When William Bates was born in 1849, in England, United Kingdom, his father, George Bates, was 24 and his mother, Hannah Evans, was 18. He married Agnes Evans on 26 December 1876, in Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Staveley, Derbyshire, England in 1871 and Balby, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom in 1891.
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The Crimean War was fought between Russia and an alliance of Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey on the Crimean Peninsula. Russia had put pressure on Turkey which threatened British interests in the Middle East.
The Lendal Bridge was opened in 1863, after a previous failed attempt at building it Thomas Page was brought in to design it. It is an iron bridge styled with the gothic style popular in England. When it was first opened, it was a toll bridge but in 1894, it accepted it’s last toll.
School attendance became compulsory from ages five to ten on August 2, 1880.
English: variant of Bate with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. This surname is also common in Ireland.
Americanized form of German Betz . See also Betts .
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