Yerks Family Tree

William Benjamin YERKS

Person Chart

Parents

Father Date of Birth Mother Date of Birth
George Oakley YERKS 09 May 1866 Annie D CUTLER 02 Dec 1870

Partners

Partner Date of Birth Children
Myritannia GANT ABT 1894 Clarence Leroy YERKS
Donald William YERKS

Person Events

Event Type Date Place Description
Birth 12 Aug 1891 Bedford Hills, Westchester County, New York, United States
Place of Residence 1900 Lewisboro, Westchester County, New York, United States Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
Place of Residence 1905 Somers, Westchester County, New York, United States Relation to Head of House: Son
Place of Residence 1910 Bedford, Westchester County, New York, United States Byram Lake Road
Place of Residence 05 Jun 1917 Rye, Westchester County, New York, United States Purchase Street
Marriage 30 Jan 1919 Goldens Bridge, Westchester County, New York, United States Goldens Bridge Methodist Church
Place of Residence 1920 Dover, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Place of Residence 1920 Rye, Westchester County, New York, United States
Place of Residence 1930 Dover, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Place of Residence 1935 Dover, Morris County, New Jersey, United States
Place of Residence ABT 1940 Toms River, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
Place of Residence Bedford, Westchester County, New York, United States
Place of Residence Bedford, Westchester County, New York, United States
Place of Residence Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, United States
Death 09 Feb 1960 East Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, United States
Burial Silverton, Ocean County, New Jersey, United States

Notes
He died in 1960 from liver disease from exposure to mustard gas from serving in WWI.

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1900 United States Federal Census, Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004; Year: 1900; Census Place: Lewisboro, Westchester, New York; Roll: 1175; Page: 10B; Enumeration District: 0074; FHL microfilm: 1241175 Don't know Don't know Don't know
1910 United States Federal Census, Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006; Year: 1910; Census Place: Bedford, Westchester, New York; Roll: T624_1088; Page: 20A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 611. Don't know Don't know Don't know
1920 United States Federal Census, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Year: 1920; Census Place: Dover, Ocean, New Jersey; Roll: T625_1061; Page: 16A; Enumeration District: 157; Image: 747. Don't know Don't know Don't know
1920 United States Federal Census, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Year: 1920; Census Place: Rye, Westchester, New York; Roll: T625_1278; Page: 12A; Enumeration District: 167; Image: . Don't know Don't know Don't know
1930 United States Federal Census, Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002; Year: 1930; Census Place: Dover, Ocean, New Jersey; Roll: 1375; Page: 22B; Enumeration District: 8; Image: 148.0. Don't know Don't know Don't know
1940 United States Federal Census, Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.Original data - United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627; Year: 1940; Census Place: Dover, Ocean, New Jersey; Roll: T627_2374; Page: 18B; Enumeration District: 15-13 Don't know Don't know Don't know
Ancestry Family Trees, Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.; Ancestry Family Trees Don't know Don't know Don't know
New York, Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917-1919, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2013; Don't know Don't know Don't know
New York, State Census, 1905, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2014; New York State Archives; Albany, New York; State Population Census Schedules, 1905; Election District: A.D. 03 E.D. 01; City: Somers; County: Westchester; Page: 12 Don't know Don't know Don't know
New York, World War I Veterans' Service Data, 1913-1919, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011; Don't know Don't know Don't know
U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Don't know Don't know Don't know
U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012; Don't know Don't know Don't know
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015; Don't know Don't know Don't know
U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005; Registration Location: Westchester County, New York; Roll: 1819401; Draft Board: 3. Don't know Don't know Don't know
U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942, Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010; Roll: WW2_2370760; Local board: Ocean , New Jersey. Don't know Don't know Don't know

Media

Pictures

Rye War Memorial Honoring William aand Ralph Yerks

Yerks Homestead on Church Rd. in Toms River, NJ

Rye War Memorial Honoring William aand Ralph Yerks

Rye War Memorial Honoring William aand Ralph Yerks

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1919 07 18 - William B Yerks Thought Dead In WWI

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1919 01 30 - William B Yerks Marriage Certificate

William Benjamin Yerks Marriage Announcement

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1891 08 12 - William Benjamin Yerks Birth Certificate

1918 10 13 - William B Yerks Service Record

1919 02 15 - William Yerks Marriage to Myrtie Gant