When David Alfred "Al" Yates was born on 27 October 1857, in Indian Creek, Monroe, Missouri, United States, his father, Thomas R Yates, was 46 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Pierceall, was 38. He married Mary Ann Elzea on 19 April 1881, in Monroe City, Monroe, Missouri, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Moniteau, Missouri, United States in 1870 and Monroe Township, Monroe, Missouri, United States for about 20 years. He died on 12 February 1936, in Hannibal, Marion, Missouri, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Saint Stephens Catholic Cemetery, Indian Creek, Monroe, Missouri, 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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