Brief Life History of Joseph
When Joseph Goates was born on 30 September 1874, in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States, his father, Joseph William Goates, was 24 and his mother, Malissa Losee, was 20. He married Clara Evans on 31 August 1899, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died on 9 November 1906, in Blackfoot, Bingham, Idaho, United States, at the age of 32, and was buried in Lehi, Utah, Utah, United States.
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- Joseph Goats in household of Joseph W Goats, "United States Census, 1880"
- 1874 Joseph Goates - Birth Record, "Lehi Ward (UT) Record of members"
- Joseph Goates, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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World Events (8)
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
1875 · A New Civil Rights Act
During the response to civil rights violations to African Americans, the bill was passed giving African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury duty. While many in the public opposed this law, the African Americans greatly favored it.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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.
Story Highlight
My connection to this great-grandfather comes through the memorabilia that I treasure from my grandpa Goates. I have read his letters from his mission in SF at the turn of the 20th century. It boggl …
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