Louisa Yates

Brief Life History of Louisa

When Louisa Yates was born on 19 January 1843, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, her father, John Yates, was 49 and her mother, Rachel Meece, was 25. She married James Henry Fletcher on 2 July 1860, in Pulaski, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. She lived in District 1, Spencer, Kentucky, United States in 1860 and Magisterial District 4, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States in 1900. She died on 16 January 1922, in Science Hill, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Union Cemetery, Science Hill, Pulaski, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

William H Swearingen
1840–1923
Louisa Yates
1843–1922
Marriage: 11 August 1866
Charles Clark Swearingen
1867–1939
Henry Y Swearingen
1873–
Ezra Mansel Swearingen
1869–1946
Amanda Alice Swearingen
1871–1924
William Russell Swearingen
1875–1907
Lola Frances Swearingen
1881–1946

Sources (27)

  • Louisa Yates in household of E J Buchanan, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Legacy NFS Source: Louisa Yates - Government record: birth: 19 January 1843; Pulaski, Kentucky, United States
  • Louiza Fletcher, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

World Events (8)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1850 · 8th Most Populated State

According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

Name Meaning

English: from Middle English yates ‘gates’, plural of yate, Old English geat ‘gate’, hence a topographic or occupational name for someone who lived by the gates of a town or castle and who probably acted as the gatekeeper or porter. Compare Gates . Alternatively, a variant of the singular form Yate, with post-medieval excrescent -s.

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

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