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A Biographical Album… and a Train Robbery!

Last Updated March 26, 2018 by Michael Bates Leave a Comment

Chapman Album Title Page

One of my early searches for family members on my grandmother’s side turned up an unexpected biography of her father and his family.   In this article, I take a look at a biographical album that contains a profile of Franklin J. Holman, and a reference to a train robbery.
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Surnames Referenced: Bates, Curavo, Ellsworth, Holman, Lewis, Lockwood, Spicer People Referenced: Ellsworth, Rebecca · Holman, Berdie · Holman, Frankie S. · Holman, Franklin J. · Holman, Mabel Blanche · Holman, Maude S. · Holman, Mayremna O. · Holman, Murry C. · Lewis, Otto Shumway · Lockwood, Beatrice Emerald · Rodgers, Henry D. Filed Under: Father's Family Topics: book, Michigan

Gilbert Bates Buys a Paige “36” Touring Car

Last Updated December 30, 2017 by Michael Bates 8 Comments

Paige "36" Automobile

On the second page of my dad’s baby book, my grandmother pasted a postcard photograph of the Bates family as it existed in 1914, sitting in an automobile. In this post, I describe details about the photograph and how I found that the automobile was a brand new Paige “36”. Read more »about Gilbert Bates Buys a Paige “36” Touring Car

Surnames Referenced: Bates, Lockwood, Steele People Referenced: Bates, Clarence Frederick · Bates, Clifford Glenn · Bates, Edgar Lewis · Bates, Gilbert E (b. 1874) · Holman, Mayremna O. · Lockwood, Beatrice Emerald Filed Under: Father's Family, Photos

Finding My Father’s First Home – Santa Ana

December 18, 2016 by Michael Bates 1 Comment

When my father Edgar Lewis Bates passed away, I inherited the baby book that my grandmother Beatrice Bates had created for him. Inside the front cover, she had glued several postcard-sized photographs of family homes in Santa Ana, California. The first one she captioned “The place where Edgar Lewis Bates was born Sep 17 1913.” On my annual trip to southern California, I located the house in the photograph and learned a bit about my family’s history in Santa Ana.

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Surnames Referenced: Bates, Steele People Referenced: Bates, Edgar Lewis · Bates, Gilbert E (b. 1874) · Bates, William Henry (b. 1845) · Lockwood, Beatrice Emerald · Steele, Amanda (b. 1851) Filed Under: Father's Family Topics: California, House

Another Marriage, or Another Gilbert Bates?

Last Updated December 30, 2017 by Michael Bates Leave a Comment

In this post, I take a look at Gilbert Bates Jr (1843-1929), a son of my great-great-grandfather Gilbert Bates (1796-1880). He is sometimes shown online as having been married three times. Looking at the records of these marriages revealed some surprising information. Read more »about Another Marriage, or Another Gilbert Bates?

People Referenced: Bates, Gilbert (b. 1796) · Bates, Gilbert (b. 1843) · Udell, Mary Filed Under: Father's Family

Historic Family Home in Baker City, Oregon

Last Updated August 27, 2021 by Michael Bates 6 Comments

Last week I had occasion to visit Baker City, Oregon. My grandmother’s brother, Glenn Frank Lockwood, moved to Baker sometime between 1910 and 1917 and married Bessie Evelyn Beggs. My father had told me that their daughter Wilma had lived in a historic house on Resort Street. I thought I would see if could locate it and take some pictures. I found some interesting background on this branch of my family tree and learned some history of eastern Oregon. Read more »about Historic Family Home in Baker City, Oregon

Surnames Referenced: Beggs, Lockwood People Referenced: Beggs, Bessie Eileen · Lockwood, Beatrice Emerald · Lockwood, Glenn Frank · Lockwood, Kenneth Beggs · Lockwood, Wilma Beggs Filed Under: Father's Family Topics: House, Oregon

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