Thomas Young
1868 - 1908 (40 years)
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Name Thomas Young Born 11 Feb 1868 Ballygawly, Tytonr, Notrthern Ireland 
Gender Male Died 8 Oct 1908 Portadown, Armagh, Ireland - self-inflicted (see notes)
Person ID I21090 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Brown Young, Jr., b. 1829, Carnteel, Tyrone, Northern Ireland , d. 15 Apr 1889, Portadown, Armagh, Ireland (Age 60 years) Relationship natural Mother Margaret Woods, b. 11 Nov 1825, Deridora, Armagh, Northern Ireland , d. 20 Feb 1897, Portadown, Armagh, Ireland (Age 71 years) Relationship natural Family ID F7119 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Annie Brown McKenna, b. 14 Apr 1869, Caledon, Dungannon, Tyrone, Northern Ireland , d. 26 Dec 1900, Portadown, Armagh, Ireland (Age 31 years) Married 30 Oct 1890 Portadown, Armagh, Ireland - 6 Meadow Lane
Children 1. Elizabeth Brown Young, b. 21 Jul 1891, Portadown, Armagh, Ireland , d. 1954 (Age 62 years) [natural]2. John Brown Young, b. 6 Jun 1893, Portadown, Armagh, Ireland , d. 1981 (Age 87 years) [natural]3. Annie Brown Young, b. 29 Sep 1895, Portadown, Armagh, Ireland , d. 2 Jul 1979, Manchester, Hartford, Connecticut, USA (Age 83 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F7118 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Marriage 30 Oct 1890 • Portadown, Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1st. Presbyterian Church of Portadown. Thomas, full age, Mill Worker. Father Brown Young, Labourer. Annie, full age, Mill Worker. Father John McKenna, Labourer. Witnesses: Robert & Maggie Young Campbell (Thomas' sister and her husband).
In 1890, Thomas was residing in Portadown and employed as a mill worker. He later worked at the Portadown boot factory.
His first wife, Annie Brown, McKenna, died of heart failure on 26 Dec 1900. He married secondly, thirteen months later, on 2 Feb 1902 in Portadown, Armagh, Northern Ireland to Jemima Mina Ferris, born 20 Feb 1868, in Armagh, previously employed as a household maid, whom he later attempted to murder. She later moved to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA where she died of natural causes.
At the time of his death, Thomas, age 38, was living on West Street in Portadown. According to an inquest he died of a hemorrhage due to self inflicted wound to the throat while of an unsound mind. He slit his throat with a knife after attempting to kill his second wife Mina.
- Marriage 30 Oct 1890 • Portadown, Armagh, Northern Ireland, 1st. Presbyterian Church of Portadown. Thomas, full age, Mill Worker. Father Brown Young, Labourer. Annie, full age, Mill Worker. Father John McKenna, Labourer. Witnesses: Robert & Maggie Young Campbell (Thomas' sister and her husband).