Brief Life History of Robert Watson
When Robert Watson Yates was born on 15 January 1913, in Cheyenne, Laramie, Wyoming, United States, his father, Adam William Yates Lough, was 53 and his mother, Julia Watson Burke, was 38. He married Harriette Julia Oberg in 1940. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Phillips, Laramie, Wyoming, United States in 1930 and Phillips, Goshen, Wyoming, United States for about 15 years. He died on 12 July 1999, in La Grange, Laramie, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 86.
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Family Time Line
Sources (8)
- Robert W Yates, "United States 1950 Census"
- Robert W Yates, "United States Social Security Death Index"
- Robert W Yates, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
Spouse and Children
1913–1999 Male
1918–2018 Female
Children (1)
1941– Male
Parents and Siblings
1859–1919 Male
1874–1953 Female
Siblings (3)
1909–1985 Female
1911–1993 Male
1913–1999 Male
World Events (8)
1916 · The First woman elected into the US Congress
Age 3
1920
Age 7
1937 · The Neutrality Act
Age 24
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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