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George YOUDS
1899 - 1962 (62 years)
Has 6 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.
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Name George YOUDS Relationship 
with Teresa Ann GOATHAM Born 10 Mar 1899 Windy Nook, Co. Durham, England 
- Actual date according to the 1939 register, place from 1901 census.
GRO ref: Youds, George q2 1899 Gateshead RD 10a 949; GRO online index shows mother's maiden name as Robson
Gender Male Occupation 1930 Builder - According to the cert for his marriage to Auntie Flo (the bigamous marriage)
Occupation 1939 Wharfe labourer - According to the register
Occupation 1956 Builder's labourer - When he legitimately married Auntie Flo
Died Mar Q 1962 Westminster Reg Dist, London, England - GRO ref: 5c 528, age given as 63
Siblings2 brothers and 2 sisters Patriarch & Matriarch 
William YOUDS, b. Abt 1824, Higher Pensby, Cheshire, England, d. Jun Q 1900, Gateshead Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England (Age ~ 76 years) (Grandfather) 
Margaret, b. Abt 1838, Wrekenton, Co. Durham, England, d. Yes, date unknown (Grandmother) Notes - (Research):Uncle George dying a year before I was born, the little I know of him is from a few reminiscences.
After my grandparents and my mother moved to London (Putney) during WW2 they would sometimes go to tea with Auntie Flo and Uncle George - and presumbably the other way around.
At one time my grandmother was concerned that my Mum was not getting out and socialising enough, so my Mum joined the Young Conservatives. A staunch socialist, when Uncle George heard of this my mother became persona non grata! Whether this lasted until my Mum left the YCs or if he relented before then I don't know.
Person ID I289 All | henryAdorbailey Last Modified 15 Nov 2022
Father Henry YOUDS, b. Mar Q 1871, Usworth, Co. Durham, England , d. Dec Q 1927, Gateshead Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England (Age ~ 56 years) Mother Dorothy Ellen ROBSON, b. Sep Q 1873, Windy Nook, Co. Durham, England , d. Yes, date unknown Married Mar Q 1892 Gateshead Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England - GRO ref: YOUNDS [sic - index error], Henry to Robson, Dorothy Ellen q1 1892 Gateshead RD 10a 1033
Family ID F4218 Family Group Page | Family Chart
Family Florence ("Flo") Beatrice BAILEY, b. 14 Jul 1897, South Shields, Co. Durham, England , d. Abt Sep 1986, Westminster, London, England (Age 89 years)
Other Partners: Simon PRESTON m. Sep Q 1914; John KENNEY m. 27 Dec 1919Married 18 Oct 1930 Paddington Register Office, London, England - GRO Ref: Bailey, Beatrice to Youds, George q4 1930 Paddington RD 1a 114 (I have cert)
Simon Preston, Flo's first husband, had died in WW1 so why was she marrying as Beatrice Bailey?
This was a bigamous marriage, so presumably it was to reduce the chance of being caught. Not only did she use her maiden name, but my mother, only born in 1930, didn't know if her Auntie Flo had ever married - yet my mother would only have been a few months old when her aunt "married", so there was no reason for her to know that her Aunt was not married. Except that presumably the marriage was kept quiet.
For acceptance in society in general, possibly for renting rooms or a flat, the appearance or evidence of being married may be needed, but in the family who knew you weren't free to marry it would be safer that they didn't know. If someone gossiped and the word spread of this bigamous marriage then Auntie Flo could have ended up in jail!
The witnesses were John Towers and Margaret Willis, not family, and the Registrar and Superintendent Registrar signed the cert.
Certificate for the "marriage" of Florence Beatrice Bailey to George Youds
Note that by this time Florence Bailey had definitely been married and widowed - to one Simon Preston, so one might have expected her to marry as a widow (the cert shows her as a spinster) and as Florence Beatrice Preston - the cert just gives her middle name and maiden name. I suspect this was because after being widowed she had remarried ... and was still married!Married 28 Apr 1956 The Register Office, Durham Central Reg Dist, Co. Durham, England - GRO ref: Kenney, Florence B to Younds [sic - error in the original index, not just online index], George q2 1956 Durham C. RD 1a 557
The GRO copy has the error in George's surname, not just the index.
The Durham County Council index (i.e. based on local copy) also has George's surname as Younds (suggests wrong or unclear on the original).
I had heard that Auntie Flo and Uncle George did eventually marry "up north" many years after setting up home together (Source of info. for marriage up north: niece of Auntie Flo) and this is clearly true. The parents of the niece were the witnesses so I'm not surprised she had heard of it. For inheritance and pensions etc. it would be better to be married.
Family This couple had no children together Last Modified 15 Nov 2022 Family ID F203 Family Group Page | Family Chart
- Actual date according to the 1939 register, place from 1901 census.
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Born - 10 Mar 1899 - Windy Nook, Co. Durham, England 
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