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Rachel GATES

BIRTH: MAR 1828, West Canada
DEATH: 1914, Orange, Ionia Co., MI

Father: Fellows GATES
Mother: Mary WILLIAMS

Family 1: Samuel SHAW

MARRIAGE: 6 APR 1862

MARRIAGE: 20 SEP 1884

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 _Fellows GATES _|
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INDEX

Notes

[NI1871] Updated June 11, 2005. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1870 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp., Ionia Post Office: page 7; June 2, 1870.

Rachel [Gates ] Shaw is married to Samuel Shaw, head of household. She was born in Canada, is 42 years old and is keeping house. Her brother George Gates lives in the adjacent household.

(2) 1880 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Orange Twp.: Supervisor's District 2; Enumeration District 44; page 23; June 16-17, 1880.

Rachel (listed as "Rachael") [Gates] Shaw is head of household. She is 51 years old, a widow, and is keeping house. She was born in Canada, with her father from Vermont and her mother from Massachusetts. Her son-in-law, Zachary Lawrence (a widower) resides with her, as does her grandchildren Mary E., and Robert Z. Lawrence.

(3) 1900 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Easton Twp.: Supervisor's District 5; Enumeration District 9; Sheet 3B; June 6, 1900.

Rachel [Gates] Barber is married to William Barber, head of household.

- Birth month: March 1828; age 72.
- Number of Years of Present Marriage: 15.
- Motherhood: She has given birth to two children, neither of whom is presently living.
- Birthplace: Canada, with her parents from New York.

(4) 1910 United States Census for Michigan, Ionia Co., Berlin Twp.,: Supervisor's District 5, Enumeration District 5; Sheet 7A; May 13, 1910.

Rachel [Gates] Barber resides in the household of George and Mary E. Ritenburgh. She is listed as a grandmother of the head of household (i.e., grandmother of Mary E. [Lawrence] Ritenburgh), and great-grandmother of Earl Ritenburgh. She is 81 years old, and was born in Canada with her father from Vermont and her mother from Massachusetts. She has given birth to two children, neither of whom is presently living.

(5) J. Smith family records, February 10, 2002.

- This source includes a rather comprehensive 27-page review of Fellows Gates and his descendants.
- Rachel Gates and Samuel Shaw had a daughter.