Rectory Lane Cemetery, Berkhamsted

Emma Jane Young

1847 –25/04/1936

Wife of builder and undertaker Frederick Young

Relatives

Frederick Young — husband

Annie Laura Dale (527) — daughter

Frederick John Young — son

• Christopher Dolton

EMMA JANE YOUNG (Née Kennings); 1847 – 1936

Emma was born in Winslow, Bucks, in the last quarter of 1847. Her father, George Kenning, was a harness maker and her mother, Sarah was a dress maker.[1] The Kennings family was large; Emma was the fifth of twelve children born to Sarah and George.[2]

Emma married Frederick Young in 1866. Frederick, originally from Newton Longville, Bucks, was a joiner and carpenter and in 1861 was apprenticed to Henry Webb, a builder who lived in Houghton Regis.

Following their marriage Frederick and Emma moved to Berkhamsted where, in 1869, their first child, Annie Laura, was born. The couple were to have seven children in all but by 1911 three of them had died.[3] The family had settled in Berkhamsted’s High Street from where Frederick continued his trade of carpenter and joiner. From the time of the 1901 census until Frederick’s death in 1934, the address of 256 High Street appears in documents. Also living with Frederick and Emma was Emma’s brother, John Kenning, who, like his father, was a saddler and harness maker.

Frederick’s move to Berkhamsted was well timed as in 1868 land at the west of the town and which had been part of Kitsbury Farm was sold and saw the rapid construction of new houses. Frederick seems to have taken the opportunity to expand his business, such that by 1881 he described himself as a “carpenter employing 4 men”[4] and in 1901 as a “builder.”[5]

As well as carpentry and building, Frederick also set up in business as an undertaker, describing himself as in the 1921 census (at the age of nearly 80 years) as a builder and undertaker. The business, formerly known as F Young & Son continues to trade in the town today under the name of Malcolm Jones & Metcalfe Funeral Directors.

Frederick died on 3^rd May 1934 at the age of 91 years. His estate was worth £3,397 15s 6d.

Emma survived him by two years, dying on 25^th April 1936. Following Frederick’s death Emma moved from High Street as her address when she died was 89 Charles Street.

Frederick Young

1842 –03/05/1934

Carpenter who moved to Berkhamsted and set up building firm.

Relatives

Emma Jane Young — wife

Annie Laura Dale (527) — daughter

Frederick John Young — son

• Christopher Dolton

FREDERICK YOUNG: 1842 – 1934

Frederick was born late in 1842. He was the oldest of eight children[1] born to Richard Young and his wife Sarah (née Pollard). Richard Young was an agricultural labourer. The family lived at Church End in the village of Newton Longville, Bucks, where Frederick was baptised on 1^st January 1843.[2]

By the time Frederick was 18 years of age he had left the family home and was living in Houghton Regis in the home of Henry Webb, a builder to whom Frederick was apprenticed as a joiner and carpenter.

Frederick married in 1866. The marriage was celebrated in Winslow, Bucks and his bride was Emma Jane Kennings.

Following the marriage Frederick and Emma moved to Berkhamsted where, in 1869, their first child, Annie Laura, was born. The couple were to have seven children in all but by 1911 three of them had died.[3] The family had settled in Berkhamsted’s High Street from where Frederick continued his trade of carpenter and joiner. From the time of the 1901 census until Frederick’s death in 1934, the address of 256 High Street appears in documents. Also living with Frederick and Emma was Emma’s brother, John Kenning, who was a saddler and harness maker.

Frederick’s move to Berkhamsted was well timed as in 1868 land at the west of the town and which had been part of Kitsbury Farm was sold and saw the rapid construction of new houses such that ten years later in 1878 the Bucks Herald reported:

“…Kitsbury. which is situate at the rear of the Union and is approached by both Kitsbury road and Gillams-lane (or Cross Oats-lane [sic]) is a very modern suburb of Berkhampstead, very healthily and pleasantly located. In a comparatively short time nearly fifty houses have been erected and all inhabited, the majority of them being of a superior character for mechanics and middle class people.”[4]

Frederick seems to have taken the opportunity to expand his business, such that by 1881 he described himself as a “carpenter employing 4 men”[5] and in 1901 as a “builder.”[6]

As well as carpentry and building, Frederick also set up in business as an undertaker, describing himself as in the 1921 census (at the age of nearly 80 years) as a builder and undertaker. The business, formerly known as F Young & Son continues to trade in the town today under the name of Malcolm Jones & Metcalfe Funeral Directors.

Frederick died on 3^rd May 1934 at the age of 91 years. His estate was worth £3,397 15s 6d. His wife Emma survived him by two years until 1936 when she was laid to rest with hi in Rectory Lane Cemetery.