Nelson Ferdinand Yankie

Brief Life History of Nelson Ferdinand

When Nelson Ferdinand Yankie was born on 29 February 1864, in Adams, Ohio, United States, his father, Jonathan Yankie, was 57 and his mother, Elizabeth Lawrence, was 44. He married Orie Edith Tener in 1887. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. He lived in Bratton Township, Adams, Ohio, United States in 1880 and Cooper Township, Gentry, Missouri, United States in 1900. He died on 10 March 1931, in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States, at the age of 67, and was buried in Carthage, Jasper, Missouri, United States.

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Family Time Line

Nelson Ferdinand Yankie
1864–1931
Orie Edith Tener
1867–1937
Marriage: 1887
Russell Harrison Yankie
1888–
Jesse Osten Yankie
1890–1958

Sources (12)

  • Nelson F Yankee, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Nelson Fernando Yankie, "Ohio, County Births, 1841-2003"
  • Nelson Ferdinand Yankie, "Find a Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1865

Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1877

Bratton Township was organized in 1877. It is named for John Bratton, an early and prominent settler.[

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

Name Meaning

Americanized form of Dutch or North German Janke , Jahnke , or Jenke .

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

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