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Article: OBITUARY Briton finally achieved goal of becoming U.S. citizen Young eventually settled in Two Rivers
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- September 26, 2009
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By AMY RABIDEAU SILVERS
After a lifetime of new places -- and citizenship in three
countries -- Frederick G. Young found a permanent home in his woods
near Two Rivers.
His story began in Manchester, England, where he had a hard-
scrabble youth until joining the British Royal Navy at 16. Years
later, he moved to Canada and became a citizen, but his real goal
was to live in the United States.
"He came to the states in 1968 to work at the Point Beach nuclear
power plant," said daughter Penny Young. "He came to work for
Wisconsin Electric while Bechtel was building the plant."
A few years later, Young went to work for the Bechtel company,
traveling the country, but kept his home and land in Two ...