Joseph was born in 1870 to Edmund and Mary Anne.[1] He passed away in 1949 aged 78.[2]
Sources
↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24J-17RT : 27 November 2017), Joseph Ely Yates, 1870; citing Birth, New Zealand, registration number 1870/12232, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
↑ "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1966," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGXS-SZVZ : 4 January 2018), Joseph Eli Yates, 1949; citing Death, New Zealand, registration number 1949/16508, Archives of New Zealand, Wellington.
Wellsford cemetery records
New Zealand BDM Indexes
"New Zealand, Archives New Zealand, Probate Records, 1843-1998," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK9V-K932 : 12 November 2017), Joseph Eli Yates, 1949; citing Whangarei, Whangarei Probates - Second Sequence, 1939-1959, record number 1560, Archives New Zealand, Auckland Regional Office; FamilySearch digital folder 100125386.