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Articles Referencing: Bates, Edgar Lewis

Family history information about Michael's father.

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

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

The Questions That Got Me Started

Last Updated November 9, 2018 by Michael Bates Leave a Comment

Edgar Bates' Baby Book

My father, Edgar Bates, passed away in 1992 at the age of 79. As I was going through his things, I began to realize how little I knew about his early life and his family history. I found a baby book that my grandmother Beatrice Bates had put together. Besides noting his vital statistics, she had pasted in a number of photographs of dad at various ages. There were relatives mentioned that neither I nor other family members recognized. Read more »about The Questions That Got Me Started

Surnames Referenced: Bates, Lockwood People Referenced: Bates, Edgar Lewis · Bates, Gilbert E (b. 1874) · Lockwood, Beatrice Emerald Filed Under: Father's Family, General

Background On Bates Genealogy

Last Updated August 28, 2016 by Michael Bates Leave a Comment

For the starting post on this site, I will provide a little information on what the blog is about and follow with my basic family background. My intent here is to share the information I find (and have found) while digging into my family history. I am focusing initially on my father’s side, the Bates lines reaching back five generations (so far), and families they merged with along the way. Read more »about Background On Bates Genealogy

Surnames Referenced: Bates, Lockwood People Referenced: Bates, Edgar Lewis · Bates, Gilbert E (b. 1874) · Lockwood, Beatrice Emerald Filed Under: Father's Family Topics: background, California

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