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Highlighting My Bates Lineage

Last Updated July 15, 2019 by Michael Bates 4 Comments

The Gilbert Bates Family

This article provides an overview of my Bates lineage.  It covers the four generations of the Bates family that I have been able to trace so far, starting in 1795.  I have included a brief biographical sketch about each generation and listed other family names connected to the Bates family tree. Read more »about Highlighting My Bates Lineage

Surnames Referenced: Bates, Hollingsworth, Lockwood, Steele, Udell People Referenced: Bates, Bertha Edna · Bates, Charles Frederick · Bates, Clarence Frederick · Bates, Clifford Glenn · Bates, Edgar Lewis · Bates, George · Bates, Gilbert (b. 1843) · Bates, Gilbert E (b. 1874) · Bates, Jane · Bates, Lottie Mae · Bates, Martha Jane · Bates, William Henry (b. 1845) · Emery, Daniel · Hardy, Arthur Lyman · Hill, Myrtle Bell · Hollingsworth, Janet Louise · Lockwood, Beatrice Emerald · Steele, Amanda (b. 1851) · Udell, Mary Filed Under: Father's Family Topics: Lineage

A Memorial Book By Otto S. Lewis

Last Updated July 17, 2021 by Michael Bates 1 Comment

This article is about a book written by Otto S. Lewis after his wife and two children perished in the shipwreck of the SS Columbia in 1907.  Titled ‘In Memory of My Beloved Wife Mabel B. Lewis and Children Florence and Ray’, it is one of those rare finds that provide both an in-depth look at… Read more »about A Memorial Book By Otto S. Lewis

Surnames Referenced: Holman, Lewis, Lockwood People Referenced: Holman, Franklin J. · Holman, Mabel Blanche · Holman, Mayremna O. · Lewis, Florence Carr · Lewis, Otto Shumway · Lewis, Ray Carr Filed Under: Father's Family Topics: book, shipwreck, SS Columbia

The Shipwreck Of The SS Columbia

Last Updated March 26, 2018 by Michael Bates 10 Comments

SS Columbia Headline

In this article, I take a look at events surrounding the 1907 shipwreck and sinking of the SS Columbia as reported in various newspapers of the time.  Stories of the disaster claimed the front pages of West Coast newspapers for several days as details of the event became known.  Particular attention is paid to the stories concerning the Otto Lewis family.

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Surnames Referenced: Holman, Lewis People Referenced: Holman, Mabel Blanche · Holman, Mayremna O. · Lewis, Florence Carr · Lewis, Otto Shumway · Lewis, Ray Carr Filed Under: Father's Family Topics: shipwreck, SS Columbia

Discovering Family Lost in a Shipwreck

Last Updated September 24, 2022 by Michael Bates Leave a Comment

SS Columbia

I first heard that some family members had died in a shipwreck from my aunt, Luella (Munroe) Bates. She didn’t recall  the details, but said that a book had been written about it.  The book, of course, had been lost over the years.  This is the first of several articles describing the search for those family members, the shipwreck, and the book.

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Surnames Referenced: Holman, Lewis, Lockwood, Munroe, Shumway People Referenced: Holman, Mabel Blanche · Lewis, Florence Carr · Lewis, Otto Shumway · Lewis, Ray Carr · Lockwood, Beatrice Emerald · Munroe, Luella Kathryn · Shumway, Elizabeth Emily Filed Under: Father's Family Topics: California, shipwreck, SS Columbia, Washington

Who were Grandma Ostrander and Aunt Minnie?

Last Updated March 26, 2018 by Michael Bates 2 Comments

Edgar Bates' Baby Book

In my dad’s baby book, my grandmother, Beatrice Lockwood Bates, listed the gifts he received for his first and second Christmases. Each year a present was received from Grandma Ostrander and one from Aunt Minnie Edwards, but no one in the family recognized these names.  In this article, I describe discovering the family connection to both of these individuals.  In the process, I found a new family contact who had known my grandmother as a young woman. Read more »about Who were Grandma Ostrander and Aunt Minnie?

Surnames Referenced: Copp, Crispell, Lockwood, Ostrander People Referenced: Copp, Ione E · Copp, Iora O · Crispell, Maria E · Ostrander, William Filed Under: Father's Family Topics: book

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