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