Thomas Young (Australian politician)

Thomas Young (16 October 1813 – 10 December 1904) was a politician in the early days of the colony of South Australia. His eldest son, also named Thomas Young, was for many years mayor of Port Augusta.

History

Thomas Young sen. was born at King's Somborne, Hampshire near Southampton and educated at Winchester, then was apprenticed to an uncle at Andover.[1] He emigrated to South Australia in the ship Singapore, arriving on 11 November 1839. He and partner Henry Douglas (3 October 1817 – 5 July 1903) took up land at Happy Valley, site of the present reservoir, where they grew wheat, which proved profitable. Later he opened a general store at O'Halloran Hill, and is also recorded as having a store at Clarendon.[2] He was Chairman of the first District Council of Clarendon, holding that office for three years. He was elected to the House of Assembly, representing the seat of Noarlunga from 9 March 1857 to 22 March 1860. From 1867 he served as Clerk of the Courts at Blinman, for nine years then with the Main Roads Board for the Northern District in Port Augusta from 1877 to 1884, when the board was abolished. He spent some time in Adelaide, then returned to Port Augusta where he joined his son's firm of Young & Gordon, and also acted as auditor for various Port Augusta institutions.[3]

Family

Thomas Young was twice married. By his first wife he had four children, two surviving; by his second marriage to Emily Mary Baker (c. 1834 – 30 May 1914) he had three daughters and one son:

  • Herbert Loudon Young (1869 – 31 July 1931) succeeded his father as director of Young & Gordon. His son Colin Young was a prisoner-of-war in Germany during World War I.
  • third daughter Jessie Isabel Young married Lloyd Sunman around 1911. Sons included Jack Young Sunman (born 19 February 1913), Robert Owen Sunman (born 6 November 1914), Colin London Sunman (born 16 March 1919), Leonard Robert Sunman (born 20 February 1924)
  • youngest daughter Bertha Augusta Young married Laurence Lindsay "Laurie" Jones on 4 February 1914
  • Oliver J. Young married Margaret Cowan on 29 September 1920
  • fifth son Leonard Gordon Young married Joyce Blatchford on 20 February 1943
  • Dudley Caldwell Young (22 February 1908 – ) was engaged to Dorothy Nancy Kemp in 1931
  • Gwynith Wyke Young married Clement Charles Hooper on 4 December 1928

References

  1. "Concerning People". South Australian Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 22 November 1899. p. 5. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  2. "Concerning People". Adelaide Observer (SA: National Library of Australia). 28 October 1899. p. 22. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  3. "Concerning People". The Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 13 December 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  4. "The Mayor of Port Augusta". Adelaide Observer (SA: National Library of Australia). 5 March 1898. p. 16. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  5. "North-Western Mineral Fields". South Australian Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 14 June 1900. p. 5. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  6. "Concerning People". The Register (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 12 December 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  7. "Obituary". The Advertiser (Adelaide: National Library of Australia). 16 November 1935. p. 21. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
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