Elizabeth M (Muller) Yerks (1912 - 2004)

Born 13 Oct 1912 in Manhatten, NY

Ancestors

Wife of Lester Birdsall Yerks — married 27 Nov 1934 in Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 22 Dec 2004 at age 92 in Sharon, CT

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Elizabeth (Muller) Yerks has German Roots.

Biography

Elizabeth was born in 1912. Elizabeth Muller (name was changed to Miller at some point after WW1) spent several years with her sister Margaret in an orphanage after their mother died in 1916. They moved to an Aunt's home in there teens.

Their father left the family for unknown reasons (Enlisted WWI ?). Resided in NYC for some time before his death in 1931. No known contact with the children after leaving.

She married Lester Yerks (Nov 27, 1934) and had two children, Bruce and Phyllis. She passed away in 2004. ^[1]

Birth

October 13, 1912 ^[2]

Residence

1940 - Northeast Town, Dutchess, New York, United States

Residence

Mar 1 2000 - Poughkeepsie, New York, United States

Death

Dec. 22, 2004

OBITUARY

Elizabeth Yerks, a longtime resident of Amenia, died Dec 22, 2004. She was born in New York City and attended nursing school there. At the age of 57 she graduated from Marist College with honors. Mrs Yerks was married to the late Lester "Barney" Yerks, who died in 1986. Survived by her sister, Margaret Ballard, Rosendale; son Bruce R, Pleasant Valley; daughter Phyllis Haight, Colorado; five grandchildren; four great grandchildren. ^[3]

Sources

• Source: "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KQL6-KFX : accessed 3 March 2016), Oleana M Yerks in household of Lester B Yerks, Northeast Town, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-38, sheet 5B, family 64, NARA digital publication T627 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012), roll 2523.

• Source: "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JBV5-R2L : accessed 3 March 2016), ELIZABETH M YERKS, 22 Dec 2004; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Source: "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/QVLZ-KKCD : accessed 3 March 2016), Elizabeth Yerks, 2004; Burial, Millbrook, Dutchess, New York, United States of America, Nine Partners Cemetery; citing record ID 90775394, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• Source: "United States Public Records, 1970-2009," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJCC-KGSW : 23 May 2014), Elizabeth M Yerks, Residence, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States; a third party aggregator of publicly available information.

1. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Andy Haight, Sunday, June 8, 2014.
2. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Andy Haight, Sunday, June 8, 2014.
3. ↑ Harlem Valley Times, 30 Dec 2004

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