David Yates (1851 - 1920)
David Yates was born in Little Bolton, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire in about July 1851. He is the youngest known child and second son of William Yates and Jane Roscoe.
At the time of his birth the family were living at 15 Back Chorley St, Little Bolton and David\'s father William was a Blacksmith. As with most boys of this time David received a basic education, and is noted as a scholar on the 1861 census. By 1861 the family had moved to Great Bolton (initially 15 Cannon St and later 56 Pikes Lane).
David followed his father into the trade, and by the time he was 19 (1871) he was a qualified wheelwright. His father was unemployed at the time of the 1871 census, most likely due to an illness or injury, given that he passed away less than 12 months later.
David continued to be the primary breadwinner for the household until his marriage to Mary Hayes in Bolton le Moors, Lancashire abt June 1876.
Mary Hayes was the second known child and eldest daughter of John Hayes and Margaret Higson. She was born in Rumworth, Deane, Bolton le Moors, Lancashire in either January or February 1851. She was christened at Deane on 2 March 1851.
David and Mary produced 9 children, 5 sons and 4 daughters between 1877 and 1895. :
- /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/2195667 - born 1876 ; married William Brown 1898 ;
- /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/2523416 - born abt 1879 ; married Marion Love Norris 3 Oct 1908 ; died 3 Aug 1939
- Walter Yates - born Feb 1881 ; married Sophie Smith 26 Jun 1907
- Anne Yates - born 29 Oct 1883
- Alfred Yates - born 22 Feb 1886 ; died 22 Jan 1923
- /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/3276807 - born 5 Jun 1888 ; died 24 May 1918
- Clara Yates - born 12 Jun 1891 ; married Norman Nason Feb 1914
- /wiki/spaces/HFHW/pages/2523419 - born 27 Oct 1893 ; died 10 Jan 1948
- Eva Mary Yates 1895 - - born 4 Nov 1895 married James Bashford Bain 1893 - 1971
By 1881 with the birth of their third child the family was living in Morris Green Lane, Middle Hulton. Some time not long after the census the family must have reached the decision to emigrate. And on 27th of June 1883 the then small family boarded the Rohilla in London for their journey to Australia.
The family arrived in Brisbane on 13 October 1883, and apparently settled in Ipswich shortly there after. At the time of their arrival Mary must have been heavily pregnant, giving birth to their 4 child within weeks of arriving in Australia.
Little is know of the family between their arrival in Australia in 1883 and 1900, when mention is made of the family in the electoral records as residing at Railway St in Booval. By this time the family had grown to 9, with the two eldest boys both working in the mines.
David and Mary continued to live at Railway St for the rest of their life. It is here that Edward notes as his home address when he joined the AIF on 17 December 1915 (at the age of 27), and to here all effects were delivered after his death from a gunshot wound in April 1918. It is also to here that pension and memorial documentation were sent and signed for by Mary in 1922.
David died at home from unknown causes on 26 August 1920.
YATES.—
On August 26, after a longillness, David Yates beloved husband of Mary Yates, aged 68 years.
BEREAVEMENT NOTICES.
Mrs. D. YATES and FAMILY, of Railway-st., Booval, wish to sincerelyTHANK all kind friends for sendingcards and wreaths and showingtheir sympathy by attending thefuneral of their deceased husbandand father, Mary, Yates, Booval.
Mary survived by 9 years, eventually passing away at the ripe old age of 78 on 21 April 1929.
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