 1874.
- ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Geoff Pugh, Thursday, February 13, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Phoebe by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Phoebe:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Phoebe by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Phoebe:
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~12.50%
~25.00%
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