Oliver Cromwell Young (1815 - 1907)

Born 12 Jul 1815 in Sidney, Hastings, Upper Canada [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Jane P. (Parliament) Young — married 21 Aug 1839 in Mountain View, Prince Edward, Prince Edward, Upper Canada

Died 20 Dec 1907 at age 92 in Hillier, Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada

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Biography

"Oliver, the youngest of the sons of George Young, was born in 1815, and is still living [1905] at the great age of 90 years ... through all his working life pursued the occupation of a builder and carpenter, for which he showed exceptional capacity. He was a noted builder in his day, and was employed to build many of the houses and barns in the township. He built beside, three Methodist churches, one in Bethel, another at Roblin's Mills and a third on the Bay side of Big Island; but probably his largest undertaking was the building of the Belleville Agricultural Hall, lately burned down. He never drew plans, nor made calculations, but to use his own words, "Just scratched and planned in his head as the work proceeded."^[1]

1864 Hastings County Directory: Oliver Young is listed as a carpenter, living in the 4th Concession of Ameliasburg.

Marriage & Children

The marriage record (1839) for Oliver Young and Jane Parliament, by Rev. James Rogers, Presbyterian minister. Witnesses were George Parliament & James Parliament. Search here for "Oliver Young" :

• http://my.tbaytel.net/bmartin/princeed.htm

10 children from (unverified) Rootsweb profile:

• George Henry YOUNG: Birth: 1842 in Belleville, Upper Canada.^[2]
• Hiram Manley YOUNG: Birth: NOV 1843 in Mountain View, Prince Edward County, Ontario. Death: 1923 in Belleville, Ontario
• Oliver Oswell YOUNG: Birth: 1844 in Belleville, Canada West.
• Finley Bidwell YOUNG: Birth: 1846 in Ameliasburgh Township, Canada West.
• John Samuel YOUNG: Birth: 1848 in Belleville, Canada West.
• Paul Franklin YOUNG: Birth: 1850 in Belleville, Canada West.
• Marian Louisa YOUNG: Birth: 1852 in Belleville, Canada West.
• Benjamin A. YOUNG: Birth: 1854 in Belleville, Canada West.
• Edward Malcolm YOUNG: Birth: 1856 in Belleville, Canada West.
• Florence T. YOUNG: Birth: 1861.

Other sources for children:

• "Edward M. Young lives [1905] in Picton, where he is a well-known barrister; he is also County Clerk for Prince Edward, and solicitor for the same county."^[3]
• George Henry Fanning Young ("Henry Fanning" being Oliver's brother-in-law) and Paul Franklin Young.
• John Samuel Young (b.1848), who gave the middle name "Oliver" to one of his own sons.
• More information (unsourced) on sons George and John from a private family tree

Sources

1. ↑ "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte", pp.988-989:
   • https://ia802605.us.archive.org/9/items/pioneerlifeonbay00torouoft/pioneerlifeonbay00torouoft.pdf
2. ↑ "George Henry Fanning Young", born ca.19 Nov 1842 in Ontario (son of Oliver Cromwell Young, farmer in Ameliasburgh) and Jane Parliament. George's occupation 1881-1937 was blacksmith in Allisonville, died 1 Nov 1937 in Allisonville, Hillier Township, Prince Edward County, Ontario. Buried in Mountain View Cemetery, Ameliasburgh, Prince Edward County. According to George's death notice in the Star-Phoenix (Saskatoon, Canada), 2 NOV 1937: "In his younger days he travelled through the Yukon and many parts of the West."
   • As recorded in a private family tree, accessed 19 Dec 2020:
     • http://www.friendsofsandbanks.org/pec_genealogies/mcd103104.pdf
3. ↑ "Pioneer Life on the Bay of Quinte", pp.988-989:
   • https://ia802605.us.archive.org/9/items/pioneerlifeonbay00torouoft/pioneerlifeonbay00torouoft.pdf