John Young b. 1815 d. 1897: England to Ireland to Canada
In an interesting quirk of circumstance, there are two lines of ancesters with the Young surname, both immigrating to Canada allbeit separated by almost a century.
(James William Young was born on November 13, 1873 at Windsor, England. After a career in the Royal Navy, in 1906, James set out to create a new life in Canada followed shortly by his family.)
According to information from a Young family history prepared in 1930, John Young's ancesters moved from England to Ireland as officers in Cromwell's army and were given a tract of land known as Mount Shannon Estate, near Dublin, Ireland. At some point, John's younger brother, Michael moved to Canada with his uncle, Captain Monk, and received a tract of land within what is now the city of Ottawa. John's mother, a widow, ultimately sold her land in Ireland and moved the family with Michael in Canada.
(Recent research in Ireland has failed to turn up any information regarding a Young family living at the "Mount Shannon Estate", although research is continuing.)
"Captain Monk" is most likely Captain John Benning Monk, a distinguished soldier who was one of the first settlers in March township (now Kanata, part of Ottawa).
In 1848 John married the Irish-born Elizabeth Dowd (also called ElizaAnn or Betty Ann) and raised a large family on his farm. John spent the rest of his life on the farm, dying in 1897 and ElizaAnn died in 1907.
Eventually his youngest son, Albert, sold the farm to the National Capital Commission in 1960, as part of the Canadian Federal Government initiative to create a greenbelt around the growing city of Ottawa.
Another historical note: John's daughter, Annie married Thomas Acres in 1877. The Acres name is commemorated by the Acres road in the west end of Ottawa.