Lydia Gates

Brief Life History of Lydia

When Lydia Gates was born on 11 March 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Samuel Gates III, was 40 and her mother, Lydia Downer, was 34. She died on 31 July 1852, in Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, at the age of 7.

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Family Time Line

Samuel Gates III
1804–1877
Lydia Downer
1810–1896
Susan Gates
1830–1831
Mary Amelia Gates
1832–1897
George Washington Gates
1834–1922
Genet Gates
1836–1899
Lucetta Mariah Gates
1837–1879
Harriett Gates
1839–1907
Huldah Gates
1841–1842
Hyram Gates
1841–
Charles Downer Gates
1843–1844
Lydia Gates
1845–1852
Samuel Bertholf Gates
1849–1861
Nancy Jane Gates
1850–1872

Sources (3)

  • Lydia Gates in household of William D Ferguson, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Lydia Gates, "Illinois, Hancock County, Nauvoo Community Project, 1839-1846 (BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy)"
  • Research Log for Lydia Gates by BYU Center for Family History and Genealogy

World Events (5)

1846

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1846 · First Nauvoo Temple Dedicated

On May 1-3, 1846, the Nauvoo Illinois Temple was fully dedicated. It was the second temple that had been built by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was the first temple with an angel Moroni on top, in the case of this temple it also doubled as a weather vane. Before the saints left Nauvoo they gathered in great numbers to go through.

1848 · Chicago Board of Trade is organized

Starting as a voluntary association to help buyers and sellers meet to negotiate and make contracts. The Chicago Board of Trade is one of the oldest futures and options exchanges in the world and it is open 22 hours per day to stay competitive.

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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