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The Bates Family Celebrates Christmas 1912

Last Updated May 26, 2019 by Michael Bates 2 Comments

Christmas Bells

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. Read more »about The Bates Family Celebrates Christmas 1912

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

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

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

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