Brief Life History of Elizabeth Tomlinson
Elizabeth Tomlinson Yates was born in 1863, in England, United Kingdom. She had at least 1 son and 2 daughters with Alfred Yates. She lived in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States in 1900 and Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States in 1910.
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Sources (3)
- Elizibith Yates in household of Alfred Yates, "United States Census, 1900"
- Mary Yeates in entry for Albert Stanley Spracklin and Beatrice Yeates, "Canada, Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927"
- Elizabeth Yates in household of Alfred Yates, "United States Census, 1910"
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World Events (8)
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1880 · School Attendance Becomes Mandatory for Children
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
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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