George Young (priest)

George Edward Young (15 February 1852 – 27 September 1937) was the Dean of Adelaide from 1906^[1] until 1933.^[2]

History[]

Young was born near Winchester, a son of the Rev. Peter Young, Rector of North Witham and Prebendary of Lincoln, England,^[3] and educated at The Royal Grammar School Guildford. He emigrated to Suth Australia in 1875 and after working on outback properties and at the Wallaroo mine was ordained in 1887.^[4] After missionary work in South Australia’s outback he was incumbent at Port Pirie from 1888 to 1891; and at Kapunda from 1891 to 1894. He was Rector of Mount Gambier from 1894 to 1906 and its archdeacon from 1896 to 1906.

Personal[]

On 23 December 1882 Young married Wilhelmina Wilson "Mina" Roe née Haining (1844 – 26 November 1925); their only child was Dorothea Caroline Young (29 August 1884 – 1961).^[5] Mina was the eldest daughter of Robert Haining (1802–1874), South Australia's first Presbyterian minister, and widow of Police Inspector John Henry Roe (c. 1835–1877).

References[]

^ "Dean of Adelaide". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXI, no. 18, 740. South Australia. 5 December 1906. p. 7. Retrieved 27 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Dean Young Resigns". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 8 October 1932. p. 14. Retrieved 27 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Family Notices". South Australian Register. Vol. XLVII, no. 11, 270. South Australia. 28 December 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 27 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia. Marriage to Mina Roe
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p 1462
^ "Obituary". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. XC, no. 26, 496. South Australia. 27 November 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 27 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

Religious titles
Preceded by Charles Marryat	Dean of Adelaide 1906–1933	Succeeded by George Herbert Jose

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[1] "Dean of Adelaide". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. LXXI, no. 18, 740. South Australia. 5 December 1906. p. 7. Retrieved 27 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "Dean Young Resigns". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 8 October 1932. p. 14. Retrieved 27 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "Family Notices". South Australian Register. Vol. XLVII, no. 11, 270. South Australia. 28 December 1882. p. 4. Retrieved 27 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia. Marriage to Mina Roe

[4] Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p 1462

[5] "Obituary". The Register (Adelaide). Vol. XC, no. 26, 496. South Australia. 27 November 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 27 January 2017 – via National Library of Australia.

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