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Rebecca Yates (Harris)

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States
Death: January 22, 1929 (84)
Lake Point, Tooele County, Utah, United States
Place of Burial: Lake Point, Tooele County, Utah, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Emer Harris and Polly Harris
Wife of William Joseph Taylor; Absalom Yates and Hans Peter Peterson
Mother of Rebecca Harriet Tracy; Emer Harris Taylor; Charles H Yates and Alma Harris Peterson
Half sister of Fannie Melvina Harris; Joseph Mormon Harris; Alma Harris; Charles Elisha Harris; Selina Harris and 10 others

Managed by: Jill Marie Jones
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About Rebecca Yates

Parents: Emer Harris (1781 - 1869) and Polly Chamberlin Harris (1812 - 1849)

Spouses: Absolem Yates (1817 - 1884), William Joseph Taylor (1832 - 1869), Hans Peter Peterson (1846 - 1912)

Children: Rebecca Harriet Taylor Tracy (1868 - 1959), Charles H. Yates (1883 - 1970)

Siblings:

Martin Henderson Harris (1820 - 1889)

Dennison Lott Harris (1824 - 1885)

Fannie Melvina Harris (1827 - 1841)

Joseph Mormon Harris (1830 - 1909)

Alma Harris (1832 - 1900)

Charles Harris (1834 - 1916)**

Rebecca Harris Yates (1844 - 1929)

Created by: Kit and Morgan Benson

Record added: May 16, 2005

Find A Grave Memorial# 10972883 Within the research archives at the International Daughters of Utah Pioneers (300 North Main Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84103-1699) is an extensive History of Rebecca Harris Yates that is by her daughter Rebecca Harriet (Taylor) Tracy and her granddaughter Madeline Estella Peterson Smith.


Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

Harris, Rebecca

Birth Date: 24 Dec. 1845 Death Date: 22 Jan. 1929 Gender: Female Age: 4 Company: Unidentified Companies (1850)

Pioneer Information: She likely traveled with her aunt Naomi Kellogg's family in 1850 after the death of her mother. She is enumerated with the Kellogg family in the 1850 Utah census.

SOURCE: http://lds.org/churchhistory/library/pioneerdetails/1,15791,4018-1-...


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Rebecca Yates's Timeline

1844
December 24, 1844
Nauvoo, Hancock County, Illinois, United States
1866
January 29, 1866
Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
1868
April 10, 1868
Provo, Utah County, Utah Territory, United States
1871
August 11, 1871
Provo, Utah, Ut
1883
1883
Lake Point, Tooele County, Utah Territory, United States
1929
January 22, 1929
Age 84
Lake Point, Tooele County, Utah, United States