Brief Life History of Harriett
When Harriett Gates was born on 19 March 1839, in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States, her father, Samuel Gates III, was 35 and her mother, Lydia Downer, was 28. She married Charles Drake Cazier on 12 June 1858, in Payson, Utah, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. She lived in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States in 1880 and Star Valley, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1900. She died on 3 April 1907, in Afton, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Afton Cemetery, Afton, Lincoln, Wyoming, United States.
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- Harriet Cazier in household of Chas Cazier, "United States Census, 1860"
- Harriet Gates Cazier, "BillionGraves Index"
- Harriet Gates Cazier, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Record of Members (Worldwide), 1836-1970"
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1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1847
Historical Boundaries: 1847: Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States
1857 · The State Capital moves to Des Moines
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
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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Life Sketch of Harriet Gates
Harriett Gates was born 19 March 1839 at Livonia, Wayne, Michigan. She is sixth of eleven children born to Samuel Gates and Lydia Downer. The 1850 United States Census shows Harriett E. Gates as a t …
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