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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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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