Born: c. 1912
Died: c. June 19, 1983
Married: Augusta H. Du Val
Children: Alfred J. Yardley Jr., Pamela H. Paul
Alfred Jenkins Yardley was the son of industrialist Farnham Yardley who was an original member of the Saranac Club of Bartlett's Carry.
New York Times, June 19, 1983
ALFRED J. YARDLEY
Alfred J. Yardley, board chairman of Jenkins Brothers of Norwalk, Conn., and Jenkins Canada of Lachine, Quebec, died of cardiac failure Friday at Norwalk Hospital. Mr. Yardley, a resident of Darien, Conn., and Lyford Cay, the Bahamas, was 71 years old.
He was born in West Orange, N.J., and worked for Jenkins Brothers for more than 50 years. He became president in 1947 and board chairman in 1976. The company, founded in 1864 by his greatgrandfather, is one of the oldest valve manufacturing companies in the country.
He is survived by his wife, Augusta; a son, Alfred J. Jr., of New York; a daughter, Pamela H. Paul of Jacksonville, Fla., and five grandchildren.
