Mary Amelia Gates

Brief Life History of Mary Amelia

When Mary Amelia Gates was born on 26 February 1832, in Livonia Township, Wayne, Michigan, United States, her father, Samuel Gates III, was 27 and her mother, Lydia Downer, was 21. She married James Harvey Gardner on 14 November 1852, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 8 daughters. She lived in Provo, Utah, Utah, United States in 1860 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years. She died on 4 August 1897, in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Pocatello, Bannock, Idaho, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Harvey Gardner
1830–1907
Mary Amelia Gates
1832–1897
Marriage: 14 November 1852
Mary Amelia Gardner
1853–1879
Samantha Jane Gardner
1855–1892
Lydia Alzina Gardner
1856–1913
Polly Ann Gardner
1858–1860
James Harvey Gardner
1860–1947
George Andrew Gardner
1861–1862
Samuel Gates Gardner
1862–1863
Matilda Lenor Gardner
1864–1867
Charles William Gardner
1866–1949
John Alvin Gardner
1869–1938
Joseph Alma Gardner
1870–1871
Jotham Simon Gardner
1872–1873
Annie Cassandra Calvert
1872–1934
Ada Ernestina Gardner
1873–1874
Maria Lucetta Gardner
1876–1877

Sources (38)

  • Mary A Gardner in household of Jas H Gardner, "United States Census, 1860"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900: Mary Amelia Gates
  • Mary A Gates, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"

World Events (8)

1836 · Remember the Alamo

Being a monumental event in the Texas Revolution, The Battle of the Alamo was a thirteen-day battle at the Alamo Mission near San Antonio. In the early morning of the final battle, the Mexican Army advanced on the Alamo. Quickly being overrun, the Texian Soldiers quickly withdrew inside the building. The battle has often been overshadowed by events from the Mexican–American War, But the Alamo gradually became known as a national battle site and later named an official Texas State Shrine.

1839 · Nauvoo is Settled

After the Saints had been chased out of Missouri they moved to a swampy area located next to the Mississippi River. Here they settled and named the place Nauvoo which translates into the city beautiful.

1850 · Tornado Finishes off the Temple

On May 27, 1850, a tornado came through Nauvoo and took the remaining outer walls of the temple. It was the most frightful thing the city had witnessed. Not just a tornado but also lightening, thunder, wind, hail and rain assailed the spot. Over time what was not destroyed by the storm crumbled until only a small amount was left.

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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JAMES HARVEY GARDNER

JAMES HARVEY GARDNER From pg 26-261, in the 3 ring binder, Bingham’s Fort, Weber County DUP, Ogden, UT James Harvey Gardner was born April 10, 1830, in Seneca County, New York, to Moses Isaac Gardn …

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