George Albert Goates

Brief Life History of George Albert

When George Albert Goates was born on 2 June 1882, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, George Hyrum Goates, was 18 and his mother, Louisa Munns, was 20. He married Della May Jensen on 28 November 1906, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Utah, Utah, United States in 1910 and Salt Lake City Ward 6, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 17 April 1944, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, at the age of 61, and was buried in Lehi City Cemetery, Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

George Albert Goates
1882–1944
Della May Jensen
1883–1963
Marriage: 28 November 1906
Wallace Albert Goates
1907–1996
Harold Munns Goates
1910–1994
Alden Collis Goates
1912–1967
Cloyd Denning Goates
1920–2009

Sources (47)

  • George A Goates, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
  • George A Goates, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
  • George Albert Goates, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"

World Events (8)

1886

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1896 · Utah becomes a state

After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition, that all forms of polygamy were to be banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.

1899

Germany annexes Western Samoa, the U.S. takes over eastern Samoa and Britain withdraws its claim to the islands in accordance with treaty between Germany, Britain and the U.S.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Goate with plural or post-medieval excrescent -s, from Middle English gote, occasionally got(te) ‘watercourse, channel, stream’ (Old English gota), a topographic name denoting someone who lived by a watercourse, or a habitational name from a place so named, such as East Goit (East Yorkshire), Goat Farm in Ringmer (Sussex), or Goat Farm in Streat (Sussex). This element is widely found in minor placenames in northern England, where it survives as dialect gote, goit. Alternatively, Goate may derive from Middle English got(e) ‘goat’ (Old English gāt), either as an occupational name for someone who looked after goats, or as a nickname for someone who resembled a goat in some way; the animal was associated with lascivious behaviour.

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

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Francis ' Account of Charles Hyrum Goates and Family Deaths in 1918

While I was on the farm, the family had a very serious tragedy happen. In October of 1918 the influenza epidemic was rampant. My brother Charles Hyrum Goates and his whole family contracted the flu. …

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