Emma Ethel (Simms) Young (abt. 1887)

Born about 1887 in Howden, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Wife of John Henry Young — married 29 Nov 1909 in Howden, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

Biography

Emma was born in 1887^[1] in Howden, Yorkshire, England, where she lived with her parents, John and Annie, on March End in 1891.^[2] In 1901 the family lived on Pinfold Street and Emma worked as a domestic servant.^[3]

She married John Henry Young in 1909.^[4][5] In 1911 the family lived in Willitoft, Yorkshire, where John was a farm labourer.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ GRO civil registration birth index entry. Emma Ethel Sims. Vol 9d p 87. March quarter 1887. Registration district Howden. FreeBMD.org.uk
   GRO index search gives mother's maiden name Blanshard
2. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7PBB-8N2 : 11 December 2017), Emma E Sims in household of John Sims, Howden, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (East Riding), England; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (East Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
3. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS95-QFS : 8 April 2016), Emma Simms in household of John Simms, Howden, Yorkshire (East Riding), England; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Howden subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
4. ↑ Marriage solemnized at the parish church in the parish of Howden in the County of York. 29 Nov 1909. John Henry Young (19; bachelor; labourer; of Eastrington; son of Arthur Young, labourer) married Emma Ethel Simms (22; spinster; of Howden; daughter of John Simms, labourer). Witnesses John Thomas Goodman Simms and Mary Ellen Young.
   findmypast.co.uk. Yorkshire Marriages Transcription. Accessed 26 Apr 2019
5. ↑ GRO civil registration marriage index entry. John Henry Young and Emma Ethel Simms. Vol 9d p 186. December quarter 1909. Registration district Howden. FreeBMD.org.uk
6. ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7RB-692 : 21 December 2018), John Young, Willitoft, Willowtoft Howden Er, Yorkshire (East Riding), England; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.