↑ ["Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHLK-WD4 : 4 December 2014), Willie Hiram Bates, 05 Oct 1869; citing Goshen, Hampshire, Massachusetts, P 8 - no 2; FHL microfilm 1,888,838.]
↑ ["United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH6G-478 : 11 August 2016), Willie H Bates in household of Hiram Bates, Goshen, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district ED 326, sheet 63C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0537; FHL microfilm 1,254,537.]
↑ ["United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2V9-CQJ : accessed 20 April 2017), William H Bates, Chesterfield, Hampshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 680, sheet 4B, family 83, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 593; FHL microfilm 1,374,606.]
↑ First-hand information as remembered by Regina Bates, Saturday, March 7, 2015. Replace this citation if there is another source.
Massachusetts Genealogical Register as exhaustively quoted on Bates Family History facebook page.
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Willie Hiram Bates-5468 is the same person as William Hiram Bates-6495; he was the baby of the family and known familiarly as Willie. One of his several older siblings was Frank Wilbur Bates (senior), my great-grandfather. I am trying to initiate a merge but am having trouble.
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