Robert Cates

Brief Life History of Robert

When Robert Cates was born on 23 November 1807, in Cutler, Washington, Maine, United States, his father, Samuel Cates, was 24 and his mother, Priscilla Benson, was 19. He married Abigail Drew in 1839, in Maine, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He died in 1861, in Cutler, Washington, Maine, United States, at the age of 54, and was buried in Cutler Cemetery, Cutler, Washington, Maine, United States.

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Family Time Line

Robert Cates
1807–1861
Abigail Drew
1812–1873
Marriage: 1839
Lewis Stillman Cates
1843–1868
Deborah Lavinda Cates
1845–1918
Alden Z Cates
1847–1918
John Jason Cates
1849–1929
Agnes Cates
1851–1946
Joseph O Cates
1854–1922

Sources (21)

  • Robert Cates, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Levis S Cates, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Robt. in entry for Charles A. Woodbury and Agnes B. Coats, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"

World Events (7)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1820

Maine is the 23rd state.

1824

Oldest Grave Seen in the Memorials List

Name Meaning

English (Middlesex and Surrey): from the Middle English reflex of the Old Norse male personal name Káti, Kati, Kate (from kátr ‘merry’), with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s (Kate was not in use as a pet form of Catherine during the Middle Ages). See also Kates .

Americanized form of German Katz . See also Kates .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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