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First name(s) Florence Mary
Institution name Workhouse Meddon Street Bideford
Last name Young
Institution description Workhouse, Meddon Street, Bideford
Sex Female
Parish Bideford
Birth year 1898
Registration district Bideford
Census date 19 June 1921
Registration district number 286
Age in years 23
Sub-district Bideford
Age in months 6
Sub-district number 1
Age as transcribed 23 y 6 m
Enumeration district number 9
Relationship to head Officer
County Devon
Marital status Single
Country England
Birth place Bideford, Devon, England
Parliamentary borough or division Devonshire PC, Barnstaple Div.
Birth town Bideford
Archive The National Archives
Birth county Devon
Archive series RG 15
Birth country England
Piece number 10857
Birth place as transcribed Devon, Bideford
Schedule number 47
Occupation Children Caretaker
Page 1
Occupation code 805
District reference RD 286 RS 1 ED 9
Occupation code with suffix 805/7
Schedule type code III
Employer Bideford Board Of Guardians
Schedule type Institution, multiple page, 70+ entries
Employer code 721
Other household member's first name(s) -
Place of work At Institution
Other household member's last name -
Language used to complete form English
Record set 1921 Census Of England & Wales
Person making return Mr W H Andrew
Category Census, land & surveys
House name The Whitehouse
Subcategory Census
Street Meddon Street
Collections from Great Britain, England
Address The Whitehouse Meddon Street

James Joseph in 1921 was a Hotel 'Boots'...... (the man suggested by AG above)……not a sailor of any sort

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1921 Census Of England & Wales
12, Torridge Street, Bideford, Devon, England
Archibald William Lock Head Male 1891 30 Dorset, England Postman G P O
Elizabeth Lock Wife Female 1891 29 Bideford, Devon, England Collar Ironer Strand Collar Works, Bideford
Leslie Thomas Lock Son Male 1910 11 Bideford, Devon, England - -
Winifred May Lock Daughter Female 1914 7 Devon, England - -
Archibald William Lock Son Male 1920 1 Bideford, Devon, England - -
Violet Doreen Young Niece Female 1920 - Carlisle Scotland

Marriages Mar 1912 (>99%)
Lock Archibald W Young Bideford 5b 782
Young Elizabeth Lock Bideford 5b 782

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1939 Register
36 Lensy Carner, Bideford, Bideford M.B., Devon, England

Percy Powe 29 Sep 1897 Male General Labourer Married 300 1
Florence M Powe 15 Dec 1898 Female Unpaid Domestic Duties Married 300 2
Leslie L Powe 30 Jun 1931 Male At School Single 300 3
The record for this person is officially closed.
James Young 01 Jun 1922 Male Hotel Waiter Single 300 5

Your chances of identifying the father(s) of illegitimate children born over a century ago are pretty slim.

This is my moms brother, he was born in 1922. Its their father I was looking for.
Its appears his son was given his name George James or James George
Middleton. Young being my Nans maiden name.
I have I think a photo of him, incase anyone might recognise him.
Sorry so long in replying
Diane :-)

Birth registration?

YOUNG, GEORGE JAMES MIDDLETON -
GRO Reference: 1922 J Quarter in BIDEFORD Volume 05B Page 718

So perhaps George James rather than James George?

Following up on that - just in case:

Birth:

MIDDLETON, JAMES JOSEPH mmn HARMAN
GRO Reference: 1900 J Quarter in POPLAR Volume 01C Page 657


James Middleton
in the 1911 England Census
Name: James Middleton
Age in 1911: 10
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1901
Relation to Head: Son
Gender: Male
Birth Place: Poplar, London, England
Civil Parish: West Ham
Country: England
Street Address: 22 Liddon Road, Plaistow, Essex
Occupation: School
Registration District Number: 188
Sub-registration District: Plaistow
ED, institution, or vessel: 40
Piece: 9450
Household Members:
Name Age
James J Middleton 61 - pensioned dock labourer
Mary Middleton 49
George Middleton 12
James Middleton 10
Mabel Leslie 4/12


Brother:

MIDDLETON, GEORGE LIONEL mmn HARMAN
GRO Reference: 1898 S Quarter in POPLAR Volume 01C Page 652



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James Joseph Middleton
in the Essex, England, Church of England Marriages, 1754-1937
Name: James Joseph Middleton
Gender: Male
Marriage Age: 34
Birth Date: abt 1900
Marriage Date: 15 Jul 1934
Marriage Place: Little Ilford, St Mary the Virgin, Essex, England
Father: James Joseph Middleton
Spouse: Daisy Mabel Middleton


