Young, Mansel (1854-1929)

Born 1854/1855 in Dublin. Parents Alfred Young and Selina Elizabeth Courtenay Mansel.

1861 Census – HM Ship Laurel, Ship in Ordinary, Hampshire
age 6

1871 Census – no record found

23 December 1880, witness at wedding of his sister Blanche Young and William St Clair Cole at the Parish Church, Fareham
1881 Census No. 11 East Street, Fareham
Unmarried, 26, no occupation

1891 Census No 17 Broad Street, Portsea
unmarried, age 36, Commission Agent – Collector for a Bookmaker, lodger

Married between 1891 and 1895 (no record found)

31 May 1895 son, Alfred Mansel Young born

5 July 1895, listed on birth certificate of son, occupation Assurance Agent, address 13 Broad Street, Southsea

8 June 1897 son, Henry Harper Young born

16 July 1897, registered birth of son; occupation given as Assurance Agent, address 37 Addison Road, Southsea
1901 Census – 2 Woodland Cottage, Woodland St, Portsmouth
age 47, occupation bricklayers labourer, married

1911 Census 13 Woodland St, Kingston, Portsmouth
age 57, Dockyard Labourer, Naval Store Department, widower,
29 March 1929 died pf ursernia and enlarged prostrate, no post mortem. Occupation: general labourer. Address 265 Milton Road, Portsmouth. Death registered by son Henry Harper Young on 30 March 1929, address 6 Woodland Street, Kingston.

[could not find a Probate Record]

Young, Catherine (1781-1865)

1781 born in Clonfert, Ireland. Parents were Matthew Young and Anne Cuthbertson.

Date unknown: married John Odell and had four children: Sophie, Edward, Catherine and John

1811 husband died (address given as Queen Anne Street West, London)

1851 Census, 2 Cambridge Terrace, off Outer Circle, Marylebone (boarding house)
widow, age 70, annuitant

ODELL, Catherine “relict of John” (YOUNG); born Clonfert, Dublin; died Carriglea, Waterford; published in the Cork Examiner, 26/01/1865

 

Hacker, Benjamin (1805-1890)

1805 born in Broad Hinton and christened in St Peter ad Vincula, Broad Hinton

1831 married Elizabeth Church at St Peter ad Vincula, Broad Hinton

1841 Census, age 36, occupation Tailor, Broad Hinton

1851 Census, age 46, occupation Tailor-Master, Broad Hinton

1855 Post Office Directory of Wiltshire records his occupation: baker and shopkeeper in Broad Hinton

1859 Post Office Directory of Wiltshire records his occupation: shopkeeper in Broad Hinton

1861 Census, age 56, occupation: Master tailor and grocer, Broad Hinton

1867 Kelly’s Directory of Wiltshire records his occupation as shopkeeper, Broad Hinton

1871 Census, age 66, baker and grocer, Marlborough Road, Broad Hinton
1875 Post Office Directory of Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight, Wiltshire & Dorsetshire / ed. by E. R. Kelly. Occupation listed as shopkeeper, Broad Hinton

1881 Census age 76 Baker and Grocer (Master Employing Son),living The Street, Broad Hinton, Wiltshire

1890 year of death

Young, Alfred Mansel (1895-1916)

1895 born Southsea

1901 Census living at 2 Woodland Cott, Woodland St, Portsmouth
age 5, born Southsea, Hants
1911 census, occupation: Assistant Bottling Stores, Brewery                                                   living 9 Graig, Newcastle Hill, Bridgend

Enlisted in Bridgend, Glamorganshire in late 1914
No. 14165
Served with the 5th Battalion of the South Wales Borderers (local regiment to the Bridgend area).
Killed in Action, France and Flanders (the official battlefield designation) 24 July 1916
Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France

Not mentioned in the War Diary or the Regimental History

Name is in the Book of Honour at Llandaff Cathedral, Wales.

Name is on the Bridgend War Memorial

Soldiers Effects Records:
No Probate Record

Winchcombe, Robert Charles (1876-1956)

Born in 1876 at Canney Cottages, Chiseldon, Wilts (one cottage out of four)

1881 Census, age 5, scholar, living at Draycott Foliatt, Wiltshire

1891 Census – age 15, agricultural labourer, living at Draycott Foliatt, Wiltshire

1901  Census, age 24, General Labourer at Railway Works. Single.                                     Boarder at 40 Haydon Street, Swindon.

1911 Census, age 34, general labourer, Locomotive Department Railway Company, living in Chiseldon, Swindon

1915 married Florence Lawrence at St Paul’s Church (now demolished), Swindon

Date of death: 1956

Worked for Great Western Railway, Swindon, as a Storekeeper.

Benger, George 1838-1896

George Benger was born in 1838 in Portsmouth. Early details about his life come from census returns:

1841 Census Nobbs Lane, Portsmouth (age 2)

1851 Census, Mill Lane, Forton, Alverstoke (age 11) scholar

1861 Census – not found

1871 Census – not found

According to Army records he was on the Duke of Wellington between 1 January 1873 until 13 October 1873, then HMS Active On the Gold Coast from 14th November 1873 to the 5 March 1874. He was awarded a medal for his role in The Anglo-Ashanti Wars.

1881 Census, age 42, Retailer of Ale Beer and Porter, living at The Willow Tree, Alverstoke, Hampshire

1891 Census, age 52, Beer Retailer, the Willow Tree, Beer House

Probate record: George Benger of the ‘Willow Tree’ beerhouse Forton-Road Gosport, Alverstoke, Hants, beerhouse keeper died 15 February 1896. Probate London 2 April to Caroline Benger widow and James Smith Contractor; sagent. Effects £42 15s 3d.