William Henry Vail YATES Martha Elizabeth YATES Benjamin Vail YATES Pearl Elaine YATES Clarence O'neil YATES Mary Ann YATES Betty Jo YATES Grover Cleve YATES Mary Nettie JENKINS Lula M YATES Naomi YATES Annie L YATES Annie Laura HORN Mini tree diagram
Neil YATES

Neil YATES1,1,8,2,6,10,11,3,4,12,13,5,14,7

15th Oct 18961,2,1,3,4,5,6,7 - 12th Jun 19623,7

unspecified, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Healdton, Oklahoma

Life History

15th Oct 1896

Born in Oakdale, Oklahoma Territory.1,2,1,3,4,5,6,7

1900

Resident in Union, Washita, Oklahoma.2

1910

Residence2 in Mountain View Ward 2, Kiowa, Oklahoma.6

about 1912

Married Mary Nettie JENKINS in Marlow, Stephens, Oklahoma.4

23rd Jul 1916

Birth of son Clarence O'neil YATES in Oklahoma.8,3,4,15,16

1918

Occupation unspecified, Magnolia Petroleum Company, Healdton, Oklahoma.1

Jun 1918

Residence3: Registered for the WWI draft in Healdton, Carter County in Healdton, Carter, Oklahoma.1

28th Mar 1919

Birth of daughter Mary Ann YATES in Burkburnett, Wichita, Texas.8,17,16,18,19,20,3,21

1920

Occupation2 in Oilfield Driller.8

1920

Residence4 in Burkburnett, Wichita, Texas.8

22nd Mar 1924

Birth of daughter Betty Jo YATES in Holiday, Gray, Texas.9,5,22,23,3

25th Aug 1927

Birth of son Grover Cleve YATES in Oklahoma.9,3

1930

Residence5 in North Cobb Township, Caddo, Oklahoma.9

13th Aug 1931

Death of son Grover Cleve YATES in Lone Wolf, Kiowa, Oklahoma.3

12th Jun 1962

Died.3,7

after 12th Jun 1962

Buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma.3

Notes

  • Birth of Neil Yates is thought to have been in Mountain View.  It is known that his parents were living in Mt. View in early years.  In 1900 he is reported as 4 years old, even though his birthday was Oct 1896, and thus he has not yet had his 4th birthday.

    At the time of Neil's birth, Mountain View had not been established.  The place was called Oakdale, and was a tent city in the former Arapaho and Cheyenne Reservation, now part of Oklahoma Territory, across the river and about two miles north of the current city of Mountain View.

    "The Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) extended a line from Chickasha to the northern part of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Reservation in 1899. It terminated about two miles from an existing tent city called Oakdale, consisting of a store and post office on the former Cheyenne and Arapaho Reservation. ... Some Oakdale residents obtained land for a new townsite. Platted in May 1899 by the El Reno Development Company, the nearby settlement, with the Wichita Mountains looming on the south and west, was called Mountain View. The Oakdale post office was renamed Mountain View on October 9, 1900."
    --  "Mountain View," Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture, http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/M/MO028.html

    My father, Orville Lee Jenkins, was born in Mountain View, and told me stories about growing up with the Indians in the area, and playing and hunting with them.
    --  Orville Boyd Jenkins

    Consistent with the above encyclopedia description, we see the reported residence of Neil's parents in the 1900 Oklahoma Territory is Union township of Washita County.  They had not yet moved to Mountain View south of the Washita River.

    1900 Federal Census, Washita County, Oklahoma, 2 August, Union Township. District 211, page 15A, Hse/Fam #225
    Yates, Vail W H  Head W M  Aug 1859 40 TX AL AL Farmer
    Yates, Annie  Wife W F  Dec 1869 30 TX MS MO
    Yates, Neil  Son W M  Oct 1896  4 OK TX TX

    In the 1910 census, we find them in the new town of Mountain View, in northern Kiowa County, in the new State of Oklahoma.  In 1910, Neil is living at home with his parents, at age 13, in Mt View, Kiowa County, Oklahoma.  The family lives on 7th street.  Neil is reported as a Boot Black (Shoe Shine Boy) in a barber shop.  His father William is a manger of a department store.

    1910 Federal Census, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, Mountain View City, Ward 2, District 178, 7th Street, page 6A, Hse#104, Fam #109
    William H V Yates Head M W 50 TX AL GA Farmer
    Annie L Yates Wife F W 40 TX TX TX
    Neil Yates Son M W 13 OK TX TX

    According to the 1930 census, Neil married Mary Jenkins in about 1917.  The census reports he was married at age 18.

    Neil registered for the WWI draft in Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma.

    World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
    Yates Neil, Residence Healdton, Carter, Oklahoma
    Birth 15 Oct 1896 Mountain View, Oklahoma
    Father's birthplace Freestone County, Texas
    Employer Magnolia Petroleum Company
    Brown Eyes, Black Hair
    Registered 5 June 1918, Ardmore, Carter, Oklahoma

    By the 1920 census, Neil Yates and Mary Jenkins have two kids and are living in the same household with Mary's brother Everett and his wife Ocy and family in Burkburnett, Texas, in the 1920 census.

    1920 Federal Census, Wichita County, Texas, 13 January, Burkburnett Town, District 197, page 8B, Hse #157, Fam #203
    Yates, Neil  Head M W 23 OK TX TX Driller, Oilfield
    Yates, Mary M  Wife F W 22 OK TX TX
    Yates, O'Neil O C  Son M W 2 OK OK OK
    Mary A Yates Dau F W 9 months TX OK OK (yields birth in March 1919)

    They were living next door to Mary's brother Everett Jenkins and his family.

