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High Roding cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Trevor Harris - geograph.org.uk/p/7184810 High Roding is very much a linear settlement with very little development back from The Street - which follows the line of a Roman Road. |
Charles Young, son of Isaac Young and Emma Holgate, married Sarah Charlotte Hockley, daughter of William Hockley and Charlotte Cock, at St Mary the Virgin, Great Dunmow, in 1890. Banns of Marriage between Charles Young of the Parish of High Roding, Bachelor and Sarah Charlotte Hockley of this Parish, Spinster, were read in the Oct / Nov of that year.
Sarah Charlotte Hockley had an illegitimate child, Alice Jane Hockley b. 1879 M Qtr in DUNMOW Vol 04A 472, bap. 14 Sep 1879 at St Mary the Virgin - the baptism confirms Sarah was her mother. In 1881, Alice was staying with her grandparents, while Sarah C Hockley (20) was working as a Domestic Servant in the household of Amelia Hockley (32) widow, Lodging house keeper at Hockerill, Bishop Stortford, Hertfordshire. Alice Jane died, aged 8, in 1887 J Qtr in DUNMOW Vol 04A 314 and was buried on 7 May 1887.
Charles and Sarah Charlotte Young added three children:
- Alice Annie Young b. 1891 S Qtr in DUNMOW Vol 04A Page 649
- Arthur William Young b. 1894 M Qtr in DUNMOW Vol 04A Page 703
- Charles Montague Young b. 6 Jun 1897, reg. 1897 S Quarter in DUNMOW Volume 04A Page 741
In 1891, Charles Young (33) Agricultural Labourer and Sarah Charlotte Young (31), were living with Charles' widowed father, Isaac Young (68) and sister Lois Annie Young (26) in High Roding, Essex.
In 1901, Charles Young (42) Horse Keeper on Farm, Sarah Young (40), Alice (9), Arthur (7) and Charles (3) were living at Brands Farm, Great Dunmow.
In 1911, Charles Young (51) Horseman on Farm, Sarah Young (50), Arthur Young (17) also Horseman on Farm and Charles Young (13) General Labourer on Farm, were living at Brands Farm, Great Dunmow. Brands Farm, Ongar Road, Dunmow. Brands Farm House dates from the early 16th century and is Grade II* Listed. Alice Annie Young (19), meanwhile, was a Domestic Servant in the household of Harry Gowlett (53) Farmer at The Hall, Great Canfield. (The History of Great Canfield mentions The Hall.)
Charles and Sarah Charlotte Young were still in Great Dunmow in 1921.
Charles Young died, aged 69, in 1926 D Quarter in DUNMOW.
Sarah C Young was living at No 3 Sandpit Cottage, Bacon End, Great Canfield, Hope End Green in 1939. She died, aged 80, in 1941.
- Alice Annie Young married Harry Crow in Dunmow, in 1915.
- Charles M Young married Ethel L Owers in Dunmow, in 1918.