Jay Frank Young

Jay Frank Young

1926, Card allowing J FRank Young to bathe in the Ramapo River

Jay Frank Young was born on February 4, 1905 to Anne Jane Young in Tallman New York. John Franklin Young, Jay Frank Young’sfather died on January 28, 1905 a few days before J. Frank Young was born. In 1920, and 1930, the only adult and head of house is Anna Jane Young who worked from home as a laundress.  Her daughter Alta Marie Young worked as a teacher at a school, and her son John J. Young worked for the Railroad.  Being as Anna Jane Young was head of the house and a laundress, Alta and John likely helped with expenses for the home.

In 1929 J. Frank Young graduated from Fordham Law School and served for twenty years as a legal counsel for the Mahwah Savings and Loan Association. J. Frank Young served as a judge of recorder court and was appointed a magistrate January 1, 1949 (Ramsey Journal, September 1, 1960). 

 On May 14, 1933, J Frank Young married Henrietta Morriss.  On April 20, 1940, they had their first and only child, Martha Jane Young.

J. Frank Young was also a member of the Bergen County Bar Association, the North Jersey Rose Society and Fortitude Lodge 200, F. and A.M Ramsey.  He was also a past president of Fire Company 1 and a charter member of the Ambulance Corps (Ramsey Journal, September 1, 1960).  

J. Frank Young’s hobbies including gardening.  Flowers were his passion and his garden was admired by the community for its roses and other flowers in his greenhouse.  When he completed his greenhouse, he grew annuals and gave them to town residents.  J. Frank Young was a former president of the Mahwah Garden Club.  He was also the chairmen for the garden displays at functions in Mahwah.  A lover of roses, he was a member of the American Rose Society and a charter member of the North Jersey Rose Society (Ramsey Journal, September 1, 1960).

 J Frank Young died on August 28, 1960 in Good Samaritan Hospital after having a long illness (Ramsey Journal, September 1, 1960).