Brief Life History of Henry VanBlake
When Henry VanBlake Gates was born on 9 July 1839, in New Hampshire, United States, his father, Henry A "Harry" Gates, was 35 and his mother, Mary Ann "Polly" Chase, was 39. He married Sarah Jane Henderson on 1 April 1860, in New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He lived in Edwards, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1870 and Sheridan Township, Newaygo, Michigan, United States for about 20 years. He died on 25 September 1915, in Fremont, Newaygo, Michigan, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery, Fremont, Newaygo, Michigan, United States.
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- Henry Gates in household of Henry Gates, "United States Census, 1850"
- Henry V. Gates, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"
- Menzo Gates, "Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952"
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World Events (8)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1855
Oldest grave in the memorials list
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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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