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Ada Yerkes (Watterson)

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Birthplace: ohio
Death: October 16, 1963 (89)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Robert Frank Watterson and Caroline Theresa Watterson
Wife of Robert Yerkes
Mother of Roberta Blanshard and Private
Sister of Roberta Franc Diebitech and David Norton Watterson

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About Ada Yerkes

"My father was Robert Frank Watterson and my mother was Carrie Theresa Norton. Whatever records there may have been of the Watterson family were in the possession of my father’s older brothers and no one knows what has become of them. The only member of the family with who I am still in contact is my cousin, Evangeline, daughter of Moses George, fifth of Father’s nine brothers. So the story is quickly told... "

an excerpt from Family Matters, written by Ada Watterson Yerkes

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Who's who in New England - Google Books Resultby Albert Nelson Marquis - 1915 - New England; Silas Marshall and Susanna Addis (Carrell) Yerkes; AB. ... Ada Watterson, of New York City, 1905. Began as teacher and Investigator at Harvard, 1901, ...

Encyclopedia of Cleveland History:OGLEBAY NORTON CO.Ada Watterson Yerkes Papers, WRHS. Oglebay Norton Co. Oglebay Norton Co. (1979). Oglebay Norton & Co. Raw Materials for the Metallurgical, Ceramic, ...

Among them was The Great Apes: A Study of Anthropoid Life, an influential book he coauthored with his wife, Ada Watterson Yerkes. He also started the first ...

Chronology: Psychologists and Their Theories - Resources1929: Robert Yerkes publishes The Great Apes: A Study of Anthropoid Life, coauthored with his wife, Ada Watterson Yerkes. ...

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Ada Yerkes's Timeline

1873
November 6, 1873
ohio
1907
September 19, 1907
1963
October 16, 1963
Age 89
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