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Roscoe Ates was an American vaudeville performer, actor of stage and screen, comedian and musician who primarily featured in western films and television. He was best known as western character Soapy Jones.
Sources
- 1900 Census: "1900 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1900; Census Place: Beat 4, Lawrence, Mississippi; Roll: 815; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 0071
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #28023004 (accessed 5 October 2025)
Belelleve Ates (6), single son, in household of George Ates (43) at Beat 4, Lawrence, Mississippi. Born in Mississippi, USA.
- 1910 Census: "1910 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1910; Census Place: Hattiesburg Ward 1, Forrest, Mississippi; Roll: T624_739; Page: 4a; Enumeration District: 0011; FHL microfilm: 1374752
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #149652254 (accessed 5 October 2025)
Bell Yates (15), single son, Messenger, in household of Geoge B Yates (53) in Hattiesburg Ward 1, Forrest, Mississippi, USA. Born in Mississippi.
- 1930 Census: "1930 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1930; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0041; FHL microfilm: 2339868
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #90203610 (accessed 5 October 2025)
Rosco B Ates (35), married, Actor, head of household at 5?? De Longpre Ave, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA. Born in Mississippi.
- 1940 Census: "1940 United States Federal Census"
Year: 1940; Census Place: Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California; Roll: m-t0627-00377; Page: 63B; Enumeration District: 60-1315
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #72593206 (accessed 5 October 2025)
Roscoe Ates (43), married, Actor, head of household in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Born in Mississippi.
- 1950 Census: "1950 United States Federal Census"
National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California; Roll: 2128; Page: 76; Enumeration District: 19-215
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #261130693 (accessed 5 October 2025)
Roscoe B Ates (54), married, Actor, head of household in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. Born in Mississippi.
- Wikipedia entry: Wikipedia contributors, "Roscoe Ates"
Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (accessed 15 September 2025)
See also:
- Wikidata: Item Q3442320, en:Wikipedia
