Huldah Yates

Brief Life History of Huldah

When Huldah Yates was born about June 1814, in Vermont, United States, her father, Benjamin Yates Sr., was 33 and her mother, Elizabeth Wing, was 24. She married Charles Blancher on 6 November 1833, in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 4 daughters. She lived in Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada for about 20 years and Brockville, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada in 1891. She died on 30 January 1898, in Elizabethtown Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada, at the age of 83, and was buried in Athens Village Cemetery, Athens Township, Leeds and Grenville, Ontario, Canada.

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Family Time Line

Charles Blancher
1811–1868
Huldah Yates
1814–1898
Marriage: 6 November 1833
Martha Elizabeth Blancher
1834–1914
Maria Blancher
1839–1886
Melissa Blancher
1841–1927
Frances Byron Blancher
1844–1927
Lucy C Blancher
1852–1932

Sources (17)

  • Hulda Blanchard, "Canada Census, 1881"
  • Huldah Y Blancher, "Ontario Deaths, 1869-1937 and Overseas Deaths, 1939-1947"
  • Hulda Blancher in entry for William Robinson and Maria Blancher, "Ontario, County Marriage Registers, 1858-1869"

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1836 · Remember the Alamo

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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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