Is your surname Dent Young?

Connect to 22 Dent Young profiles on Geni

Share your family tree and photos with the people you know and love

  • Build your family tree online
  • Share photos and videos
  • Smart Matching™ technology
  • Free!

John Dent Young

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom
Death: October 18, 1892 (74)
Immediate Family:

Son of Dr. William Henry Young FRCS and Mary Ann Young (Dent)
Husband of Anne Marie Louise Celine Dent-Young (de Chermont)
Father of Annie Marie Gerard; Jules Hyacinth Dent-Young; Sophie Vinay and Emily Marie Dent Young
Brother of William Mandihon Young (b. 1822); Charles Moffat Young; Henry Edward Annesley Young; Robert Buller Young; George Young and 2 others
Half brother of Frederick Young and Charles Moffat Young

Managed by: Private User
Last Updated:

About John Dent Young

In the 1880s, he sketched "Prakramabahu's Pillar", which was donated in 1941 by Mrs Jules Dent-Young to the British Museum (https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_1941-0419-0-1)

In the British Museum Biography, John was described as "An official of the Ceylon Public Works Department (PWD), he drew antiquities in Northern Sri Lanka in the 1880s"

view all 18

John Dent Young's Timeline

1818
February 11, 1818
Carlisle, Cumbria, United Kingdom

Name: John Dent Young
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 08 Apr 1818
Baptism/Christening Place: St. Lawrence's, Appleby, Westmoreland, England
Father's Name: William Henry Young
Mother's Name: Mary Anne
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C02191-8
System Origin: England-EASy
Source Film Number: 1471683
Reference Number: item 18 p 26
Collection: England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975

1849
March 1849
Bombay, India or Ceylon ?
1850
August 1850
Ceylon
1853
1853
Ceylon
1854
August 31, 1854
Baticola, Ceylon