Alexander Young^{[1, 2]}

1821 - 1882  (60 years)

• Name	Alexander Young
  Born	27 Nov 1821	Whitton, , Roxburgh, Scotland   [3, 4, 5]
  Christened	2 Dec 1821	Morebattle, , Roxburgh, Scotland   [6]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	1852	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [7]
  	teacher
  Occupation	1859	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [8]
  	Principal of Berlin Common Schools
  Occupation	1860	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [9, 10]
  	Principal of Berlin Central School
  Occupation	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	Teacher
  Residence	1861	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	UP
  Occupation	1876	Berlin Central School, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  	Senior Teacher
  Residence	1876	Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-155178
  Died	27 May 1882	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [5]
  Person ID	I155178	Generations
  Last Modified	25 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	James Young,   b. Abt 1795, of, Morebattle, , Roxburgh, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Agnes Cranston,   b. Abt 1795, of, Morebattle, , Roxburgh, Scotland ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F48559	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anne Eliza Keachie,   b. 3 Mar 1830, , Ontario, Canada ,   d. 25 May 1888, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 58 years)
  Children	1. Mary Hope Young,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Eliza Georgina Young,   b. 12 May 1851, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 12 May 1921, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec  (Age 70 years)   3. Catherine Agnes Young,   b. 4 Oct 1855, , Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 4 Nov 1859, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 4 years)   4. James Strang Young,   b. CALC 16 Jun 1858, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 1 Dec 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age ~ 2 years)   5. Anna Alexandra Young,   b. 6 Aug 1860, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 14 Oct 1863, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 3 years)   6. William Perine Young,   b. 6 Nov 1864, St. Thomas, Elgin Co., Ontario, Canada ,   d. 9 Jan 1890, Montreal, Ile De Montreal, Quebec  (Age 25 years)
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F38780	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  In 1856 the Central School was erected on the site between Frederick and Lancaster streets, before referred to as the joint property of the Grammar and Common School Boards. The County Council made a grant of 50 ($200) to the Common School Board towards the completing of the building. The newly elected members of the Board this year, to take the places of two retiring, were Mr. John A. Mackie, who remained on the Board for 24 years, and was chairman a great portion of the time; and Mr. Henry S. Huber, who was a member and secretary-treasurer for the next 17 years. Mr. David Knox was the last principal in the old Frederick schools. 1857 to 1871. The next year (1857), in January, the new Central School was opened. Of the two retiring trustees one was re-elected and the place of the Other was taken by Mr. A. J. Peterson, thereafter a trustee for 20 years. The first teachers in the Central were Mr. Alexander Young, principal, salary 150 ($600) per annum; Mr. John Strang, salary 90 (360) per annum; Miss Elizabeth Shoemaker, and before the end of the year, Miss Eliza Wait (now Mrs. W. F. Chapman, Toronto). The same year the Grammar School was removed from the old printing office on King street into an upstairs room in the Central School building. First Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society 1913 ____________________________ Death of Mr. Alex Young We regret to state that the illness under which this gentleman suffered for the past six weeks terminated in his death on Saturday afternoon last. About three weeks ago it was thought Mr. Young had passed the crisis of his disease and would recover; but a relapse set in and he slowly sank to his long rest. Mr. Young's name has long been a "household word" in this County. Coming to Dumfries with his parents when a mere lad, he early developed a love for study, and at one time thought seriously of entering the Ministry. He afterwards, however, relinquished this long cherished idea, and adopted teaching at his profession. In this he was eminently successful. He taught for the first few terms in Dumfries, afterwards removing to Galt, where he in the first place established a private school in the large frame house on South Water Street, opposite the residence of Mr. Thos. Sparrow - then known as "Isaac Sours' Chapel." Very shortly after this he accepted charge of the town school and in this capacity he taught for many years. He afterwards, removed to Berlin, where he had been offered the Principalship of the Central School, which position he occupied for a number of years with great acceptance. Seeing, as he then thought, an opportunity to better his position, he entered into the flax business at St. Thomas in company with Mr. Perine; but after several years of hard struggling, the enterprise proved a failure, and Mr. Young returned to Berlin and again assume his old position as Principal of the Central School in that town. This position he continued to occupy until the new regulations of the Minister of Education, regarding the qualification of teachers, deprived him of his position. Mr. Young felt this a great hardship; but his many friends rallied around him and after some delay secured him a position under the Weights and Measures Act. This position he held up to the time of his death; and it is not too much to say that the Government never had a more thoroughly honest or diligent officer or one in whom more implicit reliance could be placed. The deceased was engaged in his official duties in the County of Brant when, not feeling well, he thought he would take a run up to Galt for a change. Arriving here he went to the residence of his brother-in-law, Mr. William Graham; but the hope that he would be able to throw off his illness proved fallacious, and it developed into typhoid fever. Under this he eventually sank and the funeral ? Monday was attended by many friends from Berlin, Galt and surrounding places. Mr. Young married early in life, his wife being Miss Annie Keachie. She still survives him, and throughout his long illness proved a helpmate indeed. Two children, Mrs. H.A. Jackson and Mrs. Wm. A. Young, both now of Montreal, ? left to mourn his loss. Mr. Young was aged 62 years. Galt Reporter Jun 2 1882 pg 1-2

