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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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.
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