Material accumulated by Jane Young (nee Hackworth) and George Edward Young

George Edward Young was born in 1823 and was the only son of Robert Young, who had worked with Timothy Hackworth at Wylam Colliery. Robert Young came to work for the Stockton and Darlington Railway at the same time as Timothy Hackworth and was an engineman at Brusselton Incline. George Edward Young was an office boy at Soho Works and worked his way up to be office manager. He later became a Wesleyan Methodist Preacher and was Methodist Minister in Leeds from 1868 – 1874 and from 1877 – 1880.

He married Jane Hackworth on 28 December 1853, he couple moved around regularly due to George Edward’s job; correspondence shows that they lived in Leeds, London and that Jane lived in Hull. George Edward and Jane had five sons and one daughter, their sons included the following that feature in the archive Timothy Hackworth Young, Robert Young, George Edward Young and Samuel Holmes Young.

Both Jane and George Edward Young were active in campaigning for recognition of Timothy Hackworth. George Edward Young’s research papers and correspondence demonstrate his involvement in the cause. He died in 1889.

Jane Young (nee Hackworth) was born at 4 pm on 19 June 1831 at Soho House, Shildon. She was the daughter of Timothy Hackworth and Jane Hackworth (nee Golightly). She went to school at her sister Prudence Nightingale (nee Hackworth)’s Seminary for Young Ladies in Penrith and then was sent to finish her education in Vilvorde, Brussels.

She married George Edward Young, a Wesleyan Preacher on 28 December 1853. The couple moved around regularly due to George Edward’s job; correspondence shows that they lived in Leeds, London and that Jane lived in Hull.

They had five sons and one daughter, sons including the following that feature in the archive: Timothy Hackworth Young, Robert Young, George Edward Young and Samuel Holmes Young.

Both Jane and George Edward Young were active in campaigning for recognition of Timothy Hackworth. George Edward Young’s research papers and correspondence demonstrate his involvement and Jane Young (nee Hackworth) appears to have been involved in research about her father for most of her life. She died in 1914.