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     Edison Percival Young was born on 4 June 1902 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was the son of Edward Christian and Mercy Dora Young.¹ He died at New Zealand^G.¹

     Edwin Albert Christian was born on 13 January 1890 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was the son of Edward Christian and Margaret Lucy Young.¹ He was buried on 23 March 1933 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹
     Died when he accidentally fell from a cliff.¹ Reference: 'PUGGY.¹'

     Marian Elmira Christian was born on 13 May 1891 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She was the daughter of Edward Christian and Margaret Lucy Young.¹ She married Norris Henry Young, son of Bert James Christian and Margaret Augusta Young, in January 1910 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She died on 25 June 1984 at age 93 at New Zealand^G.¹
     Marian Elmira Christian also went by the nick-name of Myra. From January 1910, her married name became Young.¹

     Norris Henry Young was born on 15 August 1887 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was the son of Bert James Christian and Margaret Augusta Young.¹ He married Marian Elmira Christian, daughter of Edward Christian and Margaret Lucy Young, in January 1910 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He died on 10 February 1974 at age 86 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹
     He held the office of Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island between 1945 and 1948.² He was one of the two oldest men on the island in 1972.¹

     Henry Hugh Young was born on 17 January 1909 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was the son of Norris Henry Young and Marian Elmira Christian.¹ He married Florence Ellen Beck in 1948.² He died on 13 June 1985 at age 76 at Wellington, New Zealand.²
     In 1972 he was defeated for Chair of the Internal Committee in the elections by Cairn Melvin Christian.¹

     Florence Ellen Beck was born on 23 January 1930 at Wellington, New Zealand.¹ She married Henry Hugh Young, son of Norris Henry Young and Marian Elmira Christian, in 1948.¹ She died in 2000 at Wellington, New Zealand.¹
     From 1948, her married name became Young.¹

     Norris Joseph Young was born in 1950 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He is the son of Henry Hugh Young and Florence Ellen Beck.¹
     He was a mechanic.¹
     He had 8 children.
     He was the driver of the public tractor and Pitcairn maintenance engineer in 1972, responsible also for the lighting plant. A childhood accident cost him the sight in one eye. After education on the island, he spent nine months in Fiji, and a year and a half in New Zealand acquiring mechanical skills. He spoke often of becoming an auto mechanic, and left the island for New Zealand in late 1972 or early 1973. (Ball: Pitcairn: Children of Mutiny.)¹

     William Devaynes married Mary Wileman, daughter of William Wileman and unknown Devaynes, before 1813.¹ He died before 1813.¹
     He was a banker.¹

     Thomas Wilde was born in 1758.² He married Mary Anne Knight circa 1780.² He died on 4 December 1821 at Sydney, New South Wales, Australia^G.²
     He was a practising Attorney at College Hill, London, England^G.¹

     Mary Anne Knight married Thomas Wilde circa 1780.² She died before 1816.²
     From circa 1780, her married name became Wilde.²