Roland Burbridge Yates

Brief Life History of Roland Burbridge

When Roland Burbridge Yates was born on 18 February 1846, in Pickaway, Ohio, United States, his father, John W. Yates, was 40 and his mother, Elizabeth Blue, was 37. He married Alice E. Moler on 2 November 1873, in Pickaway, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Williamsport, Deer Creek Township, Pickaway, Ohio, United States in 1900. He died in 1924, at the age of 78, and was buried in Williamsport, Morrow, Ohio, United States.

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Family Time Line

Roland Burbridge Yates
1846–1924
Alice E. Moler
1852–1922
Marriage: 2 November 1873
Floyd B. Yates
1874–1961
Florrence Yates
1878–
George M Yates
1876–
Earl Yates
1883–1965
Delano R Yates
1890–1962

Sources (17)

  • Rolling Yates in household of John Yates, "United States Census, 1860"
  • R. B. Yates, "Ohio, Marriages, 1800-1958"
  • Roland Yates, "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953"

World Events (8)

1860 · Ohio supports the Union side of the Civil War

Although divided as a state on the subject of slavery, Ohio participated in the Civil War on the Union's side, providing over 300,000 troops. Ohio provided the 3rd largest number of troops by any Union state.

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.

This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.

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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