Walking In The Footsteps of Our Ancestors… Melissa Campbell Yerks
By Philip HayesPublished On: December 13th, 2020Categories: Places: Chappaqua, Surname: Yerks, Walking In The Footsteps of Our AncestorsOn May 6, 1897, the local Chappaqua newspaper reported that Mrs. Osborn Yerks (Melissa Campbell) had moved into the Gabrielle Greeley Clendenin "hillside house." Gabrielle is the daughter of Horace Greeley, the well-known publisher of the Tribune Newspaper. Mrs. Clendenin was well-known for her charity and generosity. With this being just two years after the
Supporting Documentation for William Yerks (b. 10 Apr 1725, d. BEF 1785) Application for Patriot Status with the DAR
By Philip HayesPublished On: November 14th, 2020Categories: In The Military, Surname: Yerks, UncategorizedSouvenir of the Revolutionary Soldiers' Monument Dedication, at Tarrytown, New YorkBy Tarrytown (N.Y.). Monument Committee, Marcius Denison Raymondpg. 42 & pg. 44 The name of William Yerks appears on the Muster roll of Capt. Gabriel Requa's Company of Militia of East Philipsburg, now in the position of Professor Beckford, Dean of Columbia College. New
The Search For the Parents of James Oakley Yerks, Died at Harpers Ferry, 1863
There are several James Yerks born around the same time. They are: James Yerks BIRTH 16 AUG 1823 • Ossining, Westchester, New York, United StatesDEATH 9 OCT 1880 • Chappaqua, Westchester, New York, United StatesThis James died in the Civil War and is buried at the old Saint Mark's Cemetery in Mount Kisco (Next to
Where Is Catherine Yerks’ Farm?
This is a 1840 Map of the Yerks farm, overlaid on today's Google Map. Move the slider to change the view.
Making The Circumstantial Case that Links Ezra Yerks to the Larger Yerks Family Tree
In May 2018, I was contacted by Mary-Catherine Burton, wife of Charles Edward Yerks. Charles is a descendant of Frank Yerks and Annie Bullock. She was interested in developing a family tree for her husband. While I was able to provide her some guidance with researching her husbands branch of the Yerks Family Tree, I sadly had to inform her that nobody has ever been able to connect that branch to the larger Yerks family of Philipsburg / Westchester County.
Catherine Yorkse (Yerks) Farm in Hawthorne (formally Unionville), New York
"Attention All Persons living in the Green Zone below. You are nearby ordered to vacate your homes immediately. Colleen Hayes (nee Yerks) intends to re-claim her great x6 grandmother Catherine Yerks 300 acre farm in Unionville (now Hawthorne). We will give you until tomorrow at sunset to get off our land. This includes you JD Rockefeller and your snazzy Pocantico Hills Estate.”
The Sad Tale of Two Yerks Brothers, As Told By Area Newspapers, Postcards, Photos & Genealogy
Isaac Yerks was born circa 1823 to John Van Tassel and Fanny Yerks in New Castle, New York. He was the first of nine children born to them. Somewhere in the mid-1850s, Isaac married a woman by the name of Elizabeth and began their family, living in the town of Mount Pleasant near other Yerks
George W Yerks & Company, Sales Agents – Postcard
In my quest to acquire all things that are historic in nature and related to the Yerks family, I found the postcard below on eBay. I was able to purchase it for just $3.50. Although G.W. Yerks is not a direct relative of Colleen's, he is a distant cousin. George W. Yerks was born at
The Marriage of George Oakley Yerks to Annie Dora Cutler
By Philip HayesPublished On: January 5th, 2012Categories: Found Documents, Surname: Cutler, Surname: Yerks, UncategorizedFinally…. conclusive proof as to the parents of George Oakley Yerks arrived today via US Mail. George Oakley Yerks is the great, great grandfather of Colleen Hayes, my wife. Since acquiring George’s Brooklyn Death Certificate several years ago, there has been a lingering doubt in my mind as to who his parents really were. This is