Ada WATTERSON

Father: Robert F. WATTERSON
Mother: Caroline Theresa NORTON

Family 1: Robert Mearns YERKES
  1. Roberta Watterson YERKES
  2. David Norton YERKES 
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 _Robert F. WATTERSON _____|
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|--Ada WATTERSON 
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|                           _Washington Adams NORTON _|
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|_Caroline Theresa NORTON _|
                           |                                             _Alexander HARPER ______
                           |                           _John A. HARPER _|_Elizabeth BARTHOLOMEW _
                           |_Caroline HARPER _________|
                                                      |                  _John MINOR ____________
                                                      |_Lorain MINOR ___|_Loraine RICE __________
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Household Record 1880 United States Census Search results | Download Previous Household Next Household -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Household: Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Moth er's Birthplace Carrie N. WATTERSON Self W Female W 32 OH Keeping House NY OH Frankie WATTERSON Dau S Female W 8 OH --- --- Ada WATTERSON Dau S Female W 6 OH --- --- David N. WATTERSON Son S Male W 3 OH --- --- Caroline K. NORTON Mother W Female W 60 OH Home NY NY John A. NORTON Other S Male W 34 OH Bank Clerk --- --- _______________________________ T=The {Great apes, a study of anthropoid life, by Robert M. Yerkes ... and Ada W. Yerkes, Rob ert Mearns, 1876-1956. Yerkes, Ada Watterson. Robert M. Yerkes was born on May 26, 1876 . Joining with John D. Dodson , Yerkes developed th e Yerkes-Dodson law relating motivation to performance. Mainly a comparative psychologist, Ye rkes studied chimpanzee behavior. As APA president in 1917, Yerkes was instrumental in shapin g the response of psychologists to the demands of World War I , the first large-scale progra m of applied psychology. Robert M. Yerkes born May 26, 1876, Breadysville, Pa., U.S. died Feb. 3, 1956, New Haven, Con n. _________________________________ Name: Robert M Yerkes Age: 53 years Estimated birth year: 1876 Birthplace: Pennsylvania Relat ion to Head-of-house: Head Race: White Home in 1930: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Occupa tion: Professor at University Image Source: Year: 1930; Census Place: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut; Roll: T626_276; P age: 11A; Enumeration District: 60; Image: 0757. _________________________________ Connecticut Death Index Online: ADA W YERKES 16 October 1963 New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut 89 Years White Female Widowed __________________________________ Name: ROBER M YERKES Death Date: 03 February 1956 Death Place: New Haven, New Haven, Connecti cut Age: 79 Years Birth Date: xxxYOB Marital Status: Married Spouse: ADA State File #: 0302 6 Residence: New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut Gender: Male Race: White _____________________________ New Haven Vital Statistics 165 Church Street New Haven CT 06510- (203) 946-8084 _______________________________ Yerkes, Ada Watterson Accession Number: 4681621 Source Citation: Woman's Who's Who of America . A biographical dictionary of contemporary women of the United States and Canada, 1914-1915. Edited by John William Leonard. New York: American Commonwealth Co., 1914.(WomWWA) _______________________________ ADA WATTERSON Thank you for visiting the Cleveland Public Library. Here are the records fro m the Cleveland Necrology File you requested. 1. Saved Record from Search: kw: (Yerkes) Id# : 0792706 Name: Yerkes, Mrs. Robert M. Date: Oct 17 1963 Source: Plain Dealer Notes: Mrs. Ro bert M. Yerkes, wife of the late professor of psychobiology of Yale University, and a forme r Clevelander, died yesterday at her home in New Haven, Conn. She was 89. Mrs. Yerkes, thefo rmer Ada Watterson, was married to Prof. Yerkes in 1905. Her husband was a specialist in th e study of primates, monkeys and apes, and had founded the Yale Laboratory of primate biolo gy at Orange Park, Fla. He died in 1956. Mrs. Yerkes was graduated from Barnard College. Sh e taught botany there prior to her marriage. Survivors include a daughter, a son and one gr andchild. Services will be tomorrow in Yale University's Dwight Chapel.



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