When Eliza Blackmore was born on 24 August 1828, in North Molton, Devon, England, her father, William Blackmore, was 32 and her mother, Charity Gould, was 28. She married Lyman W Gates after 1850, in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Michigan, United States in 1870 and Davison, Genesee, Michigan, United States in 1880. She died on 27 January 1884, in Genesee, Michigan, United States, at the age of 55, and was buried in Davison, Genesee, Michigan, United States.