Born in St Pancras, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Daughter of Philip Abraham
and Harriet (Boss) Abraham
Sister of
Solomon Philip Abraham
Wife of
Frederick Edwin Barnes
— married
28 Mar 1878 (to 21 Sep 1880) in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom
Wife of
Duncan Young
— married
about 1886 [location unknown]
Mother of
May Muriel Minnie Young
Died
at age 78
in Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom
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Biography
Leonora (Abraham) Young is Notable.
Leonora was born in 1853, St Pancras London, daughter of Philip Abraham and Henrietta Boss.[1]
in 1874 she joined German Reed Entertainments, a company set up to provide family entertainment in London.[2]
1878 Frederick Edwin Lucy Barnes married Leonora Philippa Braham, 28 Mar 1878 Birkenhead, Cheshire, England.[3] Child:
- Frederick Stanton Lucy Barnes
Following this she moved to North America to develop her career but two years later her husband was killed in a shooting accident and she returned to England.[4]
She developed as an opera singer and actress with the D'Oyly Carte company and performed in principal soprano roles in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas.
She struggled with alcoholism as portrayed in the 1999 film Topsy-Turvy, and during the run of The Mikado she was threatened with dismissal for this reason.[5]
During the summer of 1886, she secretly married J. Duncan Young of Dunkild, Scotland the 1911 census has their marriage as 25 years.[6]
Together they had 2 children:
- May Muriel
- Donald Roy
The next 10 years were spent touring Australia, South America and South Africa before returning to England,[5]
1901 Census - St. Paul’s Deptford[7]
Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Duncan Young Head Male 47 Scotland Leonora Young Wife Female 43 St Pancras, London May M Young Daughter Female 13 St Pancras, London Donald R Young Son Male 11 St Pancras, London Edinee M Chappell Visitor Female 20 Goole, Yorkshire
She continued to perform, from 1897 to 1912, in London, the British provinces, and New York. During her career she created more of the Gilbert and Sullivan heroines than any other soprano, and she was the only English soprano to create more than one such role but sadly faced poverty during her last years, when her husband was confined to a mental hospital.[5]
She died in 1931.[8]
Sources
- ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Birth,(https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed [21 Aug 2020]), database entry for [Abraham, Leonora] (Mother's maiden Boss), GRO Reference: 1853 M Quarter in SAINT PANCRAS Volume 01B Page 47
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "German Reed Entertainments," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=German_Reed_Entertainments&oldid=953792721 (accessed August 22, 2020)
- ↑ "England, Cheshire, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1606-1900," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBDR-F31 : 9 March 2018), Frederick Edwin Lucy Barnes, 28 Mar 1878; citing Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, item 2, Cheshire Record Office, Chester; FHL microfilm 1,911,402.
- ↑ [Composers of classical music http://composers-classical-music.com/b/BarnesFrederickEdwin.htm]
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Wikipedia contributors, "Leonora Braham," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Leonora_Braham&oldid=969520055 (accessed August 22, 2020).
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XW5V-7FQ : 9 May 2019), James Duncan Young, Wandsworth, London, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X9DJ-MLJ : 20 May 2019), Duncan Young, City of London, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Deptford South subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ England & Wales General Register Office, GRO Online Index - Death,(https://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content : accessed 10th Jul 2020), database entry for Young , Leonora Phillipa (Age at Death 78), GRO Reference: 1931 D Quarter in WANDSWORTH Volume 01D Page 597
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