Elizabeth Lee "Bessie" Yagle

1878 - 1952  (73 years)

• Name	Elizabeth Lee "Bessie" Yagle
  Birth	5 Jun 1878	Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania   [1]
  Alternate birth	Abt 1879  [2]
  Baptism	13 Sep 1879	North Presbyterian Church, Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania   [3]
  Gender	Female
  Death	31 May 1952	San Jose, Santa Clara, California   [4, 5]
  Burial	Calvary Catholic Cemetery, San Jose, Santa Clara, California   [5]
  Siblings	1 sibling
  + 1. Elizabeth Lee "Bessie" Yagle ,   b. 5 Jun 1878, Allegheny, Allegheny, Pennsylvania d. 31 May 1952, San Jose, Santa Clara, California  (Age 73 years) ▻ Joseph James Armetta ,  m. Aft 19 Dec 1894 ;  John Joseph "Jack" Foley ,  m. Aft 16 Oct 1900   2. Charles Henry Yagle, Jr. ,   b. Bef 31 May 1884
  Person ID	I31235	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of ASF
  Last Modified	1 Dec 2020

  
  

  Father	Charles Henry Yagle, Sr.,   b. Abt 1843, Ohio d. Bef 12 Jun 1896, Santa Clara County, California (Age ~ 53 years)
  Mother	Eliza Ellen Boggs,   b. 7 Jun 1843, Kentucky d. 28 Feb 1929, Santa Clara County, California (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	Aft 5 Oct 1864  [6]
  Notes	5 Oct 1864 is the date on the second of two love letters from Charles Henry Yagle to Eliza Ellen Boggs quoted in the research notes of Patrick Foley; in both letters it is absolutely clear that they are a courting couple, not yet married.
  Family ID	F18588	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Joseph James Armetta,   b. 3 Apr 1873, Lousiana d. 29 Jan 1949, Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	Aft 19 Dec 1894	California   [7]
  Notes	Date of marriage license.
  Children	1. Margaret Mildred Armetta,   b. 9 Aug 1895   d. 14 Sep 1943, Merced, Merced, California (Age 48 years)
  Family ID	F18626	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Dec 2020

  
  

  Family 2	John Joseph "Jack" Foley,   b. 22 Jul 1871, San Jose, Santa Clara, California d. 2 Apr 1955, San Jose, Santa Clara, California (Age 83 years)
  Marriage	Aft 16 Oct 1900	San Jose, Santa Clara, California   [8]
  Children	+ 1. Howard Patrick Foley,   b. 14 Aug 1902, San Jose, Santa Clara, California d. 9 May 1986, San Jose, Santa Clara, California (Age 83 years) + 2. John Dennis Foley, Sr.,   b. 14 May 1908, Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California d. 18 Oct 1975, Santa Clara County, California (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F18541	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Dec 2020

  
  

• Notes

  Her Find a Grave page gives her place of birth as Allegheny West, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. We believe this is confused. Both Philadelphia and Pittsburgh contain areas dating back to the 19th century called "Allegheny West." And a record of North Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh records the baptism of "Betsy Lee Yagle", parents "Charles and L. E. Yagle", on 13 Sep 1879. Furthermore, census records show that her father Charles was born in Ohio and her mother Eliza in Kentucky. Along with Detroit and Cleveland, Pittsburgh was a common catchment point for Ohio River Valley people looking for work in the city; Philadelphia was distinctly less so. Furthermore, the 1878 city directory of Pittsburgh shows her father living there, a clerk, at 136 Jackson. Furthermore, the 1880 census shows her age 1, living with her parents in Allegheny, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. The municipality of Allegheny was annexed into Pittsburgh in 1907. Finally, her grandson Patrick Foley writes, in correspondence, "I believe Bessie Yagle was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, which later became Pittsburgh. Her parents lived there as early as 1860 and as late as 1880." In April 1894 her older sister Lida Alice married Antonio Lawrence Armetta, a Roman Catholic fruit dealer of Italian descent who was born in Louisiana. In December of that same year Bessie Yagle, aged 16, married Antonio's brother Joseph. Lida's marriage to Antonio lasted and produced six children, and according to Patrick Foley, "[t]he Armettas were an important part of the extended family in which Bessie's children grew up. Their home in San Jose was the scene of large gatherings of the extended family." Bessie's marriage to Joseph, however, must have ended before 17 Oct 1900, the date on which she and John Joseph Foley obtained a license to marry in San Jose.

  
  

• Sources

  [S58] California Death Index, 1940-1997, on ancestry.com., date and state only. [S2244] 1880 United States Federal census, on ancestry.com. [S2626] U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, on ancestry.com. [S58] California Death Index, 1940-1997, on ancestry.com., date and county only. [S4994] Find a Grave page for Bessie Yagle Foley. [S5092] "Charles Henry Yagle", research draft by Patrick Foley, shared with ASF and PNH 1 Dec 2020. [S5089] California, U.S., County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980, on ancestry.com. [S5088] "Marriage Licenses." San Francisco Call, 17 Oct 1900, p. 11.