Born about in Middle River, Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Daughter of Joseph James Arthur Demille
and Sophia Margaret (Sellars) DeMille
Sister of
Margaret (Demille) Corkum
Wife of
James Willard Gates
— married
4 May 1876 in Chester, Lunenburg Co., Nova Scotia, Canada
Descendants 
Mother of
Percy James Willard Gates, Amos Edward Gates, Deliah Idella (Gates) Maitland, Mary Burdette (Gates) Meister, Ingerson John Gates, Josephine (Gates) Bezanson, Margaret Fayette (Gates) Bezanson, Myrtle Leula (Gates) Jess, Parnell Edward Gates, Sylvanus James Gates, Seymour Frasier Gates, Amanda Pauline Gates and Reta Muriel (Gates) Bezanson
Died
at about age 81
in New Ross, Chester, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada [uncertain]
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Biography
Married to James Willard - 4 May 1876 in Chester, Lunenburg Co. according to Hennigar family research - Email from S. D. Gates, 1 Feb 2013.
A quote from the "Glancing Over Nova Scotia" article in the Halifax Herald, 6 August 1923, "On Monday evening Mr. and Mrs. Willard Gates entertained a number of their friends at an ice cream party."3 Vern Keddy and Brenda Keddy, "The New Ross News, Extracts from "Glancing Over Nova Scotia" from the Halifax Herald", online http://fox.nstn.ca/~bvkeddy/obit.html, reviewed August 27, 2001.
Ella was buried in the United Baptist Cemetery, New Ross, Lunenburg Co., N.S.
Research Notes Birth date: Research by: Wendy Bezanson, "Ancestors and Relatives of Gregory and Wendy Bezanson", September 15, 2001 https://bezansons.com/s2.htm#s508
Research by the Hennigar Family. Available at http://www.hhennigar.ca/getperson.php?personID=I8761&tree=1
Birth and Death: Email from S. D. Gates, 4 Feb 2013. (lists birth date as 11 May 1854, date of death)
Sources
- Marriage: Registration Year: 1876 - Book: 1828 - Page: 123 - Number: 73 (listed as 'Ella Dimmell')
- Nova Scotia, Canada, Deaths, 1864-1877, 1890-1957 Registration Year: 1935 - Book: 161 - Page: 676
- Doug Coldwell, firsthand knowledge.
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