Pinkie Yates (1877 - 1962)

Born 1877 in Texas, United States

Ancestors

Died 3 Jul 1962 at about age 85 in Houston, Harris, Texas, United States

Biography

Pinkie Yates is a part of US Black heritage.

Pinkie Yates , daughter of John Yates and Harriet Willis, was born in 1877. In 1908, she married B.F. Henderson.^[1] They divorced before 1920. Her second husband was Robert Bridgeman; they also divorced.

She died in 1964^[2] and is buried in College Memorial Park Cemetery in Houston, Texas.^[3]

Research Notes

Sources vary widely regarding her date of birth. She is listed as being three years old on the 1880 US Census, so that's probably the most likely correct date.

Sources

1. ↑ "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FXM9-QBC : 10 March 2021), B. F. Henderson and Penkie V. Yates, 24 Jun 1908; citing Harris, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 25,231.
2. ↑ "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSBZ-X6X : 20 February 2021), Pinkie V Yates, 03 Jul 1962; citing certificate number 42803, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,117,023.
3. ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVLD-2BK3 : 9 June 2021), Pinkie V. Yates, ; Burial, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States of America, College Memorial Park Cemetery; citing record ID 88878218, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFNJ-C9M : 15 January 2022), Pinkie Yates in household of John Yates, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 85, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm
• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHY7-7Z5 : accessed 17 January 2022), Pinkie V Yates, Harris, Texas, United States; citing , sheet , line , family , NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll ; FHL microfilm .
• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H1SY-ZN2 : accessed 17 January 2022), Pinkie Y Bridgeman in household of Robert B Bridgeman, Houston, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 208, sheet 16A, line 40, family 166, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2349; FHL microfilm 2,342,083.
• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K47Y-WZD : 29 July 2019), Pinkie V Yates, Tract 27, Houston, Justice Precinct 1, Harris, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 258-162, sheet 12B, line 61, family 292, 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 4195.