Peerage Record – 16465

     Ernest Merrick married Nesta Amelia J. Young, daughter of William Henry Childers Young and Amelia Ann McCoy, at Nelson, New Zealand^G.¹

     Matthew Edmond McCoy was born on 2 June 1868 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was the son of James Russell McCoy and Eliza Coffin Palmer Young.¹ He married Harriet Christian, daughter of Thursday October Christian and Mary Young, on 4 December 1887 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was buried on 30 December 1929 at Pitcairn Island^G, from heart trouble.¹
     He held the office of Chief Magistrate of Pitcairn Island in 1909.¹

     Harriet Christian was born on 23 August 1864 at Norfolk Island^G.¹ She was the daughter of Thursday October Christian and Mary Young.¹ She married Matthew Edmond McCoy, son of James Russell McCoy and Eliza Coffin Palmer Young, on 4 December 1887 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She died on 19 August 1937 at age 72.¹
     From 4 December 1887, her married name became McCoy.¹

     Margaret Lucy Young was born on 31 October 1874 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She was the daughter of Benjamin Stanley Young and Rebecca Holman Ascension McCoy.¹ She married Edward Christian, son of Elias Christian and Mary Elizabeth Young, at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She died on 11 April 1958 at age 83 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹
     Her married name became Christian.¹

     Marian Edith Young was born on 21 June 1877 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She was the daughter of Benjamin Stanley Young and Rebecca Holman Ascension McCoy.¹ She married Thornton Gilbert Christian, son of Phillip Howland Christian and Gertrude Eliza Warren, on 6 April 1910 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She died on 15 July 1966 at age 89 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹
     From 6 April 1910, her married name became Christian.¹

     Rita Stella McCoy was born on 27 April 1889 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She was the daughter of Matthew Edmond McCoy and Harriet Christian.¹ She married Walter Fisher Percival Young, son of Benjamin Stanley Young and Rebecca Holman Ascension McCoy, on 15 March 1910 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She married Burnett Stanhope Christian, son of Gerard Robert Bromley Christian and Helen Amelia Jane Christian, at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She died on 27 October 1956 at age 67 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She was buried at Pitcairn Island Cemetery, Pitcairn Island.²
     Her married name became Christian.¹ From 15 March 1910, her married name became Young.¹

     Walter Fisher Percival Young was born on 28 March 1886 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was the son of Benjamin Stanley Young and Rebecca Holman Ascension McCoy.¹ He married Rita Stella McCoy, daughter of Matthew Edmond McCoy and Harriet Christian, on 15 March 1910 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was buried on 14 June 1921 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹
     He and Alphonso Downs Christian were washed from the longboat during a landing. The boat washed over them and crushed them, and they died shortly after being taken home.¹

     Burnett Stanhope Christian was born on 8 June 1897 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was the son of Gerard Robert Bromley Christian and Helen Amelia Jane Christian.¹ He married Renie Esther Young, daughter of Walter Fisher Percival Young and Rita Stella McCoy, at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He married Rita Stella McCoy, daughter of Matthew Edmond McCoy and Harriet Christian, at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He died on 16 July 1978 at age 81 at New Zealand^G.^1,2 He was buried at Makara Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand.²

     Maude Luella Young was born circa 1911 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She was the daughter of Walter Fisher Percival Young and Rita Stella McCoy.¹ She married Nelson Dalmain Dyett in 1939 at New Zealand^G.^1,2 She died on 3 February 1964 at Wellington, New Zealand.² She was buried at Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand.²
     From 1939, her married name became Dyett.¹

     Nelson Dalmain Dyett was born on 21 September 1913 at Wellington, New Zealand.^1,3 He married Maude Luella Young, daughter of Walter Fisher Percival Young and Rita Stella McCoy, in 1939 at New Zealand^G.^1,2 He died on 12 April 2011 at age 97 at Wellington, New Zealand^G.³
     He lived in 2006 at Wellington, New Zealand^G.³