Daniel Edward Yates (1892 - 1919)

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Died 23 Jan 1919 at age 26 in New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States

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Biography

Daniel was born in 1892. He was the son of John Yates and Sarah Blocker. When younger he lived in St. Tammany Parish.^[1][2] A few of his letters to his brother Fred are saved here

Juanita Gayer wrote of him: "Uncle Dan, a fun-loving man whom we children were very fond of, also died of influenza. He also had been at Camp but had returned home at the time he became ill."^[3]

He was married to Pauline Gardner and they had one child. ^[4] Todo: find marriage records. In 1918 he was registered for the WWI draft.^[5] He died in a hospital in New Orleans in 1919.^[6]

Obituary:

Died

Dan Yates, who was thrown from a horse and severely injured, was carried to the hospital in New Orleans for treatment and while there took influenza from which he died on last Thursday, being buried the following day in the Edwards graveyard.

He is survived by a wife, who was Miss Pauline Gardner, and one child, an aged father and mother, three brothers, Henry, Charley and Fred Yates, Mrs. Herman E. Gayer, Mrs. G. T. Spring and Mrs. Wilmer Wood.

Mr. Yates was a former resident of Franklinton but moved several years ago to his farm a few miles north of Folsom. ^[4]

Research

• Letter from Juanita ^[3]
• 1900 Census: 8 years old and living at home with his parents. ^[1]
• 1910 census: Township 5, Ward 2. Folsom Precinct ^[2]
• WWI Draft Card^[5]
• Died Jan. 23, 1919 ^[6]
• Obituary ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Year: 1900; Census Place: Police Jury Ward 2, Saint Tammany, Louisiana; Roll: 583; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 0079; FHL microfilm: 1240583 Description Enumeration District : 0079; Description: Ward 1 including Madisonville Town Source Information Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900. T623, 1854 rolls.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Year: 1910; Census Place: Folsom, Saint Tammany, Louisiana; Roll: T624_531; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 0093; FHL microfilm: 1374544 Ancestry.com. 1910 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006. Original data: Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910 (NARA microfilm publication T624, 1,178 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Notes by family historian Juanita Gayer, given to Boone Yates Richardson, and uploaded here.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} Newspapers.com - The Era-Leader - 30 Jan 1919 - Page 3
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Registration State: Louisiana; Registration County: Washington; Roll: 1685028Description: Ancestry.com. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Original data: United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm. Source Description
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Orleans Death Indices 1918-1928; Volume: 175; Page: 491 Source Information Ancestry.com. New Orleans, Louisiana, Death Records Index, 1804-1949 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002. Original data: State of Louisiana, Secretary of State, Division of Archives, Records Management, and History. Vital Records Indices. Baton Rouge, LA, USA.