Helen Amelia (Watkins) Yancey (1879 - 1963)

Born 24 Jan 1879 in Toronto, York, Ontario, Canada

Ancestors

Wife of Charles Bruce Yancey — married 27 Sep 1907 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Died 6 Jan 1963 at age 83 in Ramsey, Minnesota, United States

Biography

Helen (Watkins) Yancey is a part of US Black heritage.

Helen Watkins, daughter of John Lloyd Watkins and Amelia Elba Abbott, was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1879. ^[1]

In 1905, she married Charles Yancey.^[2]

She died in 1963^[3][4] and is buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "Ontario Births and Baptisms, 1779-1899", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLYM-L9Q : 13 February 2020), Ellen Amelia Watkins, 1879.
2. ↑ "Ontario Marriages, 1869-1927," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSZ4-X3H : 8 March 2021), Charles Bruce Yancey and Helen Amelia Watkins, 27 Sep 1905; citing registration , Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 1,871,702.
3. ↑ Death: "Minnesota, U.S., Death Index, 1908-2017"
   Minnesota Department of Health; St Paul, Minnesota, USA; Minnesota, Death Index, 1908-2017; Certificate Number: 028929
   Ancestry Record 7316 #2901282
   Helen Amelia Yancey death 6 Jan 1963 (born 24 Jan 1879) in Ramsey, Minnesota, USA, mother's maiden name Abbot.
4. ↑ Obituary: "U.S., Newspapers.com™ Obituary Index, 1800s-current"
   The Minneapolis Star; Publication Date: 9 Jan 1963; Publication Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; URL: https://www.newspapers.com/image/188120179/?article=8c529181-1af6-4972-b0b9-2b8a68ab7419&focus=0.23161855,0.81154263,0.3360326,0.8579179&xid=3355
   Ancestry Record 61843 #521792521
   Name: Helen Yancey; Gender: Female; Death Age: 83; Birth Date: abt 1880; Residence Place: 643 Fuller Av .; Death Date: Abt 1963; Obituary Date: 9 Jan 1963; Obituary Place: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; Newspaper Title: The Minneapolis Star; Child: Charles Edgar Beryl Y. Robinson Helen M Goins.
5. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #119155349
   Memorial page for Helen Amelia Watkins Yancey (24 Jan 1879-6 Jan 1963), citing Oak Hill Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, USA (plot: Original Sec. Block 5, Lot 2, Space 9); Maintained by Friends of Oak Hill Cemetery of Minneapolis (contributor 49978514).

• 1901 Census: "1901 Census of Canada"
  Year: 1901; Census Place: Toronto (West/Ouest) (City/Cité) Ward/Quartier No 5, Toronto (West/Ouest) (City/Cité), Ontario; Page: 1; Family No: 8
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 8826 #12103362
  A Helen Watkins (23), single daughter, Music Teacher, in household of L John Watkins (67) in Canada, Ontario. Born in Ontario.
• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2G3-S9Z : accessed 13 June 2021), Helen Yancey in household of Charles B Yancey, Edina, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 9, sheet 8A, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 699; FHL microfilm 1,374,712.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSK8-LSW : 7 January 2021), Helen Yancey in household of Charles B Yancey, Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 89-185, sheet 6A, line 39, family 128, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 1982.