G1: Samuel Bates > G2: Mathew Bates > G3: Andrew M. Bates

Andrew M. and Alice Bates

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Children

  1. William Andrew Bates: Born 25 October 1898 in Colorado; Died 4 April 1958 in Spokane, Washington. Married Ethel R. [last name unknown] [4] [5]

  2. Etta V. Bates: Born 1901 in Colorado; Died 15 April 1976 in Oakdale, California. Married John W. Davis on 16 September 1920 in Stanislaus, California [6] and later married Francis F. Whitfield [7]

  3. Eula Bates: Born in 1902 in Colorado; Died [unknown]. Eula was married and divorced several times, including to [first name unknown] Larson, Allan G. Neill, Charles Sellers and Chris Johnson.

  4. Chester L. Bates: Born 1905 in Colorado, Died in June 1987 in Spokane, Washington. Married to Eva L. Garner in Marin County, California on 14 November 1929 [8]

  5. Orval L. Bates: Born about 1913 in Long Beach, California. [9] Died 20 January 1954 in the Harrison Hospital, Bremerton, Washington. [10][11] He married Frances M. Smith on 6 January 1938 in Olympia, Spokane County, Washington. [9]

CENSUS

1870 Census: Howard Township, Story County, Iowa [12]

1880 Census: Howard Township, Story County, Iowa [1]

Obituaries

“Death Claims Andrew Bates

Andrew Bates, resident of the Sebastopol area, died yesterday in a hospital here at the age of 78. He was a native of Iowa.

His wife, Alice Bates; two daughters, Mrs. A. G. Niel of Potter valley and Mrs. Etta V. Davis of Sacramento, and three sons, William A. Bates, Westwood; Orval L. Bates, Bremerton, Washington, and C. L. Bates, Sebastopol, survive.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon in the O’Leary chapel in Sebastopol, with burial in the Green Valley cemetery.” [2]

“Andrew Bates Rites Held Here Tuesday

Funeral services were held Tuesday from the O’Leary Funeral Home for Andrew Bates, local resident who died Saturday in Santa Rosa. Interment followed in the Green Valley cemetery.

Bates, a native of Iowa, died at the age of 78 years. He was the husband of Alice Bates and the father of C. L. Bates of Sebastopol, Orval L. Bates of Bremerton, Washington, William A. Bates of Westwood, Mrs. Etta V. Davis of Sacramento and Mrs. A. G. Niel of Potter Valley.” [3]

“Mrs. Alice A. Bates

MANTECA, Feb 2 — Mrs. Alice Anette Bates, 83, of 406 E. Edison, died early today in a Murphys hospital following a long illness.

Funeral services are pending in the Salas Bros-Moore Mortuary in Modesto.

A native of Missouri, Mrs. Bates had resided here the past three years. She was a member of the Free Methodist Church of Pasadena.

Mrs. Bates is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Etta Whitfield of Manteca and Mrs. Eula Neil of Modesto; a son Chester L. Bates of Spokane, Wash.; a sister, Clara Arehart of Harbor City; 10 grandchildren and 25 great grandchildren.” [13]

Citations

  1. 1880 Iowa Federal Population Census Schedules, Story County, Howard Township. Reel 0364, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Washington, Enumeration District No. 199, Supervisor District 4, Page No. 8, Archive.org

  2. Obituary: Andrew Bates; The Press Democrat, Santa Rosa, California, August 23, 1942, Page 8 [Newspapers.com"]

  3. Sonoma West Times and News, Sebastopol, California, 28 Aug 1942, Fri, Page 6 [Newspapers.com]

  4. "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N31D-LQP : 10 March 2018), William A. Bates, 04 Apr 1958; citing Spokane, Spokane, Washington, reference 7905, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,033,776.

  5. Obituary: William A. Bates; The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Washington, Monday, 7 April 1958, Page 11 [Newspapers.com]

  6. "California Marriages, 1850-1945", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:H9WM-SMW2 : 24 March 2020), Etta Anettie Bates in entry for John Davis, 1920.

  7. Obituary: Francis D. Whitfield; The Modesto Bee; Modesto, California, Monday, 27 May 1974, Page 8 [Newspapers.com]

  8. Affidavit for Marriage License: Chester Lowell Bates and Eva Leota Garner; Marin County, State of California, Page 142

  9. Marriage Certificate: Orval L. Bates and Frances M. Smith; Spokane County, Washington; "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPM5-J4VG : 5 May 2021), Orval L Bates and Frances M Smith, 1938.

  10. Death Certificate: Orval LeRoy Bates; "Washington Death Certificates, 1907-1960," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N3B8-4D7 : 10 March 2018), Orval Leroy Bates, 20 Jan 1954; citing Bremerton, Kitsap Co., Washington, reference 887, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Olympia; FHL microfilm 2,033,323.

  11. Obituary: Orval L. Bates, The Modesto Bee, Modesto, California, Thursday, January 28, 1954, Page 8 [Newspapers.com]

  12. 1870 Iowa Federal Population Census, Story County, Howard Township, Washington: National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration, Reel 420, Pages 23 and 24

  13. Obituary: Alice A. Bates, Stockton Evening and Sunday Record, Stockton, California, Friday, 2 February 1962, Page 37 [Newspapers.com]

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