Robert Yates: Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest

Generation: 1

1.
Robert Yates (son of Howard L. Yates and Marion Brockway); died Bef 29 Jan 2001.
Robert — . [Group Sheet]
Children:

Bryan Yates

Robyn Yates

Generation: 2

Howard L. Yates was born 1919; died 30 Mar 1948, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

Howard married Marion Brockway 24 May 1941. Marion (daughter of Harry Brockway and Martha Mae Mateer) was born 18 Aug 1919, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 29 Dec 2001, Edina, Minnesota; was buried Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Marion Brockway was born 18 Aug 1919, Joliet, Will County, Illinois (daughter of Harry Brockway and Martha Mae Mateer); died 29 Dec 2001, Edina, Minnesota; was buried Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, Joliet, Will County, Illinois

Children:

1. Robert Yates died Bef 29 Jan 2001.

Generation: 3

Harry Brockway was born 28 Apr 1884, Illinois; died Dec 1973, New Lenox, Will, Illinois; was buried Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, Joliet, Will County, Illinois

Notes:

Belonged to Masonic Lodge in Joliet. Occupation carpenter.
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Reference:
Social Security Death Index.

Harry married Martha Mae Mateer 15 Sep 1917, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. Martha (daughter of Samuel Alexander Mateer and Mary Charlotte Butler) was born 25 Apr 1889, El Dorado, Kansas; died 14 Sep 1966, New Lenox, Will County, Illinois; was buried Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

Martha Mae Mateer was born 25 Apr 1889, El Dorado, Kansas (daughter of Samuel Alexander Mateer and Mary Charlotte Butler); died 14 Sep 1966, New Lenox, Will County, Illinois; was buried Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

Other Events:

Census: 1940, Joliet, Will County, Illinois

Notes:

Eastern Star.
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Reference:
Social Security Death Index.

Children:

3. Marion Brockway was born 18 Aug 1919, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 29 Dec 2001, Edina, Minnesota; was buried Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

Generation: 4

14.

Samuel Alexander Mateer was born 9 Jan 1843, Landisburg, Perry County, Pennsylvania (son of Francis Andrew "Frank" Mateer and Catherine Ann Barnes); died 16 Nov 1929, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 19 Nov 1929, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

Other Events:

Census: 1880, Joliet, Will County, Illinois

Notes:

Member of Masonic Lodge and Knight Temple in Joliet IL - member of Shrine Medinah Temple in Chicago IL. Member of 1st Presbyterian Church, Joliet, IL. "Was second cousin to the two Mateer missionaries in China. They were first cousins to Samuel Mateer's father."

Moved to Hogestown, to Mechanicsburg.

Listed in 1884 Joliet, Will County, Illinois directory as clerk for Hobbs Brothers residing at 709 Exchange.

Samuel married Mary Charlotte Butler 5 Nov 1868, Will County, Illinois. Mary (daughter of John W. Butler and Martha Wells) was born 28 Jun 1850, Lockport, Niagara County, New York; died 10 Jul 1947, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 12 Jul 1947, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois. [Group Sheet]

15.

Mary Charlotte Butler was born 28 Jun 1850, Lockport, Niagara County, New York (daughter of John W. Butler and Martha Wells); died 10 Jul 1947, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 12 Jul 1947, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.

Other Events:

Census: 1860, Lockport, Niagara County, New York
Census: 1880, Joliet, Will County, Illinois
Census: 1940, 511 West Jefferson, Joliet, Will County, Illinois

Notes:

License number 3432, groom surname listed as Matuer.

Children:

Mabel Frances Mateer was born 10 Sep 1870, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 31 Dec 1913, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 1 Jan 1914, Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.
Frank Wells Mateer was born 4 Feb 1872, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 9 May 1933, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; was buried 12 May 1933, Acacia Park Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois.
John Louis "Don" Mateer was born 23 Nov 1874, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 3 Apr 1950, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried 6 Apr 1950, Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.
Fred De Loss Mateer was born 8 Sep 1876, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 12 Dec 1971, Evanston, Cook County, Illinois; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.
Agnes Irene Mateer was born 28 Nov 1878, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 10 May 1952; was buried Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.
Charles Butler Mateer was born 27 Dec 1881, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 20 May 1951, Rutland, Rutland County, Vermont; was buried Evergreen Cemetery.
Arthur Mateer was born Abt Jul 1884, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; died 27 Sep 1884; was buried Belle Vista Cemetery, El Darado, Butler County, Kansas.
Stella Alice Mateer was born 14 Dec 1886, El Dorado, Kansas; died Oct 1976, New Lenox, Will County, Illinois; was buried Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.
7. Martha Mae Mateer was born 25 Apr 1889, El Dorado, Kansas; died 14 Sep 1966, New Lenox, Will County, Illinois; was buried Oakwood Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.
William Gilbert Mateer was born 26 Oct 1890, El Dorado, Kansas; died 14 Jul 1974, Joliet, Will County, Illinois; was buried Elmhurst Memorial Cemetery, Joliet, Will County, Illinois.