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The Bates Family Celebrates Christmas 1912

Last Updated May 26, 2019 by Michael Bates 2 Comments

In December 1912, the Santa Ana Register ran an article describing a Christmas celebration at the home of my grandparents, Gilbert and Beatrice [Lockwood] Bates.  Of the twenty-two attendees, at least twenty-one were close family members who had moved from Michigan to California (see Migration – From Michigan to California ).

Dinner And A Tree

The Christmas celebration took place when Beatrice and Gilbert lived in Santa Ana, well before they moved to Ramona in early 1917 and eventually to Valley Center in 1921.  My father Edgar L. was not born until a year later.

Dinner and Tree Clipping
Santa Ana Register (Santa Ana, California) · Dec 26, 1912. Courtesy of Newspapers.com

Attendees

The dinner must have been quite an event, and a chance for all the relatives from Michigan to get together again.  Listed below are the details of how they were related.

  • Gilbert E. Bates and Beatrice E. Lockwood:  the host and hostess, my paternal grandparents
  • Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Holman:  Beatrice’s parents, Franklin J. Holman and Julia A. Spicer
  • Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Hardy:  Gilbert’s sister, Martha J. Bates and husband Arthur (Art) L. Hardy
  • Mr. and Mrs. Claude Cochran:  Martha and Art’s daughter Grace E. Cochran and husband Claude H. Cochran
  • Donald Cochran:  Grace and Claude’s son Donald C. Cochran, age about 2 1/2 months
  • Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bates:  Gilbert’s brother Charles F. Bates and his wife Myrtle B. Hill
  • Willie Bates:  Charles and Myrtle’s son William A. Bates
  • Mr. & Mrs. Clifford Schroer:  Gilbert’s sister Lottie M. Bates and husband Clifford E. Schroer
  • W. H. Bates:  Gilbert’s father William H. Bates
  • Mrs. Ostrander:  Beatrice’s aunt Iora Kopp Lockwood Ostrander, visiting from Michigan
  • Mrs. R. L. Lockwood:  Beatrice’s mother Mayrennie (Rennie) Holman (later Shaw)
  • H. S. Lockwood:  Beatrice’s brother Homer S. Lockwood
  • Bertha Bates:  Gilbert’s sister Bertha E. Bates, later married Frank Miller
  • Clarence Bates: Gilbert and Beatrice’s eldest son, age 3 years
  • Clifford Bates: Gilbert and Beatrice’s next eldest son, age 1 1/2 years
  • Chas Martin:  I’m not certain who this was.

A Second Clipping

Holman Christmas Clipping
Santa Ana Register (Santa Ana, California) · Sat, Dec 28, 1912 Courtesy of Newspapers.com

Two days later the same newspaper again mentioned that the Holmans had attended the Christmas dinner gathering.

Surnames Referenced: Bates, Cochran, Hardy, Holman, Lockwood, Schroer, Spicer People Referenced: Bates, Bertha Edna · Bates, Charles Frederick · Bates, Clarence Frederick · Bates, Clifford Glenn · Bates, Gilbert E (b. 1874) · Bates, Lottie Mae · Bates, Martha Jane · Bates, William Henry (b. 1845) · Cochran, Claude Henry · Cochran, Donald Claude · Cochran, Grace Evelyn · Hardy, Arthur Lyman · Hill, Myrtle Bell · Holman, Franklin J. · Holman, Mayremna O. · Lockwood, Beatrice Emerald · Lockwood, Homer Salsberry · Schroer, Clifford Edward · Spicer, Julia Ann Filed Under: Father's Family Topics: California, Christmas

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  1. Richard Burt says

    December 28, 2018 at 9:01 am

    Mike, That’s amazing you could track the story down. You are quite a researcher.

    Reply
    • Michael Bates says

      December 28, 2018 at 2:09 pm

      Thanks, Dick. Maybe some Hollingsworth posts this year.

      Reply

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