William Arthur Bate

Brief Life History of William Arthur

When William Arthur Bate was born about 21 February 1870, in American Fork, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, William Edward Bate, was 23 and his mother, Hannah Shelley, was 22. He married Ida Ann Bills about 7 June 1893, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Grant, Fremont, Idaho, United States in 1910 and Rigby, Jefferson, Idaho, United States in 1920. He died on 17 March 1936, in Clark, Jefferson, Idaho, United States, at the age of 66, and was buried in Riverton City Cemetery, Riverton, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Arthur Bate
1870–1936
Ida Ann Bills
1876–1898
Marriage: about 7 June 1893
Clyde Arthur Bate
1894–1961
Ethel Viola Bate
1895–1947
Jesse Walter Bate
1896–1979

Sources (39)

  • William Arthur Bate, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • 1899 Marriage of Harriett Green to William A. Bate, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
  • 1936 Obituary of William Arthur Bate, "Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007"

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Earliest dated memorial marker: Ida Bates BIRTH unknown DEATH 1874 BURIAL Riverton City Cemetery, Riverton, Salt Lake County, Utah, USA PLOT 13-15-6 MEMORIAL ID 31041269

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Name Meaning

from the Middle English personal name Bate. It could represent an unrecorded Old English name Bata, or a form of Batte, a short form of Anglo-Norman French names beginning with Bart-, such as Bartelmeu (see Bartholomew ) or Bartram (see Bertram ).

perhaps a topographic name from an unrecorded Middle English antecedent of the modern English dialect bate ‘river island or land liable to flooding’.

English:

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

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Notes from an interview with Austin Leo Bate 28 November 1984

Austin Leo Bate 28 November 1984 by Kerry William Bate [Austin's sister] Rose: was the oldest one. She was a real nice person, she was dad's favorite, near as I can gather. 'Course she was a lot olde …

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