Benjamin Septimus Gates was born around 1887 in Northumberland, England, the son of Hannah Gates and Job Gates.[1][2][3]
He married Ethel Annie Nicholson in 1909 in Gateshead, Durham, England.[4] Their children were:[3]
Septimus died in 1913 in Tynemouth, Northumberland, aged 26 years.[5]
1891 Census: Derwent Side, Medomsley, Durham, England[1]
Name | Role | Gen | Marital | Occupation | Age | Birthplace | Birth (est.) |
Job Gates | Head | M | Married | Coal Miner | 35 | Northumberland, England | 1856 |
Hanna Gates | Wife | F | Married | 34 | Northumberland, England | 1857 | |
William Gates | Son | M | Single | 12 | Northumberland, England | 1879 | |
James Gates | Son | M | Single | 10 | Northumberland, England | 1881 | |
Henry Gates | Son | M | Single | 8 | Northumberland, England | 1883 | |
Alexandra Gates | Son | F [sic] | Single | 6 | Northumberland, Wapping Square | 1885 | |
Benjamin Gates | Son | M | Single | 4 | Northumberland, Wapping Square | 1887 | |
Margaret Gates | Daughter | F | Single | 2 | Co Durham Medomsley | 1889 | |
Elizabeth Gates | Daughter | F | Single | 0 | Co Durham Medomsley | 1891 |
1901 Census: Seghill, Northumberland, England[2]
Name | Role | Gen | Occupation | Age | Birthplace | Birth (est.) |
Job Gates | Head | M | Coal Hewer | 44 | Shilbottle, Northumberland | 1857 |
Hannah Gates | Wife | F | 43 | Seghill, Northumberland | 1858 | |
William Gates | Son | M | Coal Hewer | 21 | Seghill, Northumberland | 1880 |
James Gates | Son | M | Coal Hewer | 20 | Seghill, Northumberland | 1881 |
George Gates | Son | M | Putter Underground | 18 | Seghill, Northumberland | 1883 |
Alexander Gates | Son | M | Putter Underground | 16 | Wapping, Northumberland | 1885 |
Septimus Gates | Son | M | Pony Driver Underground | 14 | Wapping, Northumberland | 1887 |
Margaret Gates | Daughter | F | 12 | Black Hall Mill, Durham | 1889 | |
Elizabeth Gates | Daughter | F | 10 | Mill Well Burn, Durham | 1891 | |
Mary Gates | Daughter | F | 8 | Mill Well Burn, Durham | 1893 | |
Jane Gates | Daughter | F | 7 | Mill Well Burn, Durham | 1894 | |
Thomas Gates | Son | M | 6 | Mill Well Burn, Durham | 1895 | |
Sarah Armstrong | Niece | F | 6 | Black Hall Mill, Durham | 1895 |
1911 Census: Longbenton, Camperdown Dudley Northand, Northumberland, England[3]
Name | Role | Gen | Marital | Occupation | Age | Birthplace | Birth (est.) |
Benjamin S Gates | Head | M | Married | Coal Miner Hewer | 24 | Wapping Square, Northumberland | 1886 |
Ethel A Gates | Wife | F | Married | 26 | Backworth, Northumberland | 1885 | |
Percy T Gates | Son | M | Single | 2 | Penshaw St Gateshead, Durham | 1909 | |
Jane H Gates | Daughter | F | Single | 0 | Penshaw St Gateshead, Durham | 1911 |
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