Agnes YEATS

Bef 1834 - 1919  (84 years)

• Name	Agnes YEATS
  Birth	Bef 14 Sep 1834	Somers Town, Middlesex
  Christening	14 Sep 1834	St Andrew's, Holborn, Middlesex   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	41C3CA4CA0CD4015A975D0500EE520BBE8BE
  Death	11 Jun 1919	Ramsgate, Kent   [2]
  Burial	St Bartholomew Churchyard, Goodnestone, Kent   [3]
  Notes	Baptised the daughter of Lukyn & Maria YATES. Agnes' surname was originally YATES; she appears to have changed it to YEATS after leaving home in the 1850s. 1861 census: at 42 Hawley Square, Margate St John the Baptist, Kent: Agnes YEATS (head, unmarried, 27, schoolmistress, born Somers Town, Midllesex) and 6 pupils aged from 5 and 8 and a 17 year-old house servant. 1871 census: at 19 Hawley Square, Margate, Kent: Agnes YEATS (head, unmarried, 37, schoolmistress, born Somers Town, Midllesex), Margaret YEATS (sister, unmarried, 23, teacher, born Chelsea, Middlesex), 4 other teachers, 4 general servants and 47 scholars aged from 6 to 12. 1881 census: see John Hughes MURTON's Notes. 1891 census: at 71 Seymour Terrace, Crescent Road, Ramsgate, Kent, Agnes MURTON (head, widow, 55, living on her own means, born St Pancras, London), Muriel W HICKLING (niece, 13, scholar, born Westbourne --, London) and a general servant. 1901 census: at 71 Crescent Road, Ramsgate, Kent, Agnes MURTON (head, widow, 66, living on own means, born St Pancras, London), Emma YEATS (sister, single, 64, born St Pancras, London) and a domestic servant. 1911 census: at 37 Crescent Road, Ramsgate, Kent (8 rooms), Agnes MURTON (head, widow, 77, private means, born Somers Town, London), Emma YEATS (sister, single, 75, born Chelsea, London), Margaret YEATS (sister, 63, single, companion housekeeper and a general domestic servant. England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995: MURTON Agnes of 71 Seymour-terrace 37 Crescent-road Ramsgate widow died 11 June 1919 Probate London 17 September to John Bayly auctioneer and estate agent and Charles Frederick Rowe estate agent's clerk. Effects £2004 11s. 6d.
  Person ID	I6154	Ash, Kent
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Lukyn YATES,   b. Abt 1812, Kirby Lonsdale, Westmoreland d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Maria ATHAY,   b. Abt 1810, Shepham, Somerset d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	30 May 1832	St Mary's, St Marylebone, Middlesex   [4]
  	Lukyn Yeats of the District-Rectory of St Mary, St Marylebone, bachelor and Maria Athay of the District-Rectory of St Mary, St Marylebone, spinster, married by banns. Lukyn signed, Maria marked. Witnesses Henry Montague, Mary Montague both signed.
  Family ID	F1829	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	John Hughes MURTON,   b. 1810, Goodnestone, Kent d. 24 Mar 1886, Faversham, Kent (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	Dec 1875	Thanet RD   [5]
  Family ID	F1828	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Dec 2025

  
  

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  [S336] England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, ancestry.com, July 2014 and later. [S3] BMD index, aged 86, Q2 1919 Thanet 2a/1130. (Reliability: 3). [S346] findagrave.com, December 2014 and later. [S399] London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1940. [S3] BMD index, Q4 1875 Thanet 2a/1486. (Reliability: 3).