Brief Life History of Samuel
When Samuel Gates III was born on 14 March 1804, in Genesee, New York, United States, his father, Samuel Gates Jr, was 50 and his mother, Annetje Bertholf, was 27. He married Lydia Downer on 4 February 1830, in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 8 daughters. He lived in Livonia, Wayne, Michigan, United States in 1840 and Utah, United States in 1870. He died on 7 August 1877, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- Samuel Gates, "United States Census, 1840"
- Legacy NFS Source: Samuel Gates Jr - Individual or family possessions: birth:
- Samuel Gates, "Find A Grave Index"
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1805
The Territory of Michigan was organized as an incorporated territory of the United States on June 30, 1805, with Detroit as the territorial capital.
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
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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Samuel Gates
SAMUEL GATES *Written by Shari H. Franke. Samuel is her 3rd Great-Grandfather* Samuel was born March 14, 1804 in Catharine, Tioga, New York. He died August 7, 1877 in Lynne (now Ogden, at Five …
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