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     Francis Palmer Landon was the son of Edward Palmer Landon.¹ He married Nancy Blomefield, daughter of Sir Thomas Wilmot Peregrine Blomefield, 4th Bt. and Lilias Napier, on 1 June 1904.¹ He died on 8 April 1963.¹
     He gained the rank of Major in the Royal Army Service Corps, Reserve of Officers.¹

     Michael Randall was born at Breconshire, Wales^G.¹ He married Brenda Vera Amelia Christian, daughter of Ivan Roa Christian and Verna Carlene Deborah Young, on 3 August 1972 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹

     Michael Randall is the son of Michael Randall and Brenda Vera Amelia Christian.¹

     Michelle Lupton is the daughter of Mike Lupton and Brenda Vera Amelia Christian.^1,2

     Kirsty Randall is the daughter of Michael Randall and Brenda Vera Amelia Christian.¹

     Andrew Michael Basil Randall was born on 8 October 1985 at Pitcairn Island^G.² He is the son of Michael Randall and Brenda Vera Amelia Christian.^1,2
     He was also known as Andrew Michael Basil Christian.²

     Robert Young was born on 6 January 1850 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He was the son of Simon Young and Mary Buffett Christian.¹ He married Alice Sophia McCoy, daughter of Matthew McCoy and Margaret Christian, on 23 August 1871 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ He died on 26 March 1872 at age 22 at Pitcairn Island^G, from consumption.¹
     In 1864 Robert was among the second wave of returnees from Norfolk to Pitcairn.¹
     He had been a sickly youth and young adult, and finally yielded to Sophia's insistance that they be married so 'she could nurse him back to health'. They had been engaged for some time. (Young: The Mutineers of the Bounty) Sadly, it didn't work, and Robert died of consumption only 7 months after they were married.

     Alice Sophia McCoy was born on 8 July 1848 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She was the daughter of Matthew McCoy and Margaret Christian.¹ She married, firstly, Robert Young, son of Simon Young and Mary Buffett Christian, on 23 August 1871 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She married, secondly, Peter John Butler on 30 November 1875 at Pitcairn Island^G.² She died on 28 February 1937 at age 88 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She was buried on 28 February 1937 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹
     Alice Sophia McCoy usually went by her middle name of Sophia. In 1859 she was among the first wave of returnees to Pitcairn from Norfolk.¹ From 23 August 1871, her married name became Young.¹ From 30 November 1875, her married name became Butler.²
     She was abandoned by her husband, Peter Butler, when he left the island and was never heard from again. She travelled a great deal throughout her life. After living for a time with a sister on Norfolk, then with another sister on Tahiti, she spent some years at Rarotonga and Aitutaki in the Cook Group, returning to Pitcairn in 1923.

     Roberta Mary Alice Young was born on 19 June 1872 at Pitcairn Island^G.¹ She was the daughter of Robert Young and Alice Sophia McCoy.¹ She married Thursday Moses Skelly Warren, son of Samuel Russell Warren and Agnes Christian, at Pitcairn Island^G.¹
     Her married name became Warren.¹