Brief Life History of Amos
Amos Gates was born in 1805, in New York, United States. He married Eunice Bernice Wattles in 1829, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He died in 1837, in Joliet, Will, Illinois, United States, at the age of 32.
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Sources (3)
- Amos Lewis Gates in entry for Mary Almyra Cornish, "Minnesota Deaths, 1887-2001"
- Amos Lewis Gates in entry for Mary Almyra Cornish, "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990"
- Amos Lewis Cates in entry for Mary Almyra Cornish, "Minnesota Deaths and Burials, 1835-1990"
Spouse and Children
1805–1837 Male
1805–1901 Female
Children (2)
1830–1907 Female
1832– Female
World Events (8)
1808
Age 3
1812
Age 7
1818
Age 13
Name Meaning
English: variant of Gate with plural or excrescent -s. The English surname Gate has three possible origins: (i) a topographic name from Middle English gate ‘gate’ (Old English geat, dative plural gatum), denoting someone who lived by a gate or set of gates (possibly sometimes an occupational name for a gate keeper; compre Yates); (ii) in northern England, the East Midlands, and East Anglia, a topographic name from Middle English gate ‘street, road, path’ (Old Norse gata) for someone who lived by a road (compare Street ); (iii) a nickname meaning ‘goat’, from northern Middle English gate, gait (Old English gāt, Old Norse geitr).
Americanized form of German Götz (see Goetz ).
Americanized form (translation into English) of French Barrière (see Barriere ).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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