Brief Life History of Mary Alice
When Mary Alice Yerkes was born on 13 May 1861, in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, her father, Rev. David John Yerkes, was 36 and her mother, Sarah Elizabeth Taylor, was 34. She married Walter Miller McGee about 1882. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Somerset, New Jersey, United States in 1905 and North Plainfield Borough, Somerset, New Jersey, United States for about 30 years. She died on 11 June 1949, at the age of 88, and was buried in Scotch Plains Township, Union, New Jersey, United States.
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- Mary A Yerkes in household of David J Yerkes, "United States Census, 1870"
- Mary A. Yerkes, "New Jersey, Marriages, 1670-1980"
- Mary Alice Yerkes McGee, "Find A Grave Index"
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1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1869
Post office est. April 1, 1800 1869: Formed within Plainfield township 1871: Boundary with Piscataway township, Middlesex County 1878: Part from Plainfield township
1885
Historical Boundaries 1885: Somerset, New Jersey, United States
Name Meaning
Americanized form of German Jerkes, Jerks, a patronymic from the personal name Jerke .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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