Norris Henry Young
Norris Henry Young (15 August 1887 – 10 February 1974) was a Pitcairnese politician. He served as Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island between 1945 and 1948.[1]
Norris Young | |
|---|---|
| Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn | |
| In office 1948–1951 | |
| Preceded by | Parkin Christian |
| Succeeded by | Parkin Christian |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 August 1887 Pitcairn Island |
| Died | 10 February 1974 (aged 86) Pitcairn Island |
Biography
Young was born on Pitcairn in 1887, the son of Bert James Christian and Margaret Augusta Young.[1] He married Marian Elmira Christian in January 1910. The couple had two children, Henry Hugh (born 1909) and Everett Carlyle (1910).[1] Young also had children with Millie Flora Coffin (a son named Watson Rhodes Coffin born in 1924) and Elenor Warren (a daughter named Murial Joyce Warren born in 1928).[1]
Between 1947 and 1950 he served as Chief Magistrate.[2] He died in 1974.
gollark: Also, I should be specific, "a god and associated religious claims", not just "a god".
gollark: Pascal's Wager is really stupid.
gollark: > I’d rather just have faith and get on with my lifeThis seems like a bizarre attitude, since if you... don't actually have evidence for a god at all... it's really weird for that belief to affect your decisions.
gollark: I'm not sure what you would call them, since "antitheist" is taken for "against belief in god".
gollark: More accurately, you can't prove that god exists, even in a world with said god, for all values of "god".
References
- Who Are the Pitcairners? Pitcairn Islands Study Center
- Mr N. Young Pacific Islands Monthly, April 1974, p109
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