Yoak Family

Yoak is a relatively rare last name and having held the yoak.com domain for about three years I occasionally hear from others to whom I'm related. It occurs to me that someone could stumble upon this site looking for other Yoaks or that some Yoaks may come here looking for more info about the family. I'll start collecting what info I have here.


My Immediate Family
Other Related Yoaks
Family Tree


My Immediate Family

The six of us are all living in Florida right now. Write via email for phone numbers, addresses or other means of contact.


Other Related Yoaks

I'll be making an effort to reach those who have contacted me to see if they'd like to be listed here. If you are a Yoak and would like to be mentioned here, please write.


Here's One
My name is Susan Yoak Giles and I am working on a genealogy of the Yoak family (derived from the German surname "Joch"). I am the daughter of John Wesley Yoak (1924-1972), who was the son of Creed Yoak (1886-1952), who was the son of Isaac Yoak (1829-1908), who was the son of Elias Yoak (1801-1855), who was the son of John Yoak (abt. 1770-1842). I am anxious to share information with others working on the Yoak line. My email addresses are susan_giles@byu.edu (work) or sygiles@aol.com (home).


Susan and I are related. Our family lines cross at Elias Yoak. He is her 2nd great-grandfather and my 4th great-grandfather. Thanks to Susan I can offer this portion of Don Norman's Yoak history that shows my pedigree:

301.IRA PAUL YOAK 151.IRA P. YOAK 59.ELIAS YOAK 11.ROBERT JOHNSON YOAK 2.ELIAS YOAK 1.JOHN YOAK

Ira Paul Yoak, a son of Ira P. and Fannie (Morris) Yoak, was born in Calhoun County WV March 3, 1909 and died April 18, 1981. He married Beulah Wease. His second wife was Mary Knight.

Children of Ira Paul and Beulah (Wease) Yoak.
464. (1). Fannie Mae
m.Virgil Bennett

465. (2). Ralph Lowell
m.Bernetta Richards

466. (3). Violet
m.Jewel Boice

467. (4). Maxine

468. (5). Gene Marie
m.James Thompson

469. (6). Marilyn Sue

Children of Ira Paul and Mary (Knight) Yoak.

470. (1). Donnie Paul

Donnie Paul is my Dad. He no longer goes by "Donnie" though.


Family Tree

There exist at least two family trees for my family stretching back about 200 years. I was handed down a copy of one which I am sure I still have somewhere. Don Norman of Indiana (?) produced the other I know about some time back. It is available here. This is hosted by the RootsWeb Genealogical Data Cooperative and is specifically maintained by The Hacker's Creek Pioneer Descendants which "is an organization dedicated to the history and genealogy of West Virginia concentrating on central West Virginia."



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