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration. Henry Allen Jackson (merchant of Berlin) Born: Montreal Age: 26 Est. Birth: abt 1850 Father: H F J Jackson Mother: Isabella Murphy Jackson married Eliza Georgina Young Age:: 25 Est. Birth: abt 1851 Born: Canada Father: Alexander Young Mother: Annie Eliza Young married 20 Sep 1876 Marriage Place: Waterloo, Berlin [S7] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berliner Journal (1859-1917), 27 Sep 1876. 20 Sep1876 In St. Andrews Church in Berlin, by Rev. J.F. Dickie, Henry Allen Jackson of Montreal, oldest son of H.F.J. Jackson, formerly of Berlin, was married to Eliza Georgina Young, only daughter of Alexander Young, senior teacher of the Berlin Central School. [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Div 1 Pg 2. Alexander YOUNG Teacher Scotland Presbyterian 30 Anna E. YOUNG Upper Canada Presbyterian 22 Eliza G. YOUNG Upper Canada Presbyterian 1 [S123] Census - ON, Waterloo, Berlin - 1861, Div. 2 Page 14. [S122] Cemetery - ON, Waterloo, Cambridge - Mount View CC#4495 Internet Link . Sacred/ to the memory of/ Alexander Young/ born in Whitton Scotland/ Novr 27th 1821/ died in Galt;/ May 27th 1882/ I know that my Redeemer liveth [S27] International Genealogical Index - Extracted Church Records, Church records, 1775-1907 Gateshaw Associate Session Church (Morebattle, Scotland) Film 889486. Alexander Young Christening: 02 DEC 1821 Gateshaw Associate Session, Morebattle, Roxburgh, Scotland. sp James Young and Agnus Cranston [S313] Census - ON, Waterloo, Galt - 1851, Div 1 Pg 2. [S14] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Chronicle (1856-1860), 08 Nov 1859. In Berlin, on the 4th inst., Catherin Agnes Young, daughter of Mr. Alexander Young, Principal of Berlin Common Schools, aged 4 years and one month [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 7 Dec 1860. Young: On the 2nd instant, at Berlin, James Strang Young, only son of Alex. Young, Esq., Principal of Berlin Central School, aged 2 years and 5 months. [S20] News - ON, Waterloo, Kitchener - Berlin Telegraph (title varies: Berlin Telegraph, Berlin Daily Telegraph) (1853-1922), 21 Jun 1861. Keachie: At Brantford, on the 18th inst., after a lingering illness, Mr. Marcus A. Keachie, aged about 22 years. The deceased was a Brother-in-law of Mr. A. Young, Principal of the Central School of this Town.

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 27 Nov 1821 - Whitton, , Roxburgh, Scotland Christened - 2 Dec 1821 - Morebattle, , Roxburgh, Scotland Occupation - teacher - 1852 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Principal of Berlin Common Schools - 1859 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Principal of Berlin Central School - 1860 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Teacher - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - UP - 1861 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Occupation - Senior Teacher - 1876 - Berlin Central School, Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - 1876 - Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Died - 27 May 1882 - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth