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Date – sixth August, 1899
Name – John Yates (born at 50, Yorkshire street, Burnley)
Sex - Boy
Father – John Yates
Mother – Ellen Yates, formerly Aspen
Occupation of Father – Beer seller
Informant – J. Yates, father of 50 Yorkshire street, Burnley
Registered – 16 September 1899
Registrar – AA. Bellingham

1901 Census - RG13; Piece: 3861; Folio: 18; Page: 27
50 Yorkshire Street, Burnley
John Yates, Head, Mar, 40yrs, Beer seller pub, b. Blackburn
Ellen Yates, Wife, Mar, 41yrs, b. Blackburn
Alice Yates, Daughter, 17yrs, Milliner, b. Blackburn
Robert Yates, Son, 16yrs, ?, b. Blackburn
Ellen Yates, Daughter, 14yrs, Dressmaker, b. Accrington
Mary Elizabeth Yates, Daughter, 12yrs, b. Accrington
William Yates, Son, 9yrs, b. Burnley
Fred Yates, Son, 7yrs, b. Burnley
Annie Yates, Daughter, 5yrs, b. Burnley
John Yates, Son, 1yr, b. Burnley
Rose Annie Hickman, servant, 22yrs, General Servant, b. Barrow-in-Furness
Mary Hickman, servant, 20yrs, General Servant, b. Barrow-in-Furness

I have Yates but mostly from Chorley/Bolton area. If anyone else has any from that area I will gladly share my info.

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Gloria

I'd be dangerous with a brain.

This John Yates played for Burnley FC.

BURNLEY FC ENGLAND JACK YATES ORIGINAL SIGNATURE 1912
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BURNLEY-FC-ENGLAN ... 240%3A1308

EXTREAMLY RARE LOT OF GREAT MEMORABILIA.
JOHN JACK YATES DIED 1/6/1917,AGED 55.BURNLEYS FIRST EVER INTERNATIONAL PLAYER PASSED AWAY AT HIS HOME IN BURNLEY AFTER A LONG ILLNESS.YATES WAS BORN IN BLACKBURN AND WAS A COTTON WEAVER,PLAYING HIS EARLY FOOTBALL WITH BLACKBURN OLYMPIC.THIS TEAM OF WORKING MEN ASTOUNDED THE FOOTBALL ESTABLISHMENT IN 1883 BY NOT ONLY REACHING THE FA CUP FINAL,BUT BEATING THE HOLDERS,THE OLD ETONIANS,TO BRING THE FAMOUS OLD TROPHY TO THE NORTH OF ENGLAND FOR THE FIRST TIME.AFTER A SPELL WITH ACCRINGTON ,YATES MOVED TO TURF MOOR READY FOR THE ADVENT OF LEAGUE FOOTBALL AND TOOK HIS PLACE IN THE BURNLEY SIDE ON THAT HISTORIC DAY AT PRESTON IN SEPTEMBER 1888.HIS FORM WAS INSPIRED THROUGHOUT THAT INAUGURAL LEAGUE CAMPAIGN AND HIS SHEER CONSISTENCY LED TO THE FULL ENGLAND SIDE TO PLAY IRELAND AT ANFIELD IN MARCH 1889.HE SCORED THREE GOALS IN A 6 V 1 VICTORY,EARNING A UNIQUE PLACE IN BURNLEY FC HISTORY,BUT WAS NEVER CHOSEN FOR HIS COUNTRY AGAIN.IN LATER YEARS HE PLAYED AS AN AMATEUR AND BECAME THE LICENSEE AT THE BRICKMAKERS ARMS IN THE SHADOW OF TURF MOOR.R I P

1;FIRST WE HAVE A FIXTURE CARD FROM THE 1902-03 SEASON ,PRESENTED WITH COMPLIMENTS OF JACK YATES (OLD INTERNATIONAL) LATE BRICKMAKERS ARMS, 7 YORKSHIRE STREET BURNLEY ,PRINTED BY DURGHOPE,STRANGE AND ANDERSON.ON THE OTHER SIDE THERE ARE TEAMS LIKE BURTON UNITED,SMALL HEATH,WOOLWICH ARSENAL,GLOSSOP,BURSLEM PORT VALE,AND MANCHESTER UNITED(FIRST OR SECOND SEASON AS MANCHESTER UNITED,PLUS OTHER TEAMS .

2;A NEWSPAPER CLIPPING WITH A LETTER REGARDING HIS INTERNATIONAL CAP WITH A REPLY ALL ABOUT JACK YATES,AND PICTURE.

3;SCHEDULE THE FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT 1901.A REQUISITION FOR A CERTIFIED COPY OF AN ENTRY OF BIRTH FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED ACT,OR FOR ANY PURPOSE CONNECTED WITH THE EMPLOYMENT IN LABOUR OR ELEMENTORY EDUCATION OF A YOUNG PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF SIXTEEN YEARS,OR OF A CHILD.DATED THIS 8TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1912 AND STAMPED SUPERINTENDENT OFFICE 20 NICHOLAS ST BURNLEY.FOR SON JOHN AGED 13 YEARS 20 DAYS, HIS TIME FOR WORK HAD COME .WITH DAD JOHN JACK HAVING SIGNED THE FORM HIS OCCUPATION BEING BARMAN.

JACK YATES AS HE WAS KNOWN WAS A COMPLETE HERO TO ALL THAT KNEW HIM AND TO HAVE A SIGNATURE OF A MAN WHO PLAYED IN THE 1883 CUP FINAL IS A FANTASTIC PIECE OF FOOTBALL MEMORABILIA.he also played in burnleys first match v preston 8/9/1888