John Benning Monk Young (1901 - 1980)

Born 21 Jul 1901 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

Son of Wentworth De Lanaudière Young and Adelaide Edith Dorman

Husband of Helen Isobel Torry (Taylor) Young — married 12 Apr 1924 in Verdun, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Descendants

Died 29 Feb 1980 at age 78 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada

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Biography

This profile is part of the Young Name Study.

Private John Young served in the Canadian Expeditionary Force in World War I
Service started: 06 Oct 1916
Unit(s): 148th Battalion; Young Soldiers Battalion
Service ended: 13 May 1918

Medic John Young served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in World War II
Service started:
Unit(s):
Service ended:

John Young lived in Canada.

John Young has Scottish Ancestors.

John Young has Irish ancestors.

John Young has French origins.

John Young has English ancestors.

John Benning Monk Young was born on July 21, 1901 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and baptized at St. Martin's Episcopal Church, Church of England,^[1] situated at the corner of St. Urbain and Prince Arthur streets. ^[2]

John (22) married Helen Isobel Torry Taylor (19) on April 12, 1924 in Verdun, Montreal.^[3] Their children were:

1. Marion Ainslie Young (1924–2011)
2. John Benning Monk Young (1926–2003)
3. Harold Colvin Lloyd Young (1927–2014)
4. Henry Wentworth Young (1929–2002)
5. Thomas Alfred Gilbert Young (1932–2009)
6. Frances Charlotte Young (1937–Living)
7. George Colvin Young (1939–2010)

John died on February 29, 1980 in Montréal, Quebec, aged 78.^[4]

He enlisted for WW1 on 10 Mar 1916, and lists his date of birth incorrectly as 20 July 1900, age 15. He was assigned to the 148th Overseas Battalion of the Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF).^[5][6]

JB served in WW2 as a Medic.^[7]

Research Notes

• A location category for Verdun, Montreal, Quebec should be investigated.Young-50816 14:14, 14 December 2023 (UTC)

Records and Transcripts

Baptism^[1]

[Transcribed by Christopher Young on 14 Dec 2023. Note on the first page of the register of baptisms, marriages and burials, the church is named as St. Martin’s Episcopal Church by the rector Rev. G. Osborne Troop. Register Page One]

[In the left margin]

10/

Baptism

[Body of the page]

John Benning Monk, son

of Wentworth de Lanaudiere

Young, of Montreal, and

Adelaide Edith Dorman,

his wife, was born on the

twenty first day of July in

the year of Our Lord one thousand

nine hundred & one & was

baptized on the eleventh day

of April one thousand nine

hundred & two -

    By me

        G. Osborne Troop

            Rector.

In presence of -

    Adelaide Edith Young. [Signed, in a different pen ink]

Census of Canada, 1931^[8]

The YOUNG-TAYLOR family appears on the 1931 Census on the 1 Jun 1931. The family resided at 7042 Wiseman Ave, Mont-Royal (Montreal (City) - St. Jean Ward), Quebec, Canada; renting a six-room, brick veneer, flat. The monthly rent is $30.00. They do not own a radio. The family is Canadian, Church of England and of English origin. They mainly speak English. The household members are a head, wife and four children.

Image

John YOUNG, head, male, married, age 30, born in Quebec, father born in Quebec, mother born in Ireland, Canadian, English origin, speaks English, speaks French, Church of England, can read and write in any language, salesman, bakery, wage worker, $1100 earned in 12 months, was at work on Monday 1 Jun 1931.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Birth or Baptism: "St. Martin's Anglican Church, 1874-1919," database and images, BANQ Numérique (https://numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/details/52327/3906283?docref=8lV1IKFgHN4vyHZRmniULg : accessed 3 July 2023), baptism act, John Benning Monk Young, 11 April 1902, folio fourteen, left, Church Register for 1902, St. Martin’s Anglican Church, Montréal; BAnQ Vieux-Montréal, Fonds Cour supérieure. District judiciaire de Montréal. État civil, (06M,CE601,S75), frame 26 of 48.
2. ↑ St. Martin’s Church (Montréal, Quebec), Historical Sketch of St. Martin’s Church : 1874-1902, Montreal, Canada (publisher not identified, 1902), page 4.
3. ↑ Marriage: “Drouin Collection records, Québec, Fonds Drouin, V, Verdun, Verdun (Anglican Saint Clement), 1920, 1924,” Drouin Institute, Généalogie Québec (https://www.genealogiequebec.com  : accessed 14 Dec 2023), image, “Marriage registration, John Benning Monk Young and Helen Isobel Taylor, 12 Apr 1924,” image no d1p_1139d0954; copy privately held by Christopher Young, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], 2023.
4. ↑ Death: Québec, Directeur de l'état civil du Québec, Certificat de décès [death certificate] no. W222580645-01 (23 Feb 2023), John Benning Monk Young, died 29 Feb 1980; copy privately held by Christopher Young, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], 2023.
5. ↑ Military: "Personnel Records of the First World War," database with images, Entry for John Benning Young; Regimental Number: 841678, Date of Birth: 20 Jul 1900, Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 10656 - 47, Item Number: 326842, Record Group: Canadian Expeditionary Force (CEF). Service Record PDF Library and Archives Canada, Genealogy, Military, First World War Personnel Records (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=pffww&id=326842&lang=eng : accessed 14 Dec 2023).
6. ↑ Military: "Personnel Records of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police," database with images, Entry for John Benning Young; Regimental Number: 148th Overseas Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force, Date of Birth: 20 Jul 1900, Reference: R196, RG18, Volume number: 11311, File number: R-8104, File part: MHQ 1, Item Number: 5506309, Record Group: RG18. Library and Archives Canada, Royal Canadian Mounted Police fonds, Personnel records, Service records (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=fonandcol&id=5506309&lang=eng : 22 Jan 2023); copy privately held by Christopher Young, [ADDRESS FOR PRIVATE USE], 2023.
7. ↑ Personal first-hand knowledge of Frances (Young) Rude.
8. ↑ 1931 Census: "Census of Canada, 1931," online database with images. Entry for Young, John; Province: Québec, District: Mont-Royal/84, Sub-District: Montreal (City) - St. Jean Ward/73, Genealogy / Census, Page: 6, Line: 19, Image: e011618895, ID: 78816363. Image Library and Archives Canada: Censuses (http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.redirect?app=census&id=78816363&lang=eng : accessed 17 Dec 2023).

• Cook, Tim. ""He was determined to go": Underage Soldiers in the Canadian Expeditionary Force." Histoire sociale / Social History 41, no. 81 (2008): 41-74. http://doi.org/10.1353/his.0.0009.
• Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Christopher Young and Kenneth Mackeracher, his 2nd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Wentworth Young and Adelaide Dorman, the great grandparents of both Christopher Young and Kenneth Mackeracher. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd cousin, based on sharing 105 cM across 7 segments.
• Maternal relationship is confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Christopher Young and M.D., his 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are Patrick Dorman and Adelaide Domville, the great great grandparents of both Christopher Young and M.D.. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 3rd cousin, based on sharing 34 cM across 3 segments.