This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Yearley, Yearly, Early Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/XeB.2ACE/3331.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: So, Samuel and James Early living in 1870 District 4 are likely the 1850 Samuel and James Yarley? That would suggest that "Yearly" was pronounced "Early"--silent "Y". Samuel ware recently married in 1870, and was in his 50s, which might suggest a divorce or death of his family.