Sarah Ellen Jones

Brief Life History of Sarah Ellen

When Sarah Ellen Jones was born on 18 January 1870, in Miller, Missouri, United States, her father, William Marshall Jones, was 20 and her mother, Fetna Slawson, was 19. She married William Timley Yoakum on 4 July 1897, in Miller, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 5 daughters. She lived in Richwoods Township, Miller, Missouri, United States for about 20 years and Miller Township, Maries, Missouri, United States for about 30 years. She died on 26 January 1954, in Maries, Missouri, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Miller Township, Maries, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Timley Yoakum
1877–1949
Sarah Ellen Jones
1870–1954
Marriage: 4 July 1897
Lester Yoakum
1898–1964
Gertie Yoakum
1900–1990
Katherine Yoakum
1902–1990
Bessie May Yoakum
1904–1908
Bessie May Yoakum
1906–1999
Oma Yoakum
1909–1982

Sources (11)

  • Ellen Yokem in household of William Yokem, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Ella Jones Yoakum, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
  • Ella Jones, "Missouri, County Marriage, Naturalization, and Court Records, 1800-1991"

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Name Meaning

English and Welsh: from the Middle English personal name Jon(e) (see John ), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. The surname is especially common in Wales and southern central England. It began to be adopted as a non-hereditary surname in some parts of Wales from the 16th century onward, but did not become a widespread hereditary surname there until the 18th and 19th centuries. In North America, this surname has absorbed various cognate and like-sounding surnames from other languages. It is (including in the sense 2 below) the fifth most frequent surname in the US. It is also very common among African Americans and Native Americans.

English: habitational or occupational name for someone who lived or worked ‘at John's (house)’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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