James J Middleton
in the 1939 England and Wales Register
Name: James J Middleton
Gender: Male
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 5 Apr 1900
Residence Date: 1939
Address: 212
Residence Place: East Ham, Essex, England
Occupation: Tram Driver
Line Number: 41
Schedule Number: 196
Sub Schedule Number: 1
Enumeration District: Cacl
Borough: East Ham
Registration district: 188a-1
Inferred Spouse:
Daisy M Middleton
Household Members Age
James J Middleton 39
Daisy M Middleton 49

There are lots of WW1 service records for men named James Middleton - haven't worked through them all !
And there will be lots of others whose records haven't survived.
Of course, he may not have joined up until after the end of the war.
Or he may have been in the Merchant Navy - you don't say what sort of sailor he was.


Brother George:

George Lionel Middleton
in the UK, British Army World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
Name: George Lionel Middleton
Gender: Male
Enlistment Age: 18
Birth Date: abt 1898
Document Date: 1916
Residence Place: 22 Lidd?? Plaist?? [22 Liddon Road, Plaistow ]
Military Date: 1916
Relationship to Soldier: Self (Head)
Regimental Number: 34422
Other Regimental Numbers: 341122
Regiment Name: Royal Engineers
Number of Images: 40
Form Title: Short Service Attestation
Family Members:
Name Relation to Soldier
George Lionel Middleton Self (Head)
NOK: Mary Benns Mother


Mother's second marriage:

Marriages Mar 1915 (>99%)
Benns Edward Middleton W.Ham 4a 516
Middleton Mary Benns W.Ham 4a 516



James Joseph Middleton
in the England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
Name: James Joseph Middleton
Death Age: 75
Birth Date: 5 Apr 1900
Registration Date: Jul 1975[Aug 1975] [Sep 1975]
Registration Quarter: Jul-Aug-Sep
Registration District: Southend on Sea
Inferred County: Essex
Volume: 9
Page: 2118

This is the only possible-sounding Middleton in Bideford in 1921;

James Joseph
Middleton
1900
Birthplace: London, England
Bideford
Bideford
Devon

NOTE: I am NOT saying he's your grandfather - just that he might be worth investigating further.

You'd have to pay to see the full details (occupation, crucially).

He's with Albert Wooldridge Lister 1884, Minnie Beatrice Lister 1883 (nee Hookham) , Betty Wooldridge Lister 1909, Derek Wooldridge Lister 1913, Frederick Wooldridge Lister 1920, and 11 others.

I think he's just a lodger or visitor . There's no obvious family relationship with the Listers or Hookhams - but I don't know who the other 11 people are.
Albert (born Staffordshire) and Minnie (born Kings Norton area) married in Kings Norton RD in 1906, were in South Africa (Transvaal) around 1909 when Betty was born, and were in Birmingham in 1911, when Albert was manager of a manufacturing stationer's business.
In 1920, at Frederick's baptism, Albert was a company director and they were living at 5 Park Mansions, Chapel Park Road, St Leonards-on-Sea, Hastings.

I take it that you mean that the photograph dates from 1919-22?

James George’s death registration shows his DoB to have been 1/6/1922

Birth registered as George J M**********************************************************

If your grandmother was Florence Mary, the free search suggests she was alone in 1921

No birth on freebmd for James Young in Bideford

What was your grandmother’s name?

And her daughter’s forename? Was it Mabel?

Diane

It is extremely unlikely that anyone connected would actually find your post.
Your dates seem a bit off, unless the 1920 ish sailor is the younger man.

Have a look at Search/ search all members trees to see if anyone has the in their tree.

Use freebmd to find all their births and possible marriages. Are they on the 1939 register?

Have a free search on the 1921 census on Find My Past, but you will have too pay for downloads.

A salior, 1919 - 1922 ish in Bidefortd North Devon or maybe in Carlisle.
I have a photo I believe he is my Grandfather, his son had the name James George Middleton Young, the Young is my Grandmothers maiden name.
Can anyone recognise this information.
My grandmother was born 1898 in Bideford North Devon.
She had two children a girl born 1920 in Cartlisle, and a son born in Bideford, both in the workhouses one in Carlisle 1920, and 1922 Bideford . I believe they had the same father.