Henry Gates (abt. 1821 - 1900)

Born about 1821 in Yardley, Northamptonshire, England

Husband of Ann (Holton) Gates — married 28 Nov 1847 in Buckinghamshire, England

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1900 at about age 79 in Tasmania, Australia

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Biography

Henry Gates was born about 1821.^[1] He was the son of Henry and Hannah Gates.

He married Ann Holton at Newport Pagnell in 1847.^[2]

Henry emigrated to Van Diemen's Land in 1853 on the "Northumberland". ^[3]

He passed away 20 Aug 1900. ^[4][5]

Research

Henry Gates mentioned in the record of Sarah Ann Gates Name: Henry Gates Sex: Male Wife: Ann Holton Daughter: Sarah Ann Gates Other information in the record of Sarah Ann Gates from Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981

Name: Sarah Ann Gates Event Type: Birth Event Date: 2 Mar 1854 Event Place: Tasmania, Australia Event Place (Original): Tasmania, Australia Gender: Female Father's Name: Henry Gates Mother's Name: Ann Holton Attached to: Henry Gates 1834–Deceased • KDSL-82V​​ This record came from this set of images. You will need to look through several images to find this record. Browse the film

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Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981

Document Information: GS Film Number 1368245 Digital Folder Number 007368114 Indexing Project (Batch) Number C31043-5 System Origin ODM Citing this Record

"Australia Births and Baptisms, 1792-1981", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTXF-X7L : 28 January 2020), Henry Gates in entry for Sarah Ann Gates, 1854.

Similar Historical Records Harry Gates

• 1841 England census
• 1851 England census
• England & Wales, FreeBMD Marriage Index: 1837-1915

Sources

1. ↑ Northamptonshire, England, Church of England Baptisms, 1813-1912

   Name: Henry Gates

   Age: 0

   Birth Date: Abt 1821

   Baptism Date: 25 Feb 1821

   Baptism Place: Potterspury, Northamptonshire, England

   Parish as it Appears: Potterspury

   Register Type: Parish Registers

   Father: Henry Gates

   Mother: Hannah Gates

2. ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1837-1915

   Name: Henry Gates

   Registration Year: 1847

   Registration Quarter: Oct-Nov-Dec

   Registration District: Newport Pagnell

   Inferred County: Buckinghamshire

   Volume: 6

   Page: 742

   Records on Page:

   Name

   Richard Ashby

   Charlotte Burgess

   William Firkin

   Henry Gates

   Ann Holton

   Sarah Wilkinson

3. ↑ Libraries Tasmania - Names Index

   Name: Gates, Henry

   Record Type: Arrivals

   Arrival date: 20 Feb 1853

   Departure port: Liverpool

   Ship: Northumberland

   Remarks: age 31

   Record ID: NAME_INDEXES:425519

   Resource: CSO24/1/216/FILE8194 P119 P126

4. ↑ 1900 'BOAT HARBOR.', The North Western Advocate and the Emu Bay Times (Tas. : 1899 - 1919), 28 August, p. 2. , viewed 19 Sep 2022, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article64578235

   BOAT HARBOR.

   The late Mr Henry Gates, whose death was reported in the Times last week, was born in England in 1821. Emigrating to Tasmania he landed at Launceston with his wife and two sons in 1853.

   Shortly afierwards he came to the North West Coast as pioneer. Unfortunately he suffered from an affection of the eyes which caused total blindness to eventuate. His wife died in 1872, leaving him with his youngest daughter aged 15 to keep house, and his youngest son then about 6 years to look after. Deceased had been in failing health for the past two or three years, and latterly his debility increased and he died somewhat suddenly on August 20 at the age of 79. He left a grown-up family.

5. ↑ Australia, Death Index, 1787-1985

   Name: Henry Gates

   Death Date: 1900

   Death Place: Wynyard, Tasmania

   Registration Place: Wynyard, Australia

   Registration Number: 0941