    1920 Federal Census, Wichita County, Texas, 13 January, Burkburnett Town, District 197, page 8B, Hse #157, Fam #202
    James E Jenkins Head M W 32 TX TX TX Driller Oilfield
    Osa I Jenkins Wife F W 32 OK MO MO
    Joseph P Jenkins Son M W 11 OK TX OK
    Verneice O Jenkins Son F W 9 OK TX OK
    Harry C Jenkins Son M W 4yr 6mos OK TX OK
    James P Jenkins Son M W 1yr 7mos OK TX OK

    In 1930, the family are back in Oklahoma, living in North Cobb Township of Caddo County, Oklahoma.  This ceuss reports that they married at age 18 (Neil) and 17 (Mary), making marriage about 1912.  Oneil's age in this census would make his birth about 1917.  His birth date on his grave is 23 July 1916.

    1930 Federal Census, Caddo County, Oklahoma, 4 April, North Cobb Township. District 44, page 3A, Hse/Fam #40
    Yates, Neil  Head M W 33  Married at age 18  OK OK TX Farmer
    Yates, Mary H Wife F W 32  Married at age 17  OK TX TX
    Oneil Son M W 13 OK OK OK
    Mary Anne Dau F W 11 OK OK OK
    Betty Dau F W 6 OK OK OK
    Cleve Son M W 2 OK OK OK

    Family information reported by Harold Christian indicates the wedding was in Marlow, but no family member had the date of the marriage.  The last two names are hard to read, due to write-overs, and the wide-nib pen used by the enumerator.  The last child is enumerated as Cleve, but Ancestry transcribes the name as Clen.  Ancestry transcribes the child before Glen as Betty, with Beatrice as an alternative.  I think her real name might have been Betty Jo, as she is listed in the 1940 census.  I find this name on all family references and photos.

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1938, p 805
    Yates C O'Neil (Dora B) driver h 100 SE 22d
    Neil Yates (Mary) ftr Feenberg Supply Co h 117 SW 27th

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1939, p 795
    Neil Yates (Mary) ydmn Feenberg Supply Co r 645 SE 31st

    U.S. City Directories, 1821-1989
    Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, City Directory, 1940, p 796
    Yates Neil (Mary N) lab Feenberg Supply co h 645 SE 31st St

    I found a family photo of a man and a woman among my father's photos described on the back as O'Neill and Betty, kneeling in front of a Christmas tree with the gifts.  This would confirm Betty (Jo) as the sister of O'Neil (also spelled as Oneil or Oneal and variously in family sources).  The 1940 census listing also confirms this relationship, with Betty Jo still in the household as a daughter, and Oneill as a son, with his wife Dora and children.

    In 1940, they were reported living in Oklahoma City. but that census says that in 1935 they were living in Gray (spelled Grey in the census) County, Texas.  This is where Betty Jo was born.  Among Jennie Jenkins' photos I found a baby portrait made by a Pampa, Texas, studio, with no name or date, that appears to be Betty Jo at less than one year old.  (Jennie was Mary Nettie Yates' stepmother.)  From the records available, they were not in Texas very long.  They were in Caddo County, Oklahoma, in 1930, and they were in Oklahoma City at least by the time of the 1938 Oklahoma City directory.

    1940 Federal Census, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, 3 April, Oklahoma City Ward 4, District 78-158, page 2B, 645 31st St, Hse #40, Owns $900
    Yates, Neil Head M W 42 Married Grade 6 Oklahoma Rural Grey [Gray] County TX in 1935 Farmer [b abt 1898]
    Yates, Mary N Wife M W 41 Married Grade 8 b Oklahoma Rural Grey County TX in 1935 [b abt 1899]
    Yates, Betty Jo Dau F W 16 Grade H2  b Texas Rural Grey County TX in 1935 [b abt 1924]
    - Hse #41, Hse #40, Rents $3 -
    Yates, Oneil Son M W 23 Married Grade H1 b Oklahoma Rural Grey County TX in 1935 [b abt 1936]
    Yates, Dora Wife F W 21 Grade H2  b Illinois Rural Grey County TX in 1935 [b abt 1924]
    Yates, Jerry Son M W 1 Single b Texas [b abt 1939]
    - page 3A -
    Yates, Judy Kay Dau F W 1mo Single b Oklahoma [b abt Mar 1940]

    U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
    Neil Yates
    Birth Date 15 Oct 1896
    Death Date 12 Jun 1962
    22 Jun 1962 Name listed as NEIL YATES
    Death Claim 26 Jun 1962
    SSN 457033587

    Neil Yates
    Birth Oct 15, 1896
    Death Jun 12, 1962
    Parents:
    William Henry Vail Yates (1869 - 1948)
    Annie Laura Horn Yates (1868 - 1949)
    Spouse Mary Nettie Jenkins Yates (1897 - 1991)
    Children:
    Clarence O'neil Yates (1916 - 1977)
    Betty Jo Yates Dunford (1924-2016)
    Grover Cleve Yates (1927-1931)
    Siblings:
    Martha Elizabeth Yates Pewthers 1887-1986
    Benjamin Vail Yates 1891-1975
    Pearl Elaine Dunham 1893-1971
    Naomi Yates Whitaker 1900-1987
    Annie Laura Yates Collins 1904-1974
    Anna L Collins 1904-1974
    Burial Mount Olivet Cemetery, Pauls Valley, Garvin County, Oklahoma, Section 2, Block 2, Lot 16, Space 1
    Created by william robinson Aug 22, 2012
    --  Find A Grave Memorial #95771956, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95771